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Both moderates and former president Donald Trump’s core base are revolting against the party’s divided reaction to the Capitol insurrection, potentially imperiling 2022 Senate hopes in North Carolina.
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, attorney general nominee Merrick Garland drew parallels to the domestic terrorism threat the Justice Department faced in confronting the Ku Klux Klan and the prosecution he led of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) indicated Monday that they plan to vote against Office of Management and Budget nominee Neera Tanden, citing her now-deleted social media posts attacking GOP lawmakers.
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The court refused Trump’s last-chance efforts to shield his private financial records from Manhattan’s district attorney in one case, and tossed out a slew of challenges to the presidential election and his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover on Mars on Thursday. (NASA)
NASA released stunning, high-definition footage on Monday of its car-sized rover landing on the Martian surface last week, the first-time that a spacecraft’s landing on Mars has been recorded in video.
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How the Oklahoma City bombing shaped Merrick Garland
Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland was a U.S. Attorney when domestic terrorists attacked the Murrah Federal Building in 1995.
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Even the three justices who would have taken up the case said the number of ballots received after Election Day would not have been enough to threaten President Biden’s victory margin.
President Biden disembarks Marine One and walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Friday. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
The new administration faces not only a former president eager to sow discord, but also followers of Trumpism who still don’t accept the legitimacy of Biden’s election victory.
Israeli soldiers clean tar from a beach on Monday after an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea at Sharon Beach Nature Reserve, near Gaash, Israel. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
A suspected offshore oil tanker leak has shuttered Israel’s more than 100-mile coastline and caused an ecological disaster that could require years of cleanup.
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Among those killed was Airman Apprentice Cameron Walters, left, shown with his father and sister in 2019. (Courtesy of the Walters family)
Families of 16 people killed or wounded in the 2019 mass shooting said the Trump administration and Saudi government reneged on a vow to compensate victims of longtime al-Qaeda operative and Saudi Air Force officer Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani.
This Black History Month, as history struggles to keep up with current events, we can remember how we got here as we keep our eyes on the future.
The request comes as the automaker is preparing for the 2021 release of its popular SUVs.
President Biden speaks about the Paycheck Protection Program on Monday. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
Hyundai's joint venture with Aptiv is testing driverless cars on public streets. A fleet of robotaxis could soon follow.
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“The future isn’t a fact. It’s a dream,” said Rachel Goslins, director of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, about the “Futures” exhibition. (Matt McClain/The Post)
The institution’s Arts and Industries Building will host an exhibition that asks visitors to dream about the future.