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The request, expected to be granted quickly, is an effort to increase protections for more people, according to two people familiar with the situation.
If they succeed, the former president and his backers could pull down some of the guardrails that prevented him from overturning President Biden’s victory, critics say.
Responding to increasingly common extreme weather is a vast undertaking that many state transportation departments are only beginning to tackle.
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In a tweet, Dorsey said he was resigning. CTO Parag Agrawal will take over as CEO. Nasdaq earlier suspended Twitter stock trades amid the reports Dorsey would step down.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Monday on a trip to Europe, and Washington is looking to consolidate a position among allies.
Britain's Prince Charles arrived Sunday in Barbados, as the Caribbean island nation prepares to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. (Reuters)
The easternmost Caribbean island, known for cricket, rum and Rihanna, will become the first Commonwealth realm in nearly three decades to declare itself a republic.
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The prosecutor described “horrific abuse” of victims, while the defense attorney questioned the accounts.
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Fundraising campaigns have brought in $40,000 for the small library, far exceeding the $3,000 that was rejected by the local government.
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Agencies will continue to counsel, but not suspend or fire, federal employees who have not yet complied with the vaccine mandate until at least early next year, the White House has told unions.
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The sheer volume of people flying for the Thanksgiving holiday marked a milestone for air travel’s return to pre-pandemic levels.
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Sports are cruel, but Washington’s future Hall of Famer stomping around the Nationals Park mound wearing the blue and orange of the visiting Mets is especially brutal.
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