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Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently banned an account connected to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, shortly after the account posted a photo showing former President Donald Trump playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone.
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It’s only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018.
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is now part of international law.
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The administration is urging a quick confirmation vote, saying it’s critical to get the top member of Biden’s economic team in place as the Democratic president seeks to win approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.
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An Army Safety Investigation team arrived at the site Thursday from Fort Rucker in Alabama.
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President Joe Biden wants to get assistance flowing while Congress begins to consider a $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dave Chappelle has tested positive for the coronavirus and his upcoming comedy shows have been canceled.
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by a week or more to give the former president time to review the case.
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The move follows President Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to halt new drilling and end the leasing of publicly owned energy reserves.
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President Joe Biden has ordered a “pause” on all border wall construction within a week, one of 17 executive orders he issued on his first day in office.
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The proposal was being communicated to Russian officials, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a matter not yet publicly announced by the administration.
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The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out in the United States, the United Kingdom and other parts of the world so far require two shots given a few weeks apart.
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Amazon won’t be forced to restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app favored by followers of former President Donald Trump.
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Congress is moving quickly to install retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense.
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Miller-Meeks argues in a legal motion that the Democratic-controlled chamber should not consider Rita Hart’s appeal because Hart did not contest the outcome under Iowa law.
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The 27 leaders were looking at further border restrictions, better tracking of mutations and improving coordination of lockdowns.
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The actor is best known for playing Screech on the hit ’90s sitcom "Saved by the Bell."
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Country star Dolly Parton says her brother and singing partner Randy Parton has died of cancer.
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Residents and staff who got the drug had up to a 57% lower risk of getting COVID-19 compared to others at the same facility who got a placebo, the drugmaker said.
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Donald Trump is returning to a family business ravaged by pandemic shutdowns and restrictions, with revenue plunging more than 40 percent at his Doral golf property, his Washington hotel and both his Scottish resorts.
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The U.S. formally left the Paris Accord pact in November.
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The rare suicide bombing attack hit a commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis.
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President Joe Biden has confidence in FBI Director Chris Wray and plans to keep him in the job, the White House press secretary said Thursday.
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The Democratic National Committee is set to formally elect Jaime Harrison of South Carolina as chairman on Thursday, signifying an early alignment between newly inaugurated President Joe Biden and state party leaders around the country.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 11:56 AM CST
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Twitter said the Jan. 7 tweet violated its policy on dehumanization.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 11:05 AM CST
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President Joe Biden revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote “patriotic education” in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 10:16 AM CST
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Biden revealed the new décor Wednesday as he invited reporters into his new office to watch him sign a series of executive orders hours after he took office.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 8:32 AM CST
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Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, lowering claims to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to further job cuts in a raging pandemic.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 at 4:54 AM CST
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Portland has been the site of frequent protests, many involving violent clashes between officers and demonstrators, ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 11:20 PM CST
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Thanks to math and bad luck, lottery players will have another shot at a giant jackpot Wednesday night as a $730 million Powerball prize is on the line.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 9:34 PM CST
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Authorities say an organizer of the Proud Boys far-right extremist group has been arrested for taking part in the siege of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 9:05 PM CST
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Three National Guard members on a routine training flight have been killed in a helicopter crash in a western New York town.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 9:02 PM CST
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Biden’s inauguration came at a time of national tumult and uncertainty, a ceremony of resilience as the hallowed American democratic rite unfurled at a U.S. Capitol battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks ago.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 8:48 PM CST
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A slew of glittery celebrities is descending on Washington — virtually or in person — to welcome the new administration.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 8:30 PM CST
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Many expressed hope Wednesday that Biden would right the world’s largest democracy two weeks after they watched rioters storm the Capitol, shaking the faith of those fighting for democracy in their own countries.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 7:05 PM CST
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The 1,700-mile pipeline was planned to carry roughly 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:57 PM CST
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Three new Democratic senators have been sworn into office, giving Democrats the majority in the Senate.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 5:16 PM CST
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In his first official acts as president, Joe Biden is signing executive orders on a broad range of issues, from the coronavirus pandemic to climate change and immigration, to fulfill campaign promises.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 4:58 PM CST
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Amanda Gorman read with urgency and assertion as she began by asking “Where can we find light/In this never-ending shade?”
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 4:24 PM CST
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President Donald Trump, in one of his final acts of office, released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge, which included a five-year ban on lobbying their former agencies.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 4:03 PM CST
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris showcased American designers at their inauguration Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 3:47 PM CST
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The shortage of doses comes as the United States marks more than 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 3:17 PM CST
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The hope on Wall Street is that another stimulus plan will help carry the economy until later this year, when more widespread COVID-19 vaccinations get daily life closer to normal.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 2:06 PM CST
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Paul Erickson, a former conservative operative once romantically linked to Russian agent Maria Butina who was convicted in investment schemes, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 1:55 PM CST
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Joe Biden was safely sworn in as president in a Washington on edge, two weeks after rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump besieged the Capitol.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 1:05 PM CST
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A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak ripped the facade off a residential building in central Madrid on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring at least two more, according to the mayor.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 12:48 PM CST
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A former Arizona politician must report to prison Thursday to begin serving the first of three sentences for running an illegal adoption scheme that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to come to the U.S. to give up their babies.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 9:30 AM CST
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The $10,000 judgment is not a settlement. But it means the group will pay the sum and be dismissed as a defendant from the lawsuit.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:46 AM CST
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Pompeo’s announcement Tuesday doesn’t require any immediate actions, although the U.S. must take the designation into account in formulating policy toward China.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 1:49 AM CST
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The deputy was charged with making written threats to kill, conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. He was also suspended pending termination.