Colombia deserves better. And so does the U.S.
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The meeting between Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson and Pope Leo XIV drew both positive and negative reactions after the two discussed political topics such as immigration, President Trump and the Iran-Israel conflict.
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After months of disagreements and negotiations between lawmakers and stakeholders, leading to multiple amendments, the House voted to pass the measure in mid-April, when it was sent back to the Senate.
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Republican and first-time public office seeker Michael Whatley is lasered on alignment with the president and what he and critics call Cooper’s “soft on crime” policies.
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Those who spoke at the press conference in central California criticized the California Interscholastic Federation’s 13-year-old policy to allow transgender athletes born as boys to compete as girls in the statewide organization’s track and field championship events
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Neil Chapman, senior vice president at ExxonMobil, told investors at the Bernstein 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York that global inventories could reach critical lows within "two to three weeks."
Authorities in Butler County said 48-year-old Erik Pierwsza damaged the rear section of the home while his wife and two daughters were still inside the residence.
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The technology industry has faced several ups and downs under the second Trump administration, testing their relationships with a president known for his unpredictability.
For Americans fed up with partisan redistricting, there’s bad news on the horizon: The gerrymandering war is just heating up. Even while the ink is still drying on the new House maps of the midterm cycle, the 2028 redistricting battle is already taking shape — and it threatens to eclipse the current map-drawing fever in [...]
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Aid workers in Uganda are watching the Ebola crisis unfold in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for an uptick in cases, but foreign aid cuts aren't helping.
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