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Trump served with lawsuit accusing him of breaking ‘Ku Klux Klan’ laws on day of Capitol riot

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Unemployment Claims Rise, Showing Recovery’s Rocky Road

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New Yorkers say that Cuomo shouldn’t resign, but that he shouldn’t run for re-election either.

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Connecticut lifts capacity limits on many businesses but keeps mask mandate.

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Indian man accused of beheading daughter in apparent "honor killing"

Former CIA chief says he is ‘increasingly embarrassed’ to be a white man

SpaceX launches and lands Starship prototype

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FBI Director Shoots Back, Insisting Bureau Shared Intel Ahead of Capitol Insurrection

Creator of CPAC golden Trump statue admits it was made in China, after saying Mexico

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The House is poised to pass a landmark voting rights bill.

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Spieth and Fowler: Golf Prodigies Seek a Way Back From the Wilderness

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Targeting State Restrictions, House Is Set to Pass Landmark Voting Rights Expansion

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Catch up: Facebook lifts ban on political ads.

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Migrants in Deadly Crash Had Crossed Through Border Wall, Officials Say

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Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones

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Majority of House Dems Vote in Favor of Amendment to Lower Voting Age

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SUV in crash where 13 died came through hole in border fence

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San Francisco leaders cheer reopening as COVID-19 cases fall

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Mike Brown’s father, Ferguson organizers request $20M from BLM

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Marcus Flowers to run for Congress against Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Biden Gains Two Key Economic Advisers

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Senate confirms Cecilia Rouse as the first Black chair of White House economic council.

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Cornel West Is in a Fight With Harvard, Again

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Biden Drops Tanden Nomination Amid Bipartisan Opposition

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U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray

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White House abandons push to install Neera Tanden as head of budget office.

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