Iran Reaches 3-Month Nuclear Deal With UN Agency
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Donald Trump Jr says dropping Springsteen’s DWI charge example of ‘liberal privilege’
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Fury as New York town hosts ‘barbaric’ squirrel hunt
Event condemned as ‘barbaric, cruel, senseless and environmentally terrorising money grab’
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Trumps accused of treating White House staff like ‘concierge’
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Lady Gaga under fire for ‘no questions asked’ reward as dog-walker fights for his life
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Republican Ralph Norman’s effort to hold 30-second silence for Rush Limbaugh turned down
‘The chair cannot entertain the gentleman’s request’
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President Pence, anyone? In Mike Pence’s hometown, residents ponder his legacy and his future
Mike Pence is returning to his home state of Indiana to decide his future, but residents in his home town of Columbus are torn on his legacy, reports Richard Hall.
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GOP senator rejects $15 minimum wage saying he once earned $6 an hour, or $23 with inflation
Republicans point to wages they earned as young people decades ago despite rising inflation that has outpaced Americans’ earnings
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The European Union's most senior administrator said she would happily receive AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine as officials rushed to find ways of ensuring doses refused by skittish Germans did not go to waste. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen's remarks came amid growing concerns that unfavourable comments by top European officials including French President Emmanuel Macron had slowed take-up of one of only three vaccines currently approved EU-wide. Earlier this month, Macron said Britain had taken a risk in authorising AstraZeneca so rapidly.
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Nasa’s DC headquarters renamed after ‘Hidden Figures’ engineer Mary Jackson
Jackson became Nasa’s first Black female engineer in 1958
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Northern Irish Brexit issue is two-way street, says EU's Sefcovic
Britain must show it is fully using the avenues available under the Brexit divorce deal to minimise trade disruption in Northern Ireland before seeking concessions, a senior EU official said on Tuesday. Britain's exit from the EU's trading orbit in January has created trade barriers between Northern Ireland - which remains in the EU's single market for goods - and the rest of the United Kingdom. Maros Sefcovic, a vice president of the European Commission, said he hoped to learn of British efforts during an online meeting on Wednesday .
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Victim’s glasses found in car of South Dakota Attorney General who claimed he hit a deer
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Things to Know: $1.9T package heads toward House approval
— A $1.9 trillion package aimed at helping the country rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic seems headed toward House passage. Now, Democrats are also searching for a way to revive their drive to boost the minimum wage. — Tennessee has asked federal law enforcement to investigate the alleged theft of coronavirus vaccine doses in the state’s most populous county.
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CPAC: Gaetz says media ‘biased’ over Ted Cruz’s Cancun trip and should have focused on ‘caravans’ of migrants instead
Outspoken GOP congressman complains ‘the left and the media’ were less concerned about ‘caravans going through Mexico’ than Texas senator visiting
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Lauren Boebert hints she’s still taking gun to Congress in spite of Pelosi rules
Under the new rule, members who attempt to bring firearms to the floor could be fined
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