Palm Beach County rabbi challenges Florida's abortion law
A Palm Beach County rabbi is leading a legal challenge to keep abortion rights in Florida, and he's citing religious freedom.
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Liz Cheney Defends Cassidy Hutchinson After Reports of Secret Service Agents Disputing Her Testimony
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Biden is Nominating an Anti-Abortion Lawyer to Become a Federal Judge — Because Of Course He Is
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Indonesia’s president to bar Putin from G-20 gathering in Bali, Italian Prime Minister Draghi says
The Nov. 15-16 summit risked awkward diplomatic encounters if Putin were to have come. The Kremlin had said earlier that Putin intended to go.
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The House Republican who led a rioter on a tour the day before the January 6 attack could lead the committee overseeing Capitol security
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- The Conversation
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- The Hill
Harris clarifies Biden’s reelection plans
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- Reuters
U.S. Energy Secretary Granholm violated ethics law, watchdog says
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Here are all the people who sought preemptive pardons from Donald Trump after the Capitol riot, per January 6 committee witnesses
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- HuffPost
Former FBI Official Thinks Taking Away Trump Attorney's Phone Is A Critical Move
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Former aide testifies that GOP leader Kevin McCarthy warned White House officials about Trump going to the Capitol on January 6
A former White House aide testified that GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned that Trump shouldn't come to the US capitol on January 6.
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Supreme Court sides with Louisiana Republicans on map that could concentrate Black voting power in a single congressional district
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- LA Times
Wildfire in Northern California burns in 'dangerous' terrain, grows to 904 acres
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When will Ketanji Brown Jackson join the Supreme Court? What’s her salary? Answers to the key questions about the high court’s newest member.
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A former Trump White House chief of staff says the latest January 6 hearing provided 'stunning' new evidence of potential criminality
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Vice President Harris says Biden intends to seek reelection, but her words stir new uncertainty
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- The New York Times
Patient and Confident, Putin Shifts Out of Wartime Crisis Mode
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Boebert says she is ‘tired’ of separation between church and state: ‘The church is supposed to direct the government’
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