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AP News - Politics

Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in Gaza

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Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison

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Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operations

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Biden, after meeting with families of officers killed in NC, says the nation is grieving with them

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'What do we got to pay for this?' Jurors in Trump hush money trial hear recording of pivotal call

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Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions

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President Joe Biden calls Japan and India 'xenophobic' nations that do not welcome immigrants

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Biden speaks on campus clashes: 'Violent protest is not protected'

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Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order

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Trump says he'll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric

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Florida Democrats hope abortion and marijuana questions draw young voters despite low enthusiasm

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Have you heard the one about Trump? Biden tries humor on the campaign trail

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Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K

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Trump and DeSantis meet to make peace and discuss fundraising for the former president's campaign

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Biden expands 2 national monuments in California significant to tribal nations

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President Joe Biden calls Japan and India 'xenophobic' nations that do not welcome immigrants

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Consumer groups push Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers

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26 Republican attorneys general sue to block Biden rule requiring background checks at gun shows

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Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress

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House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson

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House Republicans launch investigation into federal funding for universities amid campus protests

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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's claim of absolute immunity but decision's timing is unclear

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Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

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What to know in the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump

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Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next

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A U.S. official says Russia has moved some troops onto an airbase in Niger where a small number of U.S. forces remain after most American troops left the base in the nation's capital.

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The U.S. military said an airstrike in Syria in May 2023 that was targeting an al-Qaida leader killed an innocent civilian instead. The investigation by U.S.

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The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers.

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Nearly two months after the election, a recount settled the outcome in a Northern California U.S. House primary contest.

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Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age.

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Arkansas lawmakers have given final approval to legislation outlining the state's $6.3 billion budget for the coming year.

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A former Milwaukee election official is fined $3,000 for obtaining fake absentee ballots

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The South Carolina Senate has approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The 27-8 vote came Thursday.

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says her state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools.

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Federal prosecutors say a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel has been arrested on charges that he illegally imported firearms parts from foreign countries including Russia and dealt weapons without a license.

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The former leader of the Michigan House and his wife have pleaded not guilty to financial charges arising from an investigation of how they spent money from unregulated political funds.

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Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose directed county election directors on Thursday to begin a "routine but enhanced" hunt through the voter rolls ahead of November's election.

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Gov. Andy Beshear is predicting that his recent economic development trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments in Kentucky.

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Jurors have heard closing arguments in a landmark case seeking to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for abuse at its youth detention center.

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A candidate seeking the Republican nomination for a central North Carolina congressional seat has announced she's suspending her campaign days before her primary runoff election.

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The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to rule on whether the state is violating its own constitution with a program that would spend $10 million public money on infrastructure grants for private schools.

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The fate of a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates is in the hands of a federal appeals court.

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A study by the nonprofit Brookings Institution says Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

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Jill Biden has honored her fellow educators by hosting the 2024 national and state teachers of the year at a swanky White House dinner to recognize their commitment to their students and to excellence in the classroom.

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A dayslong filibuster in the Missouri Senate has ended. Senators gave initial approval in a voice vote Thursday to a $4 billion Medicaid program that Freedom Caucus members had been holding hostage.

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South Carolina's ban on abortions after roughly six weeks is back in court and centered on the definition of fetal heartbeat.

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A North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a Georgia rabbi

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Alabama lawmakers gave final approval to legislation to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state's November ballot.

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The White House says Russia is shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that exceed U.N. Security Council limits.

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The judge overseeing a pivotal antitrust trial focused on whether Google is stifling competition and innovation has repeatedly indicated he believes it would be difficult for a formidable rival search engine to emerge.

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The first serious effort by Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid has died. Negotiators missed a Thursday night deadline to file a final proposal, and that killed the issue for the four-month session.

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A bipartisan group of senators wants restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration.

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U.S. Rep. David Scott faces multiple Democratic primary opponents in his quest for a 12th congressional term.

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Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bill to repeal a ban on most abortions. The action Thursday relegates the 1864 law approved before Arizona became a state to the past.

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Arizona's 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the law books, but not from the campaign trail. Even after Gov.

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Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked

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Hawaii lawmakers appropriated funds for more firefighting equipment and a state fire marshal after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century ripped through the historic Maui town of Lahaina and exposed shortcomings in the state's readiness for such flames.

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A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden's family.

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Alaska residents would receive checks of around $1,580 this year under the version of the state operating budget passed by the Senate on Wednesday.

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Arkansas lawmakers have approved new restrictions on cryptocurrency mining operations in the wake of a 2023 law that prompted backlash from some communities.

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