Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
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Trump announces Amy Coney Barrett as nominee for Supreme Court seat
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The announcement sets up what is likely to be a fierce confirmation battle. President Trump on Saturday announced he has chosen Amy Coney Barrett as his pick to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — a move … Read More
Republican-Led US Senate Panel Backs Subpoena in Hunter Biden Probe
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Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s main rival as he runs for re-election in November. WASHINGTON – A Republican-led U.S. Senate committee authorized a subpoena on Wednesday for information in an investigation related to … Read More
Republican Senate Report on Biden’s Son Alleges Conflict of Interest
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Hunter Biden, son of former US Vice President Joe Biden. WASHINGTON – Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest … Read More
California Is Ready to Pull the Plug on Gas Vehicles
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At least 15 other countries have already made similar commitments, including Germany, France and Norway. In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Tesla Motors unveils the new lower-priced Model 3 sedan at the Tesla Motors design studio in Hawthorne, Calif. … Read More
The Latest: Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nations to decry Maduro
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UNITED NATIONS — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT): 8:10 p.m. He didn’t get a spot at the U.N. General Assembly. But U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó still put out his own online message during … Read More
Pompeo visits refugees in Brazil, pressuring Venezuela’s Maduro
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Venezuelan migrants at a refugee reception center in northern Brazil on Friday at the third stop of a regional tour to ramp up pressure to oust Venezuela’s leftist President … Read More
More Than 1,000 Californians May Have Died from Wildfire Smoke
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Between Aug. 1 and Sept. 10, the historically bad concentrations of wildfire smoke were responsible for at least 1,200 and possibly up to 3,000 deaths in California that otherwise would not have occurred, according to an estimate by researchers at … Read More
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Philippines Surigao del Sur’s City
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The quake struck 41 kilometres northwest of the municipality of Don Marcelino. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur province in southern Philippines today morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that the strong temblor struck … Read More