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Life & Style
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Health
9/11/2023 12:02:13 PM
PEPFAR program is endangered, which officials say has saved 25 million lives in 55 countries from Ukraine to Brazil to Indonesia. That includes the lives of 5.5 million infants born HIV-free.
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World
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International
8/28/2023 10:50:04 AM
Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested Sunday that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden was becoming more likely, calling it “a natural step forward” as Congress soon ends its summer break and House Republicans seek to expand their investigative powers.
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World
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International
8/27/2023 10:06:58 AM
former US President Donald Trump campaign raises more than $7 million after Georgia mug shot.
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International
8/23/2023 10:34:47 AM
An entrepreneur crusading against progressive issues, a former UN ambassador, a former vice president and numerous sitting and former governors: these are the participants in the first debate for the 2024 Republican primaries.
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World
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International
7/26/2023 12:27:05 PM
President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled court appearance Wednesday in which he's set to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors on tax and gun charges.
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World
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Region
7/25/2023 8:08:58 PM
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republicans may consider an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct, as he faces enormous GOP pressure to demonstrate support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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Business
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Economy
6/1/2023 10:12:36 AM
Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
5/31/2023 12:28:29 PM
Asian markets sank Wednesday on worries that hardline Republicans could vote down a crucial bill to hike the US borrowing limit and risk a catastrophic default that could hammer an already fragile global economy.
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World
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International
5/28/2023 9:45:25 AM
President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy announced a deal late Saturday to raise the debt ceiling, dragging the United States back from the precipice of default with only a few days to spare.
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Business
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Economy
5/27/2023 8:07:20 PM
Democrats and Republicans seemed within grasping distance Saturday of a deal to end the US debt ceiling standoff, with both sides playing hardball in the final race for an agreement to avert a potentially catastrophic default.
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World
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International
5/27/2023 11:50:33 AM
President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed “very close” late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5 and seemed likely to drag negotiations between the White House and Republicans into another frustrating week.
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Business
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Economy
5/24/2023 7:07:55 PM
President Joe Biden offered to freeze government spending at current levels during crunch debt talks with Republicans, which would reduce the deficit by $1 trillion, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday.
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World
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Region
5/21/2023 10:49:37 PM
President Joe Biden on Sunday dismissed Republican demands in negotiations to resolve the US debt ceiling crisis but said a solution can still be found before a disastrous default.
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Business
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Economy
5/21/2023 2:14:58 PM
President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republicans in the US House must move off their "extreme positions" on the now-stalled talks over raising America's debt limit and that there would be no agreement to avert a catastrophic default only on their terms.
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World
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International
5/20/2023 9:33:12 PM
Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again heading into a weekend where President Joe Biden and world leaders watched from afar, hoping high-stakes negotiations would make progress on avoiding a potentially catastrophic federal default.
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Business
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Economy
5/19/2023 8:57:06 PM
Debt limit talks came to an abrupt standstill Friday after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said it's time to “pause” negotiations, and a White House official acknowledged there are “real differences” that are making talks difficult.
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World
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International
5/17/2023 7:48:50 PM
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and catastrophic debt default, saying talks with congressional Republicans have been productive as he prepared to leave for a global summit in Japan.
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Business
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Economy
5/7/2023 8:54:48 PM
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Sunday that unless Congress acts soon to raise the nation's debt ceiling, "financial and economic chaos would ensue."
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World
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International
5/7/2023 10:20:41 AM
Washington's power brokers love playing chicken. But the rest of the world will watch in dread Tuesday when President Joe Biden and Republican leaders meet to negotiate the US debt ceiling -- praying that one side finally blinks.
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World
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International
5/5/2023 7:06:05 PM
Americans seem undecided over the state of Israeli democracy, according to the results of a recent poll released on Friday.
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