Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.
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Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision avoids a 3-way contest in one of the most closely watched 2024 Senate races.
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New obstruction of justice crimes levied against Sen. Bob Menendez in rewritten indictment
In a statement, the senator claimed prosecutors were ‘trying to get me to give in simply by making wild allegations again and again, without actually proving anything.’
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First baby right whale of season dies from injuries caused by ship collision
The calf, found dead off Georgia, had first been seen on Jan. 3 with injuries to its head from a vessel strike, NOAA said in a statement.
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Ukrainian drone attacks increasingly sap the power of Russia’s Black Sea fleet
The smart use of remote-controlled drone boats laden with explosives has allowed Ukraine to tip the scales of naval warfare in its favor despite Russia’s massive superiority in firepower.
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Breakthrough elusive in Gaza cease-fire talks, with Ramadan just days away
Hamas presented a proposal that mediators would discuss with Israel in the coming days and mediators are expected to meet Wednesday with the Hamas delegation.
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A whale native to the North Pacific is sighted off New England. Climate change could be why
The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has lacked ice in the summertime in recent years, enabling gray whales to travel through it.
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Court rules Florida’s ‘stop woke’ law restricting business diversity training is unconstitutional
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that limits diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces is unconstitutional.
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads restored after widespread outage
A senior official with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told reporters Tuesday that the agency was ‘not aware of any specific election nexus nor any specific malicious cyberactivity nexus to the outage.’
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Biden and Trump sweep Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch
‘I would love to see the next generation move up and take leadership roles,’ said Democrat Susan Steele, 71, who voted Tuesday for President Biden in Portland.