With Congress in its final work week before leaving for the holidays, questions remain as to whether Republicans will be able to come to an agreement on any rounds of future funding for Ukraine or Israel.
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Commercial fishermen need more support for substance use and fatigue, lawmakers say
The federal program is designed to help the nation’s fishermen with the often hazardous conditions they face at sea.
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Special counsel asks Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
The justices indicated they would decide quickly whether to hear the case, ordering Trump’s lawyers to respond by Dec. 20.
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Skier triggers avalanche on Mount Washington, suffers life-threatening injury
While waiting for a helicopter, other skiers shoveled out an area on the slope so a paramedic and litter basket could be lowered down and have room to maneuver.
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Snowfall, rain, gusty winds hit Northeast as Tennessee recovers from deadly tornadoes
A combination of heavy rain, snow, and wind is bringing threats of flooding and power outages to the Northeast.
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Trump, declaring he has ‘nothing more to say,’ announces he won’t testify again at New York fraud trial
The former president had been expected to return to the stand Monday. Instead, his trial will continue Tuesday with other witnesses.
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Chocolate prices are rising everywhere as cocoa rots in West Africa
Punishing rains and the relentless creep of black pod disease push futures to their highest since the 1970s.
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Biden’s focus on bashing Trump takes a page from the winning Obama and Bush reelection playbooks
For President Biden, a centerpiece of his reelection campaign is trying to negatively define Donald Trump in the public’s eye.
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Terrence Howard sues CAA for allegedly cheating him out of higher pay on ‘Empire’
His team estimated at a news conference that their client received 30% to 50% less than what he should have been paid per episode but said they were still in the process of determining exactly how much the actor is allegedly owed.
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Zelensky heads to Argentina in bid to win support from developing nations
It is the Ukrainian leader’s first-ever trip to Latin America as Kyiv continues to court support among developing nations for its 21-month-old fight against Russia’s invading forces.