The draft plan calls for resuming construction on parts of the U.S.-Mexico border wall and making it more difficult for migrants to qualify for asylum.
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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden visits Delaware to promote $16 billion for passenger rail projects
The president highlighted spending to modernize 25 passenger train projects between Boston and Washington, part of the nation’s busiest rail corridor.
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Trump’s decades of testimony provide some clues about how he’ll fight for his real estate empire
Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer.
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Virginia school board elections face a pivotal moment as a cozy corner of democracy turns toxic
Over the past three years, local school board elections have become the place where America’s deep political divisions are on full display.
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Father of July 4th parade mass shooting suspect pleads guilty to misdemeanors
His Illinois father sponsored his son’s application, even though just months earlier a relative reported to police that Robert Crimo III, who was 19, had suicidal thoughts and had threatened to ‘kill everyone.’
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Tyson Foods recalls nearly 30,000 pounds of breaded chicken nuggets over metal shards
The recall applies to 29-ounce plastic bag packages made at a single location on Sept. 5.
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Trump lashes out from the witness stand at judge, prosecutor as he testifies in fraud trial
The judge admonishes the former president to answer the questions and stay on topic: ‘He has a lot to say that has nothing to do with the case or the questions.’
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Israeli forces cut off north Gaza to isolate Hamas as advance on urban center looms
The Palestinian death toll surpassed 10,000, the Health Ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said, without distinguishing between fighters and civilians. Some 1,400 Israelis have died, mostly civilians.
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Sens. Collins, King seek answers from U.S. Army about mass shooter
Maine’s U.S. senators ask Army to probe its handling of Robert Card, the Lewiston shooter who served as a reservist.
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Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped Apollo 13 crew return safely home, dies at age 87
LOS ANGELES — Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. He was 87. “We lost one of our country’s heroes on Oct. 31,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement last […]