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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Native Mainer leads Jerusalem Post’s wartime coverage
David Brinn, who grew up in Portland, is the managing editor of Israel’s largest English-language daily newspaper.
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Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally’s reach
Electing Jordan, a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, to the powerful position second in line to the presidency would move the Republican’s far right into a central seat of U.S. power.
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Judge orders Texas county where Juneteenth began to redraw maps after voting rights challenge
The decision by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, adds to victories voting rights groups have notched in the South this year over maps that Black voters say dilute their political power.
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U.S. officials bolster support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms
The visits to the Middle East by Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken came as Israel escalated its war against Hamas militants in response to their shocking and brutal rampage last weekend.
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Abortion workers, crushed by restrictions and buoyed by labor movement, are unionizing
At least 8 reproductive health-care groups have organized since the Supreme Court overturned Roe.
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French authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism
Authorities say a man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by the French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school in northern France.
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House Republicans in chaos after ousting McCarthy and rejecting Scalise. What’s next?
The U.S. House has been without a leader for more than a week, as majority Republicans threw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy and refused to rally around his No. 2, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.
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Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as gridlock stalls Congress
Rep. Patrick McHenry is presiding over the House as speaker pro tempore following the unprecedented ouster of Kevin McCarthy.
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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
The evacuation order sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout.