The head of the World Food program says the United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment to hungry areas of the world.
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For Republican governors, all economic success is local
Democrats say Republicans are taking credit for job growth that’s been enabled by Biden’s policies, even as they blame those same policies for inflation.
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Pro-Trump wins in blue states threaten Republicans’ hopes in November
Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds when they have fielded moderate candidates.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Following the House vote last Friday, that chamber joined the Senate in a recess that is scheduled to last until September.
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Russia’s Gazprom to shut gas pipeline to Europe for 3 days
Prices have surged as Moscow has reduced or cut off flows to a dozen EU countries, fueling inflation.
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Walmart expands abortion coverage for employees
The company says it will cover the procedure ‘when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability.’
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‘He was trying not to die too,’ defense attorney says of Mainer charged with violent acts on Jan. 6
After four days of trial, a U.S. District Judge in Washington, D.C., is left to decide whether Maine resident Kyle Fitzsimons is guilty of assaulting three officers, civil disorder and obstruction of a legal proceeding.
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Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg among donors in $22 million Kansas campaign on abortion
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg also contributed $1.25 million, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which finances liberal causes, contributed nearly $1.5 million.
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CDC confirms Nebraska child died of brain-eating amoeba
Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River, a few miles west of Omaha.
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Large fire consumes boats, vehicles at Massachusetts boatyard
The fire sent a plume of dense black smoke over southeastern Massachusetts.