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Ethiopia heads to the polls for an election expected to be dominated again by Abiy's ruling party
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (644+ words) Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "s Prosperity Party currently holds more than 500 seats in the House of Representatives and is expected to win a majority in this election, securing him another five-year term. Some 50 million people, out of a population of…...
Trump vents about judge who blocked the Kennedy Center renovation and fumes over his legal setbacks
12+ hour, 46+ min ago (531+ words) His post aimed to make the case for the project but did not clarify whether he would continue to defend it in court. Hours after Cooper's decision, Trump said he was backing away from the renovations and making arrangements to…...
Trump plans "major speech" after entertainers pull out of America 250 celebration
12+ hour, 5+ min ago (349+ words) (The Hill) " President Trump announced on Saturday that he plans to hold a political rally to celebrate America's 250th anniversary after several artists said they will no longer perform at the upcoming Great American State Fair on the National Mall." The…...
Markey wins Massachusetts Democrats" endorsement as Moulton clears ballot hurdle in Senate race
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (493+ words) Yet even though Moulton cleared a key hurdle to continue his Senate bid, it was Markey who won the party's endorsement after winning more than 50% of the delegation's support. "You have a choice, you have to decide what the future…...
Trump plans to appeal order allowing all importers that paid struck-down tariffs to seek refunds
12+ hour, 54+ min ago (1088+ words) The process could grind to a halt, however, after the Trump administration said Friday that it intended to appeal a federal judge's order to allow all companies that paid the invalidated duties to seek refunds, not just the ones that…...
Israeli strikes reportedly pound near Crusader-built castle in Lebanon
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (735+ words) Israel's military issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen villages in southern Lebanon, a day after Lebanese and Israeli military officials held their first direct talks in decades at the Pentagon. The situation in southern Lebanon was discussed during…...
Red, white and Trump: How America's 250th is drawing controversy
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (1170+ words) President Trump is eagerly celebrating America's 250th birthday in a big way, taking extraordinary steps to incorporate his brand and likeness into the revelry celebrations and courting controversy along the way. Trump's actions, which include hosting a UFC fight on the…...
Iowa Democrats hoping to flip a US Senate seat are torn over which of 2 hopefuls has the best shot
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (933+ words) Some just haven't decided which of the two state lawmakers in the race fits the bill. "I am having a lot of trouble," said Mike Lazere, a 65-year-old Democrat who always votes on Election Day. State Rep. Josh Turek and…...
Candidates for California governor scramble to deliver final pitch to voters with days to go
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (660+ words) Former U. S. health secretary Xavier Becerra has called for "hot competence summer," promoting his decades of public service as evidence he has what it takes to be California's next governor. Republican Steve Hilton pledged an end to a "bloated, nanny-state bureaucracy…...
Russian spies are aggressively seeking Western technology as sanctions bite, officials say
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (795+ words) Moscow's agents are building fake companies, recruiting middlemen and deploying cyber spies and hackers who are gathering information that could also be used to attack key infrastructure, they said. Four years of international sanctions have hampered Moscow's ability to procure…...