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Month: October 2023

Agreement reached for Biden-Xi talks, but details still being worked out, official tells AP

By DIDI TANG, MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to meet on the sidelines of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, according to a U.S. official familiar with the planning. The two sides worked out an agreement in

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Rep. Dean Phillips announces primary challenge to Biden. He says Democrats need to focus on future

By WILL WEISSERT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips has announced a primary challenge of President Joe Biden. He formally entered the race Friday in New Hampshire, after months of unsuccessfully urging other top Democrats to mount their own runs. Phillips says he’s hoping to head off

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Republicans hope the chaos of recent weeks will become a distant memory in next year’s elections

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Embarrassing,” “chaotic” and “irresponsible.” And those were just the words that House Republicans used to describe the past three weeks as they removed one speaker from office and splintered over three successive nominees before finally landing on Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La. Now they hope voters won’t hold

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DeSantis calls for institutionalizing more people instead of nationalizing Florida’s red flag law in wake of Maine shooting

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday evening that he is not sure if Florida’s red flag law is effective in removing guns from dangerous people and he wouldn’t sign one – or any gun safety measure – if elected president. Instead, in response to Wednesday’s mass shooting

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US strikes 2 facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in Syria following series of attacks on US forces in Middle East

CNN By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US carried out airstrikes targeting two facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria on Thursday, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following a series of drone and rocket attacks against US forces in the region. The statement said the facilities

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Special counsel withdraws another subpoena in Trump fundraising probe

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith withdrew a subpoena seeking information from former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign this week, a source familiar told CNN. This is the second withdrawn subpoena related to Smith’s investigation into fundraising practices following the 2020 election. Earlier this month, Smith withdrew a subpoena seeking records from

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