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Government shutdown averted as Senate passes $459 billion funding bill

The Senate approved the spending legislation after overcoming opposition from a band of hard-line Republicans.

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State of the Union

That one last phone call Joe Biden always needs to make

When he must decide a high-stakes issue, the president hears out his top aides — then picks up the phone and calls a politician.

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More than 32 million people watched Biden’s State of the Union address

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Early polling of Biden’s State of the Union doesn’t quite match the hype

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Trump posts $91 million bond while appealing E. Jean Carroll defamation judgment

A document posted in federal court memorialized the former president’s agreement with an insurance giant that underwrote the bond to cover damages awarded by a jury in the case.

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Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

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Alien visits, secret UFOs, extraterrestrial tech? It’s all hearsay, Pentagon report finds.

Claims about secret government programs reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology were based on “circular reporting” and rumors, investigators found.

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Percival Everett’s sly take on ‘Huck Finn’ upends Mark Twain’s world

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A runner saw a dog stuck near a 1,000-foot cliff. He carried her down.

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California’s Huntington Beach stays on MAGA path after divisive campaign

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Cool to be far right? Young Europeans are stirring a political youthquake.

By Anthony Faiola and Catarina Fernandes Martins

Nigeria reels from two mass kidnappings, mainly women and children

By Rachel Chason

On International Women’s Day, Ireland votes on ‘women in the home’ referendum

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Russia’s opposition and Ukraine find it impossible to unite against Putin

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Biden plan to build Gaza port, deliver aid by sea draws skepticism, ridicule

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U.S. announces ‘emergency mission’ port plan, as cease-fire hopes fade

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A Gaza cease-fire by Ramadan? What to know about the holy month.

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U.S. floods arms into Israel despite mounting alarm over war’s conduct

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