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House sends $1.2 trillion spending bill to Senate hours before deadline

Congress is racing to prevent a federal government shutdown at midnight.

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Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.), a moderate, joked after Friday’s spending bill vote that “we should all...
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As the legislation moves to the Senate, there’s still some uncertainty about whether senators will all...

Trump Media merger wins investor approval, netting Trump potential windfall

Trump will own about 60 percent of the company, which at Digital World’s current share price would be worth about $3.3 billion.

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New fundraising vehicle allows Trump to raise money for legal bills, huge checks for RNC

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See what the solar eclipse will look like in your city

April 8 may be your best chance to view a total solar eclipse for the next two decades.

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President Biden greets 9-year-old Harry Abramson, who has a stutter. (Reuters)

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Biden’s stutter surges into the presidential campaign

Donald Trump mocks and exaggerates the speech impediment. President Biden embraces it as reflecting compassion.

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Candace Owens leaves the Daily Wire after months of antisemitic commentary

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Airport executive killed in shootout was being investigated for gun sales

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By Leigh Ann Caldwell, Theodoric Meyer and Tobi Raji

Sen. Bob Menendez won’t run in Democratic primary, doesn’t rule out independent bid

By Patrick Svitek

Joint committee allows Trump to raise money for legal bills, huge checks for RNC

By Maeve Reston and Marianne LeVine

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Democrats seize on a GOP budget proposal that would raise Social Security retirement age

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Republicans plan blitz of election-related lawsuits, but prospects uncertain

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Former Milwaukee election official convicted of absentee ballot fraud

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Trump Cases

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Trump lawyers’ head-scratching legal filings just keep coming

By Aaron Blake

Papers that delayed Trump’s N.Y. trial involve key witness Michael Cohen

By Shayna Jacobs and Devlin Barrett

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Carolyn Hax: Mom guilt-trips law school grad-to-be over family celebration

A soon-to-be law school grad wants a party similar to older sister’s, but Mom keeps shooting down the plans.

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Ask Amy: Solo hiker creeped out by a stranger

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Miss Manners: People have weird reaction to family of 6 girls and 1 boy

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Why acting out in dreams may signal a health issue

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Using a breast pump at work used to require privacy. Not anymore.

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Debunking common birth-control misconceptions

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Biden seeks to accelerate the EV transition in biggest climate move yet

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One cherry tree’s rush to bloom

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These lakes are usually still frozen over. See how they look now.

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The tricky quest to create an artificial solar eclipse

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Simulation shows why April solar eclipse may be especially magnificent

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Intel analyst shared classified information on Discord, investigators say

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Fire rages near a high-voltage line at a site of a Russian missile strike outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Friday. (Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters)

Russia hits energy targets in Ukraine, showing need for more air defenses

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Mexico rejects Texas’s ‘draconian’ migrant law

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Would you want to be a communications assistant to the royals right now?

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U.S. seeks to keep troops in Niger after key ally calls their presence illegal

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U.S. evacuating Americans from Haiti as humanitarian crisis worsens

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A combustible atmosphere sparks fears of Ramadan unrest

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Schumer says Netanyahu ‘lost his way.’ Would a new leader change course?

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By Bryan Pietsch

What to know about Gaza’s police force, which Israel is targeting

By Miriam Berger and Bryan Pietsch

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Two major newspaper chains dropped the AP. What will it mean for readers?

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‘Hermès has it in the bag’: Legal experts weigh Birkin lawsuit

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In Broadway’s ‘Water for Elephants,’ circus parts are good, songs are meh

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In ‘Shirley,’ an underestimated Black congresswoman in an undercooked film

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Frida Kahlo’s none-too-subtle salute to her affair with Leon Trotsky

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The new Princess Peach game is high femme, low tech and good fun

By Gene Park

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Women are dropping birth control amid misinformation explosion

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Senate set to grill UnitedHealth over Change Healthcare crisis

By Dan Diamond and McKenzie Beard

Medicare plans can cover Wegovy for patients with heart conditions

By Daniel Gilbert

Science

62-year-old receives gene-edited pig kidney in milestone transplant surgery

By Mark Johnson

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By Lucianne Walkowicz

Frans de Waal, who explored empathy among apes, dies at 75

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Grand Canyon is a mystery from afar but a party up close

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By Chelsea Janes

The stunning scandal swirling around baseball’s biggest star

By Chelsea Janes

The USMNT needed Haji Wright’s heroics. He almost wasn’t on the squad.

By Steven Goff

Business

Justice Department, states accuse Apple of holding a smartphone monopoly

By Cristiano Lima-Strong and Perry Stein

Biden’s dreams of ending poverty crumbled. Will he get a second chance?

By Jeff Stein

Fed leaves interest rates steady as officials debate timing for cuts

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Discount grocers smell opportunity amid rising prices

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Biden administration awards $8.5 billion for computer-chip manufacturing

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