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• Serbia wants to normalise ties with Kosovo but will not sign any agreement - Reuters

  19-03-2023 15:00 via news.google.com
  
  Serbia wants to normalise ties with Kosovo but will not sign any agreement  ReutersKosovo, Serbia agree on steps to implement EU normalisation plan  Al Jazeera EnglishU.S. Envoy: Normalization Agreement Creates Predictable Relationship Between Serbia And Kosovo  Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyEU says Serbia, Kosovo stop short of deal to normalize ties  DW (English)Serbia fumes at EU; Putin's ally protests West-backed peace deal | 'Kosovo Not For Sale' 
  
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• Staffer for Sen. Rand Paul stabbed in DC

  29-03-2023 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said a stabbing attack for one of his staffers over the weekend in Washington, DC "was life threatening, but he will recover."
  
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• Senate to vote on repeal of Iraq war power authorizations

  29-03-2023 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that would repeal authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq, a significant moment as lawmakers aim to reassert authority in military intervention abroad.
  
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• Senate to vote on repeal Iraq war power authorizations

  29-03-2023 17:37 via cnn.com
  
  The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that would repeal authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq, a significant moment as lawmakers aim to reassert authority in military intervention abroad.
  
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• Fact-checking Trump's barrage of attacks against Ron DeSantis

  29-03-2023 15:34 via cnn.com
  
  Former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump has gone on the attack against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential rival for the Republican nomination in 2024 -- bashing the governor over everything from pandemic policy to Social Security.
  
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• Ron DeSantis is targeting the free speech protections that might save Fox News

  29-03-2023 13:10 via cnn.com
  
  As Fox News faces legal peril over its coverage of Donald Trump's 2020 election lies, one of its most featured Republicans, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is trying to gut the free speech protections that may ultimately save the network from financial ruin.
  
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• Biden administration moves ahead with massive Gulf of Mexico drilling auction, weeks after approving Willow Project

  29-03-2023 13:10 via cnn.com
  
  A few weeks after allowing the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska to go forward, the Biden administration is auctioning off more than 73 million acres of waters in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore oil and gas drilling.
  
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• Biden co-hosting the second Summit for Democracy

  29-03-2023 11:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is co-hosting the second Summit for Democracy on Wednesday, expanding on the diplomatic initiatives he established in 2021 to bolster democracies around the world in the face of autocracies' growing global influence.
  
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• New York hush money case may be least of Trump's legal problems

  29-03-2023 06:59 via cnn.com
  
  For all the frenzy over a possible indictment of Donald Trump in a New York hush money case, the ex-president's gravest legal issues, which are deepening by the day, may lie elsewhere.
  
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• Costly Court Race Points to a Politicized Future for Judicial Elections

  29-03-2023 04:37 via nytimes.com
  
  A crucial election for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has drawn tens of millions of dollars in spending, turning an officially nonpartisan contest into a bare-knuckle political fight.
  
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• State Dept. Proposes Joint Tribunal to Try Russian Leaders

  29-03-2023 03:04 via nytimes.com
  
  The proposed court, a joint effort by Ukraine and other nations, would investigate the Kremlin for the crime of aggression, but there’s a catch: President Vladimir V. Putin could be immune from prosecution.
  
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• Illinois took action after the Highland Park shooting. But the assault weapon ban there still faces legal hurdles

  29-03-2023 01:57 via cnn.com
  
  As Nashville police left a news conference Monday, Ashbey Beasley unexpectedly moved in front of the still-live microphones and television cameras.
  
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• Biden Concedes He Is Powerless to Act on Guns Without Congress

  29-03-2023 01:13 via nytimes.com
  
  “I have gone the full extent of my executive authority to do, on my own, anything about guns,” President Biden said.
  
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• ‘We’re Going Away’: A State’s Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals

  29-03-2023 01:08 via nytimes.com
  
  Mississippi is one of 10 states, all with Republican-led legislatures, that continue to reject federal funding to expand health insurance for the poor, intensifying financial pressure on hospitals.
  
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• With Judicial Overhaul on Hold, Israeli Negotiators Seek Compromise

  29-03-2023 00:58 via nytimes.com
  
  After days of turmoil, lawmakers began tentative efforts to find common ground on a government plan to overhaul the judiciary that has divided Israelis.
  
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• Top Fed Officials Criticize Silicon Valley Bank Executives at Senate Hearing

  29-03-2023 00:58 via nytimes.com
  
  Officials blamed executives at Silicon Valley Bank for its failure on March 10, while adding that Federal Reserve oversight is in for a revamp.
  
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• Biden Highlights Economic Investments Ahead of Expected 2024 Announcement

  29-03-2023 00:58 via nytimes.com
  
  The president has warned that a strong economy could be weakened under Republican leadership, a point he and a host of advisers will make at 20 events across the country in the coming weeks.
  
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• Why the mass shooting cycle remains predictable and permanent

  29-03-2023 00:37 via cnn.com
  
  There's little more the president can do about mass shootings. There's nothing the new GOP-controlled Congress is likely to do to prevent mass shootings. And there's reason to think state gun control laws could be in jeopardy.
  
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• Kamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present

  29-03-2023 00:10 via nytimes.com
  
  The vice president leaned into her heritage during a three-nation trip to Africa to strengthen U.S. relations on the continent.
  
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• Kentucky law aimed at increasing parental oversight in education takes effect

  28-03-2023 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  A Kentucky law that aims to increase oversight in public schools by making it easier for parents to file complaints about -- and, if desired, shield their children from -- "harmful" materials has gone into effect after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear declined to veto a Republican-pushed bill.
  
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• Defense secretary defends abortion policies at center of Senate nomination hold-up

  28-03-2023 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin argued against criticisms from Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday and implored him to support the department's officer nominations, which Tuberville has vowed to block until Austin reverses his stance on policies supporting service members seeking abortions.
  
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• Aide to Senator Rand Paul Stabbed After Leaving Washington Restaurant

  28-03-2023 23:27 via nytimes.com
  
  The staff member, who works for the Republican senator from Kentucky, told the authorities that he did not know the man who attacked him. He sustained multiple injuries that required surgery.
  
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• Harris faces painful Black history in emotional slave outpost visit

  28-03-2023 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris emerged from the female slave dungeon at Cape Coast Castle visibly shaken. Inside the famous slave trading outpost's dungeon, Harris set a bouquet of flowers down and placed her hand on the centuries-old wall, connecting herself physically to the sorrow of the Africans it once imprisoned.
  
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• DeSantis plans to travel to Jerusalem as tumult strains Netanyahu-Biden relationship

  28-03-2023 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will deliver an address next month in Jerusalem, a trip that is certain to inject the likely Republican presidential contender into Israel's national tumult and its increasingly fraught relationship with the United States.
  
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• Targeting Biden’s Immigration Policies, Republicans Attack Mayorkas

  28-03-2023 22:07 via nytimes.com
  
  G.O.P. senators savaged Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, in a Judiciary Committee hearing, saying he was responsible for violence against Americans and migrants.
  
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• New York grand jury won't hear Trump case again this week

  28-03-2023 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's alleged role in a scheme to pay hush money to an adult film star will not hear that case again this week, two court sources familiar with proceedings told CNN.
  
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• Lawmakers reluctant to pursue gun control measures following Nashville school shooting

  28-03-2023 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  Monday's deadly school shooting in Nashville has sparked a familiar cycle of condolences and calls to action among lawmakers in Washington, but both sides of the aisle have been quick to concede that the recent violence is probably not enough to sway a divided Congress to move substantive gun control efforts forward.
  
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• Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules

  28-03-2023 21:39 via nytimes.com
  
  The ruling in Washington was the latest setback to efforts by former President Donald J. Trump’s legal team to limit testimony to grand juries investigating him on various matters.
  
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• Biden’s Defense of Global Democracies Is Tested by Political Turmoil

  28-03-2023 21:39 via nytimes.com
  
  The administration’s Summit for Democracy begins this week amid crises in several countries allied with the United States, including Israel.
  
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• Justice Department moves to end consent decree with Seattle Police Department

  28-03-2023 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department moved Tuesday to end a consent decree with the Seattle Police Department, bringing to a close more than a decade of federal supervision of the police department.
  
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