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• Nancy Pelosi to headline a fundraiser for Democrat seeking Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's seat

  27-06-2023 23:49
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be the special guest at a fundraiser for Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego as he runs for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's Arizona Senate seat.
  
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• Kevin McCarthy: 'I don't know' if Trump is the strongest candidate to beat Biden in 2024

  27-06-2023 23:32
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday expressed some doubt that former President Donald Trump is the best GOP candidate to defeat President Joe Biden in 2024.
  
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• Ron DeSantis holds first New Hampshire town hall as Trump keeps trolling

  27-06-2023 23:05
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump held dueling events in New. Hampshire on Tuesday.
  
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• Miss World 2023: When the beauty pageant's arrival in India sparked protests

  27-06-2023 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The competition is being held in India for the first time since 1996 - when it sparked uproar.
  
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• Klimt's final portrait sells for record £85.3m

  27-06-2023 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In just 10 minutes, Lady with a Fan becomes the most valuable work of art ever sold at auction in Europe.
  
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• Costco cracks down on membership card sharing

  27-06-2023 22:54
  
  Costco is taking a page from Netflix’s book.
  
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• Julian Sands obituary: Free-spirited actor whose career started with a kiss

  27-06-2023 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor earned a place in millions of hearts by wooing Helena Bonham Carter in A Room With A View.
  
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• Video captures shark pulling man into water in the Florida Everglades

  27-06-2023 22:14
  
  A terrifying video posted on social media shows a fisherman pulled into the water by a shark on Friday in the Florida Everglades, officials said.
  
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• Supreme Court deals a blow to Trump ally John Eastman's 2020 election theory

  27-06-2023 21:49
  
  The Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday in a major election case was bad news for John Eastman — the lawyer aligned with Donald Trump who pushed a novel legal theory in his bid to overturn the 2020 election.
  
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• Fraudsters may have stolen $200 billion in federal Covid relief funds, new report says

  27-06-2023 21:44
  
  More than $200 billion in Covid relief loans and grants was distributed to potentially fraudulent actors, says a Small Business Administration watchdog estimate.
  
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• Lordstown Motors files for bankruptcy, sues Foxconn

  27-06-2023 21:13
  
  U.S. electric truck manufacturer Lordstown Motors filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday and put itself up for sale after failing to resolve a dispute over a promised investment from Taiwan’s Foxconn.
  
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• Appeals court dismisses claims against Ivanka Trump in N.Y. AG's $250 million fraud case

  27-06-2023 21:08
  
  A New York appeals court Tuesday dismissed claims against Ivanka Trump in the state attorney general's $250 million lawsuit against the former president, his oldest children and his company.
  
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• Hollywood producer testifies at Netanyahu corruption trial

  27-06-2023 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Movie mogul Arnon Milchan tells a court how he gave expensive gifts to the Israeli prime minister.
  
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• WATCH: Chimp caged for decades ‘in awe’ after seeing open sky for first time

  27-06-2023 20:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A 28-year-old chimpanzee named Vanilla was “in awe” as she saw open sky for the first time at a sanctuary in Florida, rescuers say.
  
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• Oregon becomes the latest state to put ranked choice voting on the ballot

  27-06-2023 20:43
  
  Oregon voters will decide next year whether to implement ranked choice voting for all state and federal elections, according to a new law enacted by the Legislature.
  
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• 'Planned in plain sight': Senate report finds intel agencies failed in the lead-up to Jan. 6

  27-06-2023 19:29
  
  The FBI and federal agencies failed to prepare for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and downplayed the potential for violence despite online threats, Senate report finds.
  
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• Wagner's network in Africa faces uncertain future

  27-06-2023 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does the Russian mercenary group's failed mutiny mean for its fighters in African countries?
  
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• Ralph Yarl says he's suffering lingering effects from being shot in the head

  27-06-2023 19:07
  
  Until the moment he was shot in the head, Ralph Yarl said, he didn’t believe the armed white man in front of him would pull the trigger.
  
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• Wagner revolt: How many planes and people did Russia lose?

  27-06-2023 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What we know about the Russian equipment and troops lost during the recent uprising.
  
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• Feds decline to recall vulnerable Hyundai and Kia vehicles despite nationwide theft spree

  27-06-2023 18:43
  
  Amid a nationwide wave of social media-linked thefts targeting Hyundais and Kias, which state officials say have caused at least eight deaths, federal regulators have declined to issue a recall of the vehicles.
  
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• New York man charged with murder after allegedly shooting infant daughter with a crossbow

  27-06-2023 18:24
  
  A New York man was arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting his 3-week-old infant daughter with a crossbow Monday morning, according to the Broome County Sheriff’s Office.
  
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• More than $200 billion in pandemic relief squandered, says government watchdog report

  27-06-2023 18:19 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The federal government squandered more than $200 billion in its rush to prop up small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a government watchdog report.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects unchecked state legislature power over federal election rules

  27-06-2023 18:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The 6-3 opinion repudiated much of the "independent state legislature" theory.
  
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• McCarthy considers impeachment inquiry of AG Merrick Garland over Hunter Biden

  27-06-2023 18:03 via abcnews.go.com
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is considering launching an impeachment inquiry over Attorney General Merrick Garland's handling of the investigation into Hunter Biden
  
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• DeSantis asks judge to dismiss Disney lawsuit, claims immunity

  27-06-2023 18:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Ron DeSantis asked a federal court to dismiss Disney's lawsuit against him, which claims illegal retaliation over a dispute over the so-called "Don't Say Gay" law
  
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• New details revealed in circumstances leading up to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide

  27-06-2023 18:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself in his jail cell with an orange noose he fashioned from "a sheet or a shirt," according to a new report issued Tuesday.
  
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• What is Russia's Wagner group of mercenaries and why did it march on Moscow?

  27-06-2023 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The force is being disbanded after its commander Yevgeny Prigozhin led troops in a march on Moscow.
  
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• Video shows convicted murderer elbow attorney in the face hours before he's sentenced to death

  27-06-2023 17:20
  
  A Florida man convicted in the 1990 killing of an 11-year-old girl and her babysitter elbowed his attorney in the face hours before he was sentenced to death, wild courtroom video shows.
  
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• Misconduct and errors allowed Jeffrey Epstein to commit suicide, DOJ finds

  27-06-2023 17:16
  
  A cascade of misconduct, negligence and errors by employees the federal Bureau of Prisons created the conditions that allowed accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to hang himself in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019.
  
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• Still hiring: Big Tech layoffs give other sectors an opening

  27-06-2023 17:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The recent mass layoffs at companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta came as a shock the thousands of workers who’d never experienced upheaval in the tech sector
  
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• Follow the latest news and conversations at the Aspen Ideas Festival

  27-06-2023 17:08
  
  Follow the latest news and conversations at the Aspen Ideas Festival
  
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• US push to lower wildfire risk across the West stumbles in places

  27-06-2023 17:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees and undergrowth
  
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• WATCH: Smart goat finds a way to get its own treats out of dispenser

  27-06-2023 17:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This bright billy goat has learned how to use the food dispenser at Yellowstone Bear World in Idaho.
  
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• Putin says Wagner group fully funded by Russia

  27-06-2023 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president says more than $1bn was given to the mercenary group in the past year.
  
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• Pompeii archaeologists discover 'pizza' painting

  27-06-2023 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say the flatbread depicted in the 2,000 year-old fresco may be a precursor to the Italian dish.
  
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• Urgent action needed to protect ‘dying’ Kenyan domestic workers in Gulf, say rights groups

  27-06-2023 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Deaths and alleged abuse of Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia fuels demands for Nairobi to act on human rights Rights groups have expressed concern that not enough has been done to address the alleged mistreatment of domestic workers in Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia, after the Kenyan government moved to secure work opportunities abroad for its citizens.“This is a matter of grave public interest,” said John Mwariri, a lawyer at Kituo cha Sheria, a legal aid organisation. “Many of
  
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• Democratic lawmakers seek Supreme Court investigation into Clarence Thomas

  27-06-2023 15:19
  
  A group of House Democrats wrote a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts urging him to establish an independent investigative arm within the Supreme Court.
  
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• Police hunt man filmed carving names on Colosseum

  27-06-2023 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Italian officers are investigating the act of vandalism at the historic Roman amphitheatre.
  
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• FBI and DHS 'failed' at 'fundamental level' in warning of Jan. 6: Senate report

  27-06-2023 14:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security failed to adequately assess threats leading up to Jan. 6, according to a report by the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
  
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• Xi Jinping praises ‘great importance’ of China-New Zealand relations

  27-06-2023 13:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Amid rising global tensions, Chinese leader tells PM, Chris Hipkins, his visit to Beijing is meaningfulXi Jinping has praised the “great importance” of China’s relationship with its “friend and partner” New Zealand, as Chris Hipkins visits Beijing to promote trade amid growing geopolitical tensions.Speaking after the two leaders met in the Chinese capital on Tuesday evening, Xi told reporters through an interpreter: “I myself [am] attaching great importance to
  
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• Putin says Russian military leaders averted 'civil war' by ending mercenary rebellion

  27-06-2023 13:49
  
  A plane belonging to Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, arrived in Belarus Tuesday, according to flight-tracking website.
  
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• Japanese kabuki actor arrested for allegedly assisting in his mother’s suicide

  27-06-2023 13:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Ennosuke Ichikawa detained after both parents found unconscious at his Tokyo home last monthOne of Japan’s best-known kabuki actors has been arrested on suspicion of assisting in his mother’s suicide after both parents were found unconscious at his home last month.Police said Ennosuke Ichikawa, a 47-year-old star of the classical theatre form, “allegedly made a 75-year-old woman take sleep-inducing pills at his home and die of psychoactive drug addiction, thereby assisting in h
  
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• Pope's peace envoy is heading to Moscow after the short-lived Wagner rebellion

  27-06-2023 13:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Pope Francis’ peace envoy is heading to Moscow
  
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• The 2 US states where malaria cases have been reported

  27-06-2023 13:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The first malaria cases found locally in almost 20 years in the U.S. have been reported in Florida and Texas.
  
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• University of Idaho murders: State seeks death penalty against Bryan Kohberger

  27-06-2023 13:19 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the gruesome University of Idaho murders, according to a new court filing.
  
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• Secret Service agents testified before Jan. 6 grand jury: Sources

  27-06-2023 13:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Agents from the U.S. Secret Service have testified before the grand jury investigating the events of Jan. 6, a source confirmed to ABC News.
  
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• Pregnant workers may receive new protections and accommodations as new law takes effect

  27-06-2023 13:00
  
  The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" to workers who need them due to pregnancy or childbirth.
  
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• Spanish swimming pools in Catalonia told not to ban topless bathing

  27-06-2023 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Activists are celebrating a ruling by the Spanish region to enforce an equality law on going topless.
  
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• Derek Carr reveals last straw in Raiders relationship: 'Once they made my wife cry, that was pretty much over'

  27-06-2023 12:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Derek Carr opened up Saturday about his departure from the Las Vegas Raiders after nine years with the organization and revealed what the last straw was for him. Carr told the Fresno Bee that regardless of the benching, his relationship with the team was already beyond repair even if Las Vegas would have met the veteran quarterback halfway. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Once they made my wife cry, that was pretty much over. Once they made her cry, that was out," the four-ti
  
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• FBI Director Christopher Wray to testify before House Judiciary Committee amid calls to resign

  27-06-2023 12:28 via foxnews.com
  
  FBI Director Christopher Wray will testify before the House Judiciary Committee next month, Fox News has confirmed. The hearing will put Wray face-to-face with several Republican lawmakers who have accused him of politically weaponizing the FBI against churches, parents, and political opponents of the Biden administration. The hearing, scheduled for July 12, comes as House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed Wray for information from him and his agency concerning various inv
  
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