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McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.
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Signaling a new tactic by anti-abortion groups, a Texas man has taken legal action against his ex-girlfriend over her alleged out-of-state abortion. Texas has a strict abortion ban.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his trip to Ukraine by promising U.S. help to push Russian troops out. But the lengthy debates in Washington over aid to Ukraine has impacted the battleground.
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Opening statements are expected Wednesday in Sen. Robert Menendez's corruption trial. He is accused of accepting bribes to benefit three New Jersey businessmen and the governments of Egypt and Qatar.
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico sustained multiple gunshot wounds at a political event in central Slovakia. Police have a suspect in custody.
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In Georgia, Democrats scramble to try to rebuild the multiracial coalition that helped them win in 2020. Now, some of the voters who helped Biden win aren't convinced they'll vote for him again.
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A war of words has erupted among Israel's top leadership over the government's handling of the war in Gaza. The country's military chief and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been trading barbs.
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President Biden and former President Trump will debate each other. The earliest general-election debate in history will take place in June.
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This comes after a yearlong listening tour by a bipartisan working group in the Senate.
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Inflation eased last month, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department, which means people feeling stretched by high prices and high borrowing costs could feel a little relief soon.
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President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to events on June 27 with CNN and Sept. 10 with ABC News. They're opting out of a plan from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan about the Biden administration's decision to increase tariffs on Chinese goods.