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Trump Says He Won’t Debate Harris Again
His declaration follows a debate performance on Tuesday that was widely criticized. He has gone back and forth before about whether to participate in debates.
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US Sanctions Venezuelan Officials in Response to Disputed Election
The sanctions against 16 government officials appointed by the authoritarian president of Venezuela were seen as unlikely to be effective by observers and analysts.
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Johnson Spending Plan Is Stalled by Republican Strife Once Again
The House speaker faces a choice of cutting a deal with Democrats or bowing to conservatives and Donald Trump and shutting down the government just before the election.
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Harris Campaign Received $47 Million in 24 Hours After Debate
The sum included donations from 600,000 individuals. Vice President Kamala Harris already had a significant financial edge over former President Donald J. Trump entering September.
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Blinken says U.S. will keep pressing Israel to spare Gaza humanitarian sites
The U.S. secretary of state said Thursday that the United States will continue to press Israel to do more to spare humanitarian sites in the Gaza Strip, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. school complex sheltering displaced Palestinians killed 14 people, including six U.N. staffers. |
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In Washington governor debate, homelessness was discussed with little depth
If public safety was the main course at Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate, then Washington’s homelessness and housing crisis was a small, but spicy appetizer. |
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New York City police commissioner resigns after his phone was seized in federal investigation
NEW YORK — New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle. |
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North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban
BISMARCK, N.D. — A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. |
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Murray, Jayapal, Cantwell call for inquiry into UW grad’s death in West Bank
Three of Washington’s top Democrats called Wednesday for an independent investigation into the Sept. 6 killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, a Turkish American activist from West Seattle. |
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Could America’s divide on marijuana be coming to an end?
The U.S. is divided when it comes to state and federal marijuana policy, but recent political developments could move the country toward a greater acceptance of cannabis. |
