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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former President Donald Trump and US Sen. JD Vance attend a ceremony marking the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in the Manhattan borough of New York City on September 11.
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The long and complex political legacy of 9/11
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a press conference after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024.
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US sounds alarm over Chinese and North Korean support for Russia’s war in Ukraine
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 9.
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Why the far-right surge in European elections could be an omen for Trump
Former President Donald Trump speaks at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 21, 2024.
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Trump removes video referencing ‘unified Reich,’ but his Nazi allusions are long-standing
US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks to members of the media outside Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Former US President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Why Johnson’s appearance at Manhattan courthouse stands out among Republicans backing up Trump
Workers continue to investigate and search for victims after the cargo ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse yesterday, on March 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The true face of immigration
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12.
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A speech that sent shockwaves from Washington to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during for a press conference after the House passed a continuing resolution that would fund the government for 45 days on Saturday, September 30, 2023 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Republican blockade of Ukraine aid and Slovakia’s election play into Putin’s hands
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JULY 29: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his press conference at the Konstantin Palace on July 29, 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. President Putin hosted just 17 African leaders in this years's summit compared with the 43 who attended in 2019 participate in the Russia-African Summit. Talks centred with food security and the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
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What Putin will take away from the first Republican presidential debate
President Joe Biden sits with Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a bilateral meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Hiroshima, Japan, on Thursday, May 18.
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As China, Russia, and Trump challenge the old rules of global politics, G7 aims to shore them up
An attendee looks at a gun on display at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 28, 2022. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
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Analysis: Three experts explain America’s gun politics
US President Joe Biden looks at a note card referencing a reporter and its question during a news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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The secret of the presidential cue card
A six story glass facade building, center, is believed to be the site of a foreign police outpost for China in New York's Chinatown, Monday, April 17, 2023.
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Arrests over alleged secret ‘police station’ deepen showdown between Washington and Beijing
People stand near a memorial outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif. A gunman killed multiple people at the ballroom dance studio late Saturday amid Lunar New Years celebrations in the predominantly Asian American community.
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No end in sight for America’s everywhere epidemic of mass shootings
FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses members of the media during a joint news conference hosted with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, following their annual Leaders' Meeting, at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Australia, July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
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Jacinda Ardern, like George Washington, knew when to quit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on screen as he remotely addresses a speech to the Members of the political delegations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, eastern France on October 13, 2022. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Will democracy still be on a roll in 2023?
Haji Wright of United States is challenged by Andries Noppert of Netherlands during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match between Netherlands and USA at Khalifa International Stadium on December 03, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.
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What next for US soccer after an inspiring World Cup?
Students hold up placards including blank white sheets of paper on the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in solidarity with protests held on the mainland over Beijing's Covid-19 restrictions, in Hong Kong on November 28, 2022. - Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in China's major cities in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state over its zero-Covid policy. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden’s not the first US President to face a tug of war over China protests
A giant flag of IR Iran on the pitch prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between Wales and IR Iran at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on November 25, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.
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Did US Soccer just score an own goal?
Lee County voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Wa-Ke Hatchee Recreation Center in Fort Myers, Fla, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. After the area was devastated and thousands were left displaced by Hurricane Ian, Lee County extended their early voting period and permitted voters on Election Day to cast their ballot in any of the dozen open polling places.
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Five global stories Meanwhile is watching as we wait for US midterm election results
Election workers separate verified ballots from their envelopes at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections headquarters on the eve of the US midterm elections, in Orlando, Florida, on November 7, 2022. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images)
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A non-American’s guide to the 2022 US midterms
A woman places her ballot paper in the ballot box as Italians vote to elect a new parliament on September 25, 2022 in Bologna, Italy.
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The world leaders who refuse to leave the stage
Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a ceremony to unveil the Obama's official White House portraits at the White House on September 7, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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A rare moment of public self-criticism by a former president
CHARLESTON, SC - JUNE 26: U.S. President Barack Obama sings "Amazing Grace" as he delivers the eulogy for South Carolina state senator and Rev. Clementa Pinckney during Pinckney's funeral service June 26, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. Suspected shooter Dylann Roof, 21, is accused of killing nine people on June 17th during a prayer meeting in the church, which is one of the nation's oldest black churches in Charleston. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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How Obama and his chief speechwriter made sense of America’s ‘beautiful mess’
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Macron assumes his global leadership role
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Biden’s new mission: Heading off any possibility of a nuclear crisis with Russia