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A Chinese court has sentenced Yang Youlin , the former executive deputy director of the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee, to death for accepting bribes worth more than $324 million. The Changzhou Intermediate People's Court handed down the sentence on Monday a
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued an unequivocal apology on Monday after making crude remarks about singer Kylie Minogue during a comedy podcast interview. The comments, which sparked outrage from women's rights groups and opposition lawmakers, have drawn significant criticism. The i
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party, has announced she will run for president in the 2027 election despite being convicted of embezzlement. An appeals court upheld her conviction but reduced her sentence, allowing her to campaign while appealing to France's highest
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The White House released a scathing report on Independence Day, accusing the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History of extreme political activism. The report, titled 'Saving America's Story: How Ideological Capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American H
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Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner suspended his campaign on Wednesday following sexual assault allegations from former girlfriend Jenny Racicot. According to multiple reports, Racicot claimed that Platner forced her to have sex with him in 2021. The Maine Democratic Party has formally r
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President Donald Trump posted a doctored image on Truth Social featuring former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama waving before boarding an Air Force One spray-painted with graffiti. The image, shared by Los Angeles Times , includes the Democrat's campaign slogan 'Yes We Can', 'Obama', and '
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s historic impeachment trial began Monday, marking the first time a sitting vice president has faced such proceedings. The outcome of this politically charged trial could determine Duterte's political future and significantly influence the country's 2028 presid
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Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, significantly altering the Democratic primary race just weeks before the August 4 election. The decision leaves Rep. Haley Stevens , a moderate backed by much of the party establishment, and progressive cha
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the free speech rights of Patriot Front members who marched in Washington D.C. on July 4th, despite their white supremacist ideology. The group's march was met with criticism from some quarters but Burgum emphasized that while he disagrees with their views, su
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Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party and MP for Clacton, resigned on Tuesday to trigger an early election in his constituency amid growing scrutiny over his financial arrangements. The move comes as he faces two separate investigations by the parliamentary standards commi
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Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through parts of Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of Independence Day festivities. According to multiple reports, the group posted on social media that it had arrived in the capital with about 400 members, and photogr
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Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Erfurt, Germany, as they attempted to block delegates from attending the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party's national conference. According to The Guardian , around 20,000 demonstrators gathered to prevent AfD members from reaching the e
President Donald Trump issued pardons to 11 individuals on Friday , including nine convicted of violating the Clean Air Act by disabling or modifying vehicle emissions controls, according to multiple reports. The pardons were part of a broader wave of clemency acts during his second presidency, prim
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President Donald Trump marked the beginning of America's 250th Independence Day anniversary with a speech on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where he initially celebrated U.S. exceptionalism before shifting to warnings about communism as a major threat. The president described communism as 'a
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New Jersey has become the latest state to implement a fee on companies whose employees are covered by Medicaid instead of employer-provided health insurance, with other states considering similar measures. Governor Mikie Sherrill signed legislation Tuesday that will charge employers with at least 50
The FBI has directed its field offices across the country to assign more than 260 investigative analysts and staff operations specialists to probe Georgia's 2020 presidential election results in Fulton County. According to a memo obtained by AP News , this effort is described as a 'priority investig
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked America's 250th anniversary with a speech emphasizing immigration and dissent as patriotic acts. Delivered from behind President George Washington’s desk at New York City Hall, flanked by ten newly naturalized citizens holding miniature American flags, his a
Tucker Carlson has floated the idea of creating a new political party in the United States, according to multiple reports. The conservative commentator, who recently distanced himself from former President Donald Trump and the MAGA coalition, argued that the current two-party system is ineffective a
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) revealed on Sunday that a fall led to his hospitalization on June 14. The 84-year-old senator has been recovering in a rehabilitation center focusing on physical therapy to reduce the risk of future falls, as reported by multiple outlets including Los Angeles Times, U
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President Donald Trump launched the 'Trump Accounts' initiative on July 4, marking a new investment program for children that provides a $1,000 government seed fund . The program is designed to help families save and invest for their children's future. Eligible newborns receive the funds, which are
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The Louisiana Supreme Court has granted a stay in the criminal indictment against Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill, halting proceedings in a high-stakes political battle between state Republicans and Democratic officials in New Orleans. The indictment, which included 16 counts of intimidation
A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot detain migrants for more than 90 days under Trump's mass detention policy without providing them a chance to be released on bond, as reported by multiple outlets including HuffPost and Reuters.
In a significant decision, the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, rejecting President Donald Trump's attempt to end it. The court ruled that children born in the United States are citizens even if their parents are living in the country illegally or temporarily (So
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a formal apology on Thursday for the state's role in separating tens of thousands of unmarried mothers from their babies, a practice that lasted until the 1970s. An estimated 185,000 children were adopted between unmarried mothers and adoptive parents from
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