Supreme Court upholds nationwide same-sex marriage legalization
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Trump pardons Giuliani, Meadows and others involved in 2020 election challenges
President Trump has pardoned a long list of political allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell.
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Senate takes first step toward ending historic government shutdown
A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, voting on the first procedural step of the measure.
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Syrian president makes first-ever White House visit by Syrian head of state
President Trump is hosting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House, welcoming the once-pariah state into a U.S.-led global coalition to fight the Islamic State group.
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UN climate talks begin without US participation
The United Nations annual climate summit begins in Brazil, but the U.S. will not play an active role in the talks, breaking a long-standing tradition and reflecting the administration's anti-climate stance.
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MLB pitchers charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for sports bettors
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on charges they took bribes from sports bettors to throw certain types of pitches to ensure successful bets.
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Typhoon Fung-wong kills 4 and displaces 1.4 million in Philippines
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million others.
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Top BBC bosses resign after criticism of edited Trump speech
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National Guard members question Trump administration deployments in encrypted chats
As President Trump calls for National Guard deployments across the U.S., some Ohio guard members have been expressing concern in encrypted group chats about the nature and purpose of the deployments.
Sources: NPR
Supreme Court to decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots
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