Government and politics

Representative George Santos, a Republican from New York, gestures to protestors and members of the media after exiting federal court in Central Islip, New York, US, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Cheney Orr | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRepublican…
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Palestinian members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on Jan. 31, 2016, in Gaza City to pay tribute to their fellow militants who died after a tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip.Mahmud…
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks as he campaigns on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates from Georgia Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, ahead of their January 5 run-off elections, during a drive-in campaign rally in Atlanta,…
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The 'Rhapsody of the Seas' cruise liner carrying US citizens leaves the Israeli port of Haifa to be evacuated to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on October 16, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist…
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Law enforcement personnel block a road as they search a house on Meadow Road in Bowdoin, Maine, on Oct. 26, 2023.Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesAuthorities in Maine on Friday released the names of the 18 victims who died…
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Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, ending a three-week leadership crisis that has paralyzed Congress.Vice chairman of the House Republican conference and a hard-right…
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump watches as his former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen is questioned by a lawyer for the attorney general's office, before Judge Arthur F. Engoron during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York…
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U.S. Rep. and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the news media after it was reported that U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) would not seek a third vote to become the next Speaker of the House and instead will back a plan to…
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Atlanta, Aug. 23, 2023.Source: Fulton County Sheriff's OfficeTrump campaign…
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 18, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersA New York judge fined Donald Trump $5,000 on Friday after threatening the former…
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