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Jury in the damages lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani hears the racist threats election workers received

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for two Georgia election workers played audio recordings in a Washington courtroom Monday of graphic and racist threats the two women received after Rudy Giuliani falsely accused them of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s baseless claims after the 2020 election. The recordings

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Biden announces 3 decommissioned Philadelphia fire companies are reopening with federal funds

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three decommissioned fire companies in Philadelphia have been reopened with the help of federal funding. That includes a ladder truck that would have been the closest responder to a deadly rowhouse blaze last year, which started when a Christmas tree caught fire. President Joe

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The mother of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán has died in Mexico, official confirms

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mother of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has died in the northern state of Sinaloa, a federal official confirmed Monday. The official was not authorized to speak on the record, but President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged her death and offered his

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Mexico’s president vows to eliminate regulatory, oversight agencies, claiming they are ‘useless’

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president wants to eliminate almost all remaining government oversight and regulatory agencies before he leaves office on Sept. 30, claiming they are “useless” and cost too much. He vowed to send a bill to Congress to eliminate the federal anti-monopoly commission and agencies regulating telecommunications, the energy market and access

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Stefanik back in the spotlight after fierce questioning of university presidents over antisemitism

By Jedd Rosche, CNN House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik had a sharp response to the news that University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill was stepping down from her position over the weekend: “One down. Two to go.” It was Stefanik’s line of questioning at a hearing last week before the House Committee on Education

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