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Scott Perry’s texts reveal details about efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in 2020

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — As Rep. Scott Perry was making clear he wanted to contest Donald Trump’s loss of the presidency in the 2020 election, his conversations with a Justice Department official took him inside the then-president’s management of the agency. Perry’s text messages, revealed for the first time in court filings on Wednesday, included several

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Applications for jobless benefits up modestly, but continuing claims reach highest level in 2 years

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits rose to its highest level in two years. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits rose by 7,000 to 218,000 for the week ending Nov.

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Former UK Treasury chief Alistair Darling, who steered nation through a credit crunch, has died

LONDON (AP) — British ex-Treasury chief Alistair Darling has died at age 70. Darling was a central figure in the U.K.’s response to the 2008 financial crisis who later helped organize the campaign against Scottish independence. Darling’s family said in a statement Thursday that he had been treated for cancer. Darling served as Britain’s treasury

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Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65

By JILL LAWLESS and DAVE BRYAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, died Thursday, his family said. He was 65. MacGowan’s songwriting and persona made him an iconic figure in contemporary Irish

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