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Updated Apr 17, 2024 - Politics & Policy

GOP House speaker tenures shrink as caucus fractures

Updated Apr 17, 2024 - World

Palestinian president rejected U.S. requests to hold off on UN membership vote

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations (UN) Security Council on February 11, 2020 in New York City.
Updated Apr 17, 2024 - Energy & Climate

Dubai's record-shattering "rain bomb" has clear climate change ties

A man holding his jacket walks through a flooded highway in Dubai.

Arizona House again blocks repeal of 1864 abortion ban; Senate leaves door open

abortion protestors in AZ

Senate squashes historic impeachment charges against Mayorkas

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies at a Fiscal Year 2025 budget hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 16, 2024.
Updated Apr 17, 2024 - Politics & Policy

"Moral crisis on our campus": Columbia leaders testify to Congress on antisemitism

Minouche Shafik sits with her hands crossed in front of her. She wears a blue jacket and burgundy glasses. Behind her, other people are seated.
Updated Apr 17, 2024 - World

Israel considered striking Iran on Monday but decided to wait, officials say

A member of the Israeli military stands next to an Iranian ballistic missile that fell in Israel on the weekend, during a media tour at the Julis military base in Israel on Apr. 16, 2024. Photo: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images
Apr 17, 2024 - World

House Reps urge crack down on companies benefiting from Chinese forced labor

Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., right, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., talk with reporters
Apr 17, 2024 - Sports

One NBA benchwarmer will earn more than Caitlin Clark's entire team

Mike Johnson strikes first in foreign aid fight that threatens his job

This is Mike Johnson
Apr 17, 2024 - Business

Boeing whistleblower takes aircraft flaw allegations to Senate investigators

Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour testifying before a Senate subcommittee on April 17.
Apr 17, 2024 - Economy

The U.S. may be entering a new era of persistently high interest rates

Mike Johnson sets up weekend showdown on foreign aid bills

This is Mike Johnson

Incensed Democrats stoke GOP revolt against Mike Johnson

House Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a blue suit and standing behind Rep. Michael McCaul in the wood-paneled House TV studio.
Apr 17, 2024 - Business

Tesla asks shareholders to help Elon Musk get paid $56 billion

A man with gray stubble laughs

What to know about the seven jurors picked so far in the Trump hush money trial

Former president Donald Trump sits at the center of a long wooden table in a Manhattan courtroom with his attorneys.

How Arizona's 1864 abortion ban stayed on the books

Women holding pink signs that say, "IT'S NOT 1864" and "WOMEN. WILL. DIE."

What to know about the "podiumgate" audit involving Sarah Huckabee Sanders

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Apr 17, 2024 - Economy

Who the U.S. economic safety net leaves behind

Illustration of a small man sitting on the rim of a giant net

STD-riddled "zombie" cicadas are coming in hot

An orange and black cicada
Apr 17, 2024 - Technology

Daily Beast to cover tech moguls as exotic species

Photo of Daily Beast ad for Lauren Sanchez correspondent

Where kids have the most — and least — opportunity

Illustration of crayons atop a simple map of a town

Biden may triple tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum

Biden looks angry as he points his fingers up during a speech

Mike Johnson faces bruising forever war to hold onto his job

Speaker Mike Johnson attends a press conference at the Capitol yesterday.

Trump, the defendant, confronts courtroom reality

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U.S., Microsoft elbow China's AI in Gulf

Illustration of a robot hand holding a UAE flag and a flag with the Microsoft logo.
Updated Apr 17, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Smartmatic and OANN settle 2020 election defamation lawsuit

The One America News Network (OANN) headquarters in San Diego, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.
Apr 16, 2024 - Sports

Girl dads: Seize your moment

Illustration of a young girl dressed as a superhero standing on a large hand.
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