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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Maya Wiley for N.Y.C. Mayor — Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's endorsement on Saturday may cement Ms. Wiley as the left-wing standard-bearer in the New York City mayor's race. — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most prominent left-wing leaders in the country …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Maya Wiley in NYC Mayoral Race — The race for the next mayor of New York City got another big shakeup Saturday as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threw her support behind civil rights attorney Maya Wiley. — Ocasio-Cortez's backing …

Eight is more than enough: New York has too many candidates and a muddle of a mayoral race — As the size of New York City's press corps keeps shrinking, the size of its mayoral field keeps growing, and we appear to be staggering toward a second straight almost accidental mayor. Hey, what could go wrong?
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs Maya Wiley for New York City mayor
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs Maya Wiley for New York City mayor
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Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims — Emails show the increasingly urgent efforts by President Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results. — WASHINGTON — In Donald J. Trump's final weeks …
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Donald Trump returns to stage with speech at North Carolina GOP convention — Trump made his first post-presidency appearance outside of Florida. — Former President Donald Trump returned to the stage on Saturday night, delivering a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party State Convention …
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At Once Diminished and Dominating, Trump Begins His Next Act
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Amid controversy, Justice Dept. says it won't seek to compel journalists to give up source information — The Justice Department on Saturday announced that it will no longer use subpoenas or other legal methods to obtain information from journalists about their sources …
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White House Disavows Knowledge of Gag Order on Times Leaders in Leak Inquiry — The Justice Department also said it was changing its policy to bar seizing reporters' phone and email records in hunts for their sources. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said on Saturday …
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Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records
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Justice Department to End Pursuit of Reporters' Phone Records Over Leaks
Justice Department to End Pursuit of Reporters' Phone Records Over Leaks
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My trip to Europe is about America rallying the world's democracies — Joe Biden is president of the United States. — On Wednesday, I depart for Europe on the first foreign travel of my presidency. It is a trip stacked with meetings with many of our closest democratic partners …

Record 31 million Americans have health-care coverage through Affordable Care Act, White House says — About 31 million Americans now have health-care coverage through the Affordable Care Act, the White House announced Saturday, setting a record since the law, colloquially known as “Obamacare …
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Breaking: HHS confirms ACA enrollment is at an all-time high: Over 31 million covered
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Texas AG Says Trump Would've ‘Lost’ State If It Hadn't Blocked Mail-in Ballots Applications Being Sent Out — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, said former President Donald Trump would have lost in Texas in the 2020 election if his office had not successfully blocked counties …

Workers Are Gaining Leverage Over Employers Right Before Our Eyes — “Employers are becoming much more cognizant that yes, it's about money, but also about quality of life.” — The relationship between American businesses and their employees is undergoing a profound shift …

California's assault weapons ban overturned as federal judge compares AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife — A federal judge Friday night overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons, saying the state's law was unconstitutional and that prohibiting such firearms for decades was “a failed experiment.”
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Trump and his allies try to rewrite, distort history of pandemic while casting Fauci as public enemy No. 1 — Donald Trump and his Republican allies have spent the past few weeks trying to rewrite or distort the history of the pandemic, attempting with renewed vigor to villainize Anthony S. Fauci …
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If Biden believes in science, he must fire Fauci
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Media continues to lionize Anthony Fauci, despite his damning emails
Media continues to lionize Anthony Fauci, despite his damning emails
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Israeli security chief warns of Jan. 6-type violence — The director of Israel's domestic security service, the Shin Bet, warned on Saturday of growing incitement that could lead to politically motivated violence. — Why it matters: Nadav Argaman's rare public statement raised concerns …

Kamala Harris Can't Win — Frank Bruni will stop writing regular Opinion columns in late June, but his popular weekly newsletter will live on. To keep up with his political analysis, cultural commentary and personal reflections, sign up here. — For a while there, Kamala Harris went missing.

Royal Caribbean reverses, won't require passengers on U.S. cruises to be vaccinated — Royal Caribbean International will no longer require any of its cruise passengers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as it had previously planned to. — In a press release Friday announcing cruises for sale …
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Gen. Charles Flynn, brother of former national security adviser, takes reins of US Army Pacific — FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Gen. Charles Flynn took command of U.S. Army Pacific on Friday, vowing to continue transforming the 90,000-soldier force into one that can meet the challenge of a rising China.
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Global Tax Deal Reached Among G7 Nations — The Group of 7 nations agreed to back a new global minimum tax rate that companies would have to pay regardless of where they are based. — LONDON — The top economic officials from the world's advanced economies reached a breakthrough on Saturday …
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G-7 countries reach agreement on 15 percent minimum global tax rate
G-7 countries reach agreement on 15 percent minimum global tax rate
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