The political climb has been steep for Jordan, an outsider and founding member of the right-flank Freedom Caucus who is now just votes away from a seat central to U.S power.
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Russia’s assault on a key Ukraine city reported to be weakening as the war marks 600 days
Ukrainian officials have said their troops are holding out against fierce Russian efforts to wrest control of Avdiivka, a heavily fortified city.
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REI cuts 275 retail jobs in bid to restructure brick-and-mortar stores
The layoffs affect 2% of the outdoor retailer’s workforce nationally.
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Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations
Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, hasn’t ruled out reviving the highly controversial tactic at the southern border if he wins next year’s election.
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Daniel Noboa, heir to banana fortune, seems likely winner in Ecuador’s presidential runoff election
An inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade seems headed to victory in Ecuador’s presidential runoff election.
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Schools near a Maui wildfire burn zone are reopening. Parents wrestle with whether to send kids back
More than two months after a wildfire killed at least 98 people on Maui, the three surviving public schools are set to reopen Monday.
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Biden postpones trip to Colorado as the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies
The president’s decision reflects the competing pressure that he faces as he tries to manage bloody conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East, always one of the world’s most combustible regions.
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Federal judge imposes narrow gag order on Trump in election subversion case
Donald Trump is barred from targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge’s staff, but there are no restrictions on criticism of the Justice Department generally or statements that Trump believes the case is politically motivated.
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Michigan man charged with making terrorism threat after post about ‘hunting’ Palestinians
Michigan’s ethnic intimidation law makes it a crime to harm or threaten harm to someone for the purpose of intimidating or harassing them based on their national origin or religion.
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Humanitarian aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply
Trucks carrying badly needed aid have waited there for days unable to pass through. Israeli airstrikes last week forced the shutdown of Rafah, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt.