Washington & Politics

Mings hopes taking a knee informs critics like UK minister

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BURTON-ON-TRENT, England — Taking a knee has now pitted a British government official against the England team in their campaign against racial injustice. ...

Ballot drop box investigation for 2020 begins in Georgia

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ATLANTA — Georgia's secretary of state says his office is reviewing the handling of paperwork related to ballot drop boxes in the state's most...

‘We need more’: Democrats frustrated as agenda faces hurdles

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EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. — They have spent much of the past year fighting for Democrats in this working-class corner of northeastern Pennsylvania, knocking on thousands...

GOP operative’s pick for broadcasting board prompts concern

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's nomination of a Republican Party operative to a public broadcasting oversight board has prompted concern about...

NMacedonia wants Austria’s Arnautović punished for outburst

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BUCHAREST, Romania — The North Macedonian soccer federation has submitted a request to UEFA asking for Austria striker Marko Arnautović to be punished for...

ACLU asks judge to block Arkansas trans youth treatment ban

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent Arkansas from enforcing its ban on gender...

What They Want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit

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GENEVA — An American president won’t side with Moscow over his own intelligence agencies. There will be no talk of a “reset” in Russian...

US urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence

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BOSTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev despite...

With Massachusetts armory theft, military guns went public

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The young barber was walking to the car after the first Saturday night party of the new year when a robber put a pistol...

EU sees progress on key obstacles at Iran nuclear talks

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VIENNA — A top European diplomat said Tuesday he believes international negotiations with Iran will ultimately succeed in re-imposing limits on its nuclear program,...