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By Diane Bartz and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to be a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, giving …

(Reuters) – A Florida judge on Wednesday said the state’s new congressional map, championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, unconstitutionally dilutes Black citizens’ voting power. During a virtual hearing, Circuit …

By Pavel Polityuk and Jonathan Landay KYIV/VILKHIVKA, Ukraine -Ukrainian forces reported battlefield gains on Wednesday in a counterattack that could signal a shift in the momentum of the war, while …

Texas School Board Candidates Sweep Elections With Help Of Anti-CRT PACs Kendall Tietz on May 11, 2022 Texas school board candidates backed by anti-Critical Race Theory conservative political action committees …

By Nate Raymond and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated seven new members to the hobbled U.S. Sentencing Commission, restoring hope among criminal justice reform advocates …

By Andy Sullivan and Jason Lange WASHINGTON -Donald Trump’s favored candidate fell short in Nebraska’s Republican primary election for governor on Tuesday, but the former president’s pick prevailed in a …

NYT Writer Who Taught Class On ‘Black Rage’ Gets A Pulitzer Kendall Tietz on May 11, 2022 A New York Times writer and university professor who taught a class on …

‘Radical Leftist’: Senate Poised To Confirm Biden Nominee Who Is Anti-ICE Jennie Taer on May 11, 2022 The Senate is likely to vote this week on President Joe Biden’s nominee …

‘Hidden Tax’: Inflation Runs Rampant After Biden Skirts Blame On Rising Costs Thomas Catenacci on May 11, 2022 Inflation eased in April, but still surged 8.3% year-over-year, a pace far …

Dems Seek To Lock Up Critical Minerals, Throwing A Wrench In Biden’s Green Agenda Thomas Catenacci on May 11, 2022 Several top Democrats doubled down on an effort Tuesday to …

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – The White House on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of Al Jazeera reporter and Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh and called for an investigation into …

STOCKHOLM – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Sweden to the verge of applying for NATO membership. Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden …

(Reuters) – A remote island off Ukraine occupied by Russia on the first day of its invasion has, as Kyiv steps up efforts to retake it, become the focal point …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A murder suspect who escaped from an Alabama jail with the help of a female corrections officer was heavily armed and prepared for a shootout …

By Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has stopped stationing a plane in Mexico for anti-narcotics operations for the first time in decades after Mexican …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY -The wives of two of the last remaining Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol’s steelworks asked Pope Francis on Wednesday to help get soldiers to …

(In third paragraph, corrects ‘paramedics’ to ‘civilian healthcare professionals’) By Jorge Silva and Ivan Lubysh-Kirdey BAKHMUT, Ukraine – The hospital in the small Ukrainian town of Bakhmut was never intended …

By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA – A quiet retirement for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is unlikely when he makes way for successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr., but efforts …

By David Chkhikvishvili TBILISI – Ukrainian refugees who reluctantly find themselves under Moscow’s rule are receiving help from an unlikely quarter: networks of Russian volunteers helping those displaced by the …

By Michael Erman (Reuters) – More than 2.8 million courses of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid have been made available at pharmacies around the United States, with the …

By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – On Monday morning, hundreds of supporters gathered at the prime minister’s official residence in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital of Colombo where they …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON -Chef Mario Batali was acquitted on Tuesday of sexually assaulting a woman at a Boston bar in 2017 while posing with her for fan “selfie” photos, …

By Joanna Plucinska and Andrius Sytas WARSAW/VILNIUS – Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev was feeling unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters doused him with red liquid thrown in …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is considering executive orders and other measures to increase access and funding for women if the U.S. Supreme Court votes to overturn …

WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear Bayer’s bid to dismiss claims by customers who contend that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, …