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Mac Engel: Dan Snyder’s threats to reveal dirt on Jerry Jones won't amount to much

With its Smithsonian museums, Capitol building and White House, Washington, D.C., offers loads of memorable sights, none more so than watching Dan Snyder walk to his motorcade to leave a Washington football game.

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UK's Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive

British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and scrapped parts of their unpopular economic package on Friday in a desperate bid for political survival less than 40 days into her premiership.

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North Korea Fires Missile, Flies Fighter Jets near Border

North Korea on Friday fired a short-range ballistic missile, conducted an artillery barrage, and flew fighter jets close to the South's border in another show of force that the US has warned could culminate in a nuclear test. Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up missile launches and military exercises in recent…

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US Pushes Allies to Assemble Patchwork Air Defenses for Ukraine

The United States is pressing allies to hastily build for Ukraine a patchwork air defense network using NATO-compatible equipment -- some ultra-modern, others older -- to protect strategic targets from Russian strikes. The effort was given added urgency after Moscow pummeled Ukraine with missiles this week, damaging energy facilities nationwide…

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Kwasi Kwarteng cuts short US trip as Liz Truss faces crisis with tax U-turn expected

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is cutting short a trip to Washington, to fly home and tackle the financial chaos caused from his mini-budget with pressure growing on him and Prime Minister Liz Truss

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Leahy hospitalized, expected to remain overnight

WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the Senate president pro tempore and Appropriations chairman, was hospitalized after not feeling well Thursday night, according to his office.

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Saudis angrily say US oil accusations are political, unfounded

BEIRUT — The spat between the United States and Saudi Arabia and its fellow OPEC members over the management of petroleum supplies intensified Thursday when Riyadh accused Washington of “politicizing oil” and declared it would not submit to “dictates” from supposedly friendly countries.

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WATCH: Commanders DT Jonathan Allen picks up first career interception

Jonathan Allen records his first career interception. Unfortunately, he was unable to return it for a touchdown.

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Kwasi Kwarteng dashes home early from US amid tax U-turn chaos

Chancellor cuts short International Monetary Fund meetings after insisting his job is safe, as Liz Truss appears to take reins on corporation tax cut

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Uncertainty swirls around earmarks for departed lawmakers

WASHINGTON — When former Rep. Antonio Delgado resigned his seat in May, he was lucky in one respect: The central New York Democrat had been tapped to become his home state’s lieutenant governor.

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Veteran LB Bruce Irvin 'here for whatever' the Seahawks need him to do

RENTON, Wash. — As the NFL calendar turned from the offseason into training camp and then into the regular season, Bruce Irvin kept looking at his phone and seeing nothing.

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Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump: ‘He is required to answer for his actions’

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 select committee unanimously voted Thursday to issue a subpoena to former President Donald Trump, capping off what could be its final hearing by laying out the case that Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election were premeditated.

Los Angeles Times

Effort dismissed to strip Ted Cruz’s law license over Trump 2020 election fight

WASHINGTON – The State Bar of Texas has dismissed a complaint aimed at stripping Sen. Ted Cruz’s law license over his role in former President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 defeat, without addressing the substance of allegations that he had aided an “anti-democratic” plot.

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A Trump subpoena, never-before-seen footage and new evidence: Takeaways from Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol returned after a nearly three-month break to summarize and bolster the case it made against President Donald Trump over the summer.

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Jan. 6 committee shows video of congressional leaders rushed to safety as Trump watched riot on TV

WASHINGTON — The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection released new video Thursday showing congressional leaders and then-Vice President Mike Pence responding to the violent breach of the Capitol in bipartisan fashion.

Los Angeles Times

Trump signed order for immediate 'large-scale troop withdrawals' from Afghanistan after election loss

WASHINGTON — After the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump rushed to sign an immediate withdrawal order to pull troops out of Afghanistan in what a member of the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, described as evidence he knew his term was coming to an end.

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Congresswoman Holmes To President Biden, DC Needs Legalization Of Cannabis Sales & Clemency Authority

Following President Biden's historic announcement to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple cannabis possession, Washington DC's Rep.

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Black families fall further behind on homeownership

Some cities and states are trying to boost Black homeownership, which dropped to a 60-year low even before the economic turmoil wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Supreme Court declines to intervene in Trump special master dispute

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not intervene in a fight between the Justice Department and former President Donald Trump.

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Report: Snyder’s Status With NFL May Hinge on Stadium Deal

Public outcry has halted a new Commanders’ venue and some reportedly have plans that could halt it altogether to oust Snyder.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 panel: Trump had ‘premeditated’ plan to declare victory on election night

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump planned “well in advance” to declare victory on election night, regardless of the vote count, said Rep. Zoe Lofgren at Thursday’s hearing by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Donald Trump: ‘He is required to answer for his actions’

WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 House select committee unanimously voted Thursday to issue a subpoena to former President Trump, capping off what could be its final hearing by laying out the case that Trump was premeditated in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 panel will vote on subpoena for Trump at today’s hearing, source says

WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 select panel plans to vote on issuing a subpoena to former President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to the Los Angeles Times on condition of anonymity to speak freely about the matter. The vote is expected to take…

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 panel to summarize its case against Trump ahead of midterms

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is holding what could be its last public hearing Thursday, with committee members indicating they will focus on former President Donald Trump’s state of mind that day and present a more holistic summation of the events and how they…

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