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Big Oil companies have engaged in a "long-running greenwashing campaign" while raking in "record profits at the expense of American consumers," the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee has found after a year-long investigation into climate disinformation from the fossil fuel industry.
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In early November, weeks before the peak holiday shopping season was about to kick off, Apple issued an unusual warning: customers would have to wait longer for the new iPhone 14 Pro models. That's because one of its key assembly facilities in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou was "operating at significantly reduced capacity" due to Covid curbs.
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The gunman who killed 10 people and wounded three in a racist attack at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, would be willing to plead guilty to federal charges -- including hate crimes -- if prosecutors agree to take the death penalty off the table, his attorneys said Friday.
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The group represented less than one fifth of the G.O.P. contingent in the chamber, and was smaller than the one that backed a version of the legislation when it passed over the summer.
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Here’s what to know about a court case that could change the way Americans vote — and who decides how they do.
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A federal judge in Florida had shocked experts by intervening after the F.B.I. seized sensitive files from the former president’s residence and club.
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The Arizona senator is registering as an independent, noting that she “never fit perfectly in either national party.”
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Los Angeles County may bring back a mask mandate if hospitalizations continue to increase.
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The department wants the court to force a representative of Donald J. Trump to swear under oath that there are no more classified documents at any of his properties.
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An estimated 14,000 barrels of oil spilled into a creek in Washington County, Kan., officials said. The Environmental Protection Agency said there was no threat to drinking water or to the public.
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Animal control officials issued a license to a girl in search of a unicorn on the condition that she feed it watermelon and give it “regular access to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows.”
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Last month people noticed wood jutting from the sand in Daytona Beach Shores. Speculation ran wild, but archaeologists now say it was a ship, most likely a 19th-century merchant vessel.
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As civil discourse online and off increasingly proves elusive, a website devoted to identifying plants and animals may be teaching humans how to get along.
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The suspect’s mother and grandparents did not testify, resulting in dropped charges after a 2021 threat, the district attorney in Colorado Springs said.
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The slow-moving lava flow from Mauna Loa’s rare eruption is drawing excited tourists, while drawing out long-simmering cultural tensions.
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Workers on visas, many of them waiting years for green cards, now face having to leave the country unless they get hired within 60 days.
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The high failure rate of the elite force’s selection course shunts hundreds of candidates into low-skilled jobs.
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Having swayed a presidential election and increased their representation in Congress, Indigenous voters are poised to help decide the outcome of the midterm elections.
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As candidates made their closing arguments on Sunday, Democrats braced for potential losses even in traditionally blue corners of the country while Republicans predicted a red wave.
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Democrats and Republicans see Black male voters as key in tight races. Most support Democrats, but some see Republicans as offering a better shot at upward mobility.
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Last week was a volatile one on Wall Street, with stocks falling after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell dashed the market's dreams of a pivot and suggested that more big rate hikes are likely coming. But Wall Street is still turning its hopes to Washington.
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The claim, which has been debunked numerous times, has resurged ahead of the midterm elections. Here’s why it’s still wrong.
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Any hope for immigration reform on undocumented Dreamers, border security or legal immigration will likely hinge on compromise, something that has eluded lawmakers for decades.
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Unlike most Americans of his faith, Dr. Mehmet Oz is a Republican. His distance from their communities and some of his comments about Islam have unnerved fellow Muslims.
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The government expanded a pandemic-related expulsion policy in a bid to curb Venezuelan migration. Some families were caught on both sides of the border.
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One of the nation's top cybersecurity officials said state election workers in Wisconsin and Michigan have told her they're "pleased" with the federal government's support leading up the 2022 midterm elections, while some state officials say they're not getting enough.
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‘When true democracy goes away, people get hurt,’ the former president said in Philadelphia.
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Each candidate in Georgia’s pivotal Senate race booked 60 seconds of ads at a cost of $100,000 during the showdown between Tennessee and Georgia.
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The president singled out Senators Ron Johnson and Rick Scott while campaigning for Democrats in Pennsylvania.
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“We are targets here,” said Michelle McFall, the chairwoman of the Westmoreland County Democrats.
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Mr. Carter, who released his first album at age 9 and “Aaron’s Party” at age 12, was the younger brother of Nick Carter, a member of the Backstreet Boys.
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Tedium and suspicion mix as skeptical observers monitor the largely monotonous work at a sprawling elections office near Las Vegas.
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A House Democrat, he worked across the aisle with Senator Alan K. Simpson to enable a compromise allowing amnesty for millions of undocumented immigrants.
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