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Targets acquired: Republicans release list of Democrats they are hoping to take out in 2024

The National Republican Congressional Committee released a list of vulnerable Democratic members of Congress it seeks to target in an effort to expand the party's House majority in 2024.

Interior to approve giant Alaska oil project against environmental objections

The Biden administration reportedly signed off on a large-scale oil project in rural Alaska, one of its most consequential resource decisions yet and one certain to devastate the environmental groups and congressional Democrats who advocated against the project.

SVB collapse: Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman warns ‘more banks will likely fail’

Despite government intervention in the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, more banks are still likely on the road to failure, Pershing Square founder Bill Ackman warned.

Oscars 2023: Top Gun: Maverick snubbed despite being credited as having ‘saved Hollywood’

Despite Top Gun: Maverick receiving multiple Academy Award nominations, the box office’s No. 1 movie of 2022 only took home one award on Sunday.

The GOP’s reckoning with entitlement programs

Pledges from House and Senate GOP leaders not to touch Social Security and Medicare as they gear up for a budget showdown with President Joe Biden have put the party in a difficult position.

Clarence and Ginni Thomas could be sidelined under Supreme Court ‘model’ ethics code

A proposal by outside interest groups for the Supreme Court to adopt a new "model" ethics code could thrust Justice Clarence Thomas and his spouse, Ginni, further into the political limelight.

‘Robot lawyer’ that never got court day sued for practicing without license

A company that was foiled by "threats from State Bar prosecutors" for its plans to use an artificial intelligence chatbot to advise a defendant in traffic court earlier this year is being sued by a top class-action firm that says the company is practicing law without a license.

How COVID-19 school closures sparked a parent movement driving politics three years on

On March 13, 2020, then-Indian River County school board member Tiffany Justice was in shock.

Four defendants who testified in their own trials — and were convicted

The conviction of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who put on an emotional display throughout his trial, evoked several other cases where the defense had to weigh whether calling the defendant would be helpful or disastrous.

Biden indefinitely blocks oil drilling on millions of acres of federal land

The Biden administration announced Sunday evening that it will indefinitely block fossil fuel drilling on 16 million acres of federal land in and around Alaska.
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