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U.S. Sees Little Prospect for Ukraine Talks With Putin After Biden Offer

The Kremlin reaffirmed a stance that both Washington and Kyiv find unacceptable, and U.S. officials said Mr. Biden’s position had not changed.

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Zelensky Proposes Banning Ukrainian Orthodox Church Led by Putin Ally

Ukraine’s president called for legislation to prevent an ancient branch of the Orthodox Church, led by a Putin ally, from operating in his country, but it remains unclear how that would work.

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The winners and losers in Democrats’ 2024 presidential primary shakeup – Axios

The winners and losers in Democrats’ 2024 presidential primary shakeup  Axios Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar  CNN Biden reportedly asks Democrats to make South Carolina 1st voting state in 2024

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France’s Macron discussed Twitter content rules in meeting with Musk

(Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron met with Elon Musk on Friday afternoon and discussed efforts that have to be made by Twitter to comply with European regulations, the French president said in a tweet. “Transparent user policies, significant reinforcement of content

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Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar – CNN

Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar  CNN Biden reportedly asks Democrats to make South Carolina 1st voting state in 2024 primaries, demoting Iowa  Yahoo News Biden Wants South Carolina as First

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Donald Trump knew of tax fraud at his company, prosecutors allege – The Washington Post

Donald Trump knew of tax fraud at his company, prosecutors allege  The Washington Post Closing Arguments Wrap In Trump Organization Tax Fraud Trial  MSNBC Trump Was ‘Explicitly Sanctioning Tax Fraud,’ Prosecutor Says  Rolling Stone Prosecutor turns focus on Donald Trump as company’s tax

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U.S. whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport, TASS reported on Friday. “Yes, he

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News Wrap: Labor report shows economy added 263,000 jobs in November

In our news wrap Friday, U.S. hiring remained strong in November despite slow economic growth and high inflation, Democrats voted for a major shake-up to their presidential primary calendar with South Carolina the first state to vote instead of Iowa

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News Wrap: Labor report shows economy added 263,000 jobs in November

In our news wrap Friday, U.S. hiring remained strong in November despite slow economic growth and high inflation, Democrats voted for a major shake-up to their presidential primary calendar with South Carolina the first state to vote instead of Iowa

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Los Angeles City Council unanimously votes to ban oil and gas drilling

The vote comes after more than a decade of complaints from city residents that pollution drifting from wells was affecting their health. Los Angeles was once a booming oil town, but many of its oilfields are now played out.

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