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The event on Wednesday was run by the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a new undertaking from President Joe Biden that was announced in September.

Federal regulators have taken a first step toward making technology that prevents drunk driving standard in new cars. Their goal is to help end a problem that claimed more than 13,000 lives last year. (Image credit: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. There is nothing quite like an “I’ll try” response to my requests for my family to help more around the house to set my blood on fire.

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Top Biden administration officials are trying to reach a last-minute deal for wartime aid for Ukraine by agreeing to Senate Republican demands to bolster U.S.-Mexico border policies to cut crossings.

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Those envisioned rate cuts — which wouldn’t likely begin until the second half of 2024 — suggest that the officials think high borrowing rates will still be needed for much of next year to further slow spending and inflation.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, a sign that it is likely done raising rates after having imposed the fastest string of increases in four decades to fight painfully

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The case involves just one abortion, but it’s likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country. (Image credit: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)