A group backed by corporate and foundation donations is putting $11 million in prize money to solve a problem: detecting and stopping wildfires.
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Analysis: What Trump’s indictment means for his political future — and his party’s
Donald Trump is the first former president in history to be criminally indicted. Here are four important takeaways — including the impact on his political future.
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Analysis: Trump is running again, uphill
In announcing his candidacy Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump has reverted to a familiar tactic at a time of weakness: hubris and volume.
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Republicans confident of House control as polls begin to close, but Senate control uncertain
The GOP is favored to win at least one chamber of Congress, shifting the balance of power in Washington, as voters cast ballots in the first major test of U.S. democracy since the Jan. 6 attack.
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Labor unions are hot, but their moment might not last
Experts acknowledge the newfound excitement around labor but caution that unions, which have suffered decades of declining membership, are unlikely to turn the tide.
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Iran, not oil, is the main topic of Biden’s trip among Middle Eastern leaders
The threat of Iran is bringing former adversaries together, but allies disagree sharply with President Biden over the solution.
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Mike Pence ‘resisted the pressure,’ and other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing
Vice President Mike Pence was a hero on Jan. 6, 2021, members of the House committee investigating the attack and witnesses said in the strongest terms at Thursday’s hearing.
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Biden says U.S. would intervene militarily in Taiwan if necessary
The president’s statement represents a potential shift in policy that would be certain to rattle the mainland Chinese government.
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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky speaking to Congress on Wednesday. What does he want?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday morning in a virtual session. What will he ask for?
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Analysis: Biden’s State of the Union speech takes aim at Putin, and poll numbers
In his State of the Union speech a year after taking office as the un-Trump, President Joe Biden faced an American public that wants far more.