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In his 1st White House visit, Rishi Sunak talks Ukraine, AI — and how to say his name

10:52am June 08, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are due to meet Thursday at the White House, where they'll likely focus on the war in Ukraine and NATO.

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North Carolina state Reps. Jason Saine, left, R-Lincoln, and Rep. Carla Cunningham, D-Mecklenburg

North Carolina lawmakers approve sports and horse-race gambling, bill now heading to governor

10:49am June 08, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

The North Carolina General Assembly finalized legislation Wednesday to authorize statewide and regulate sports and horse-race wagering, a decision poised to open the nation's ninth-largest state to

Morning news brief

7:58am June 08, 2023

DOJ reportedly tells Donald Trump that he's a target in a classified files probe. Haze from Canadian wildfires blankets swaths of the East Coast. Britain's prime minister to meet with President Biden.

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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, helps raise a Pride flag outside of the Department of Energy as the Biden administration celebrates Pride Month.

Book bans are on the rise. Biden is naming a point person to address that

6:00am June 08, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

Book bans in schools can violate federal civil rights laws if they create a hostile environment for students. The Education Department will have a new point person to talk to schools about bans.

McCarthy's constituents watched as negotiations with Biden avoided debt default

5:04am June 08, 2023

by Joshua Yeager

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy emerged from his first major fight as speaker with a debt ceiling deal. But it wasn't without controversy — or a big dose of bipartisanship.

Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Crapo, seen here making their way to the House chamber for President Trump's first State of the Union Address in 2018, are announcing an effort to expand access to capital for small businesses emerging from the pandemic.

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Senators to announce coalition reaches $1 billion goal for minority, community lending

5:00am June 08, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, will join Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo at the Capitol Thursday to announce the funding.

Of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, only Justice Clarence Thomas (seated second from left) and Justice Samuel Alito (seated fourth from left) did not file their financial disclosures. They asked for — and were granted — extensions.

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Supreme Court justices, minus Thomas, and Alito, file financial disclosure reports

7:27pm June 07, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

Citizen stands at podium in Greensboro City Council chambers

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Firing of Greensboro firefighter draws crowd to city council meeting

4:42pm June 07, 2023

by April Laissle

The Greensboro City Council spent much of their meeting Tuesday hearing from community members about the city’s decision to terminate a firefighter for his social media posts.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks as he kicks off his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination Wednesday in Fargo, N.D.

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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announces presidential bid

3:37pm June 07, 2023

by Elena Moore

The two-term Republican governor has made news over the past year for championing far-right conservative policies aimed at curbing abortion access and transgender rights.

Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, in Vero Beach, Fla., on May 5. The Southern Poverty Law Center has added the group to its list of antigovernment extremist entities.

Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog

2:54pm June 07, 2023

by Odette Yousef

As the influence of Moms for Liberty grows in some school districts and conservative political circles, the SPLC compares the group's agenda to segregationist efforts of an earlier era.

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