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North Carolina Senate advances House riot penalties bill

11:54am March 08, 2023

Legislation that would toughen punishments for violent protests — a response to 2020 demonstrations over racial injustice that at times turned into tumult — advanced in the North Carolina Senate on

Fox News host Laura Ingraham said the head of the network's political Decision Desk "always made my skin crawl," in messages to stars Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity following the 2020 election.

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How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election

11:35am March 08, 2023

by David Folkenflik

After Fox News projected Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the key state of Arizona, network stars turned on their own journalists, documents made public in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit show.

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President Biden gets a briefing in Lost Creek, Ky., after touring flood damage. He vowed that communities in the state would get help to rebuild after the disaster.

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Rural communities want to tap federal funding. But it's hard to know where to start

9:52am March 08, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

The USDA has hired people to help small communities tap the complex web of programs for money they need to address big problems. But that help is only available in select areas.

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Morning news brief

7:50am March 08, 2023

Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico are found dead while two others survive the ordeal. The Senate is set to vote down a Washington D.C. crime bill. Five women denied abortions in Texas sue the state.

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The Senate is on track to overturn a plan to overhaul D.C.'s criminal code

5:08am March 08, 2023

by Susan Davis

The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill to block a D.C. criminal code overhaul. The vote is dividing Democrats on an issue where the party is historically vulnerable with voters.

Seal of the President of the United States symbol is seen on a podium before the remarks of the President of the United States Joe Biden at the Royal Castle Gardens in Warsaw, Poland on February 21, 2023.

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2024 Republican presidential candidates: A list of who is or may be running

5:01am March 08, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Republicans face a likely crowded field for the chance to challenge President Biden, who is expected to announce he's running for reelection. Here's who's in and who's thinking about a 2024 run.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he agrees with a letter by the Capitol Police chief as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday.

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Despite McConnell's rebuke, McCarthy defends Jan. 6 tape release to Fox News

10:24pm March 07, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell joined U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger in slamming Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 program. Carlson began a two-part show series on the insurrection Monday night.

Bans on medical care for trans youth are moving quickly through state legislatures

9:41pm March 07, 2023

by Melissa Block

State legislatures around the U.S. are passing bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth at a quickening pace.

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Ben Savage (left) and Danielle Fishel speak onstage at the Boy Meets World 25th Anniversary Reunion panel during New York Comic Con 2018. Savage announced this week he is running for Congress.

Ben Savage, star of '90s sitcom 'Boy Meets World,' is running for Congress

7:10pm March 07, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Ben Savage, 42, is running as a Democrat to represent District 30 in California. The seat is being left vacant by Rep. Adam Schiff.

Friction is growing over a new wave of falsehoods by Fox News about Jan. 6

5:54pm March 07, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took a rare step to slam a series by Fox News host Tucker Carlson attempting to whitewash the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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