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1:48 PM on Wednesday, July 22

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1:33 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Nicaragua’s lawmakers say they will carry out a plan by President Daniel Ortega to abolish elections in the Central American country

1:23 PM on Wednesday, July 22

The House will try to advance a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities

12:11 PM on Wednesday, July 22

New protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales are almost certain to face a nearly decade-long delay

11:09 AM on Wednesday, July 22

A special prosecutor has dismissed felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill

10:50 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Hundreds of former or retired journalists and eight press freedom groups have called on the White House Correspondents’ Association to stand up against the Trump administration’s recent attacks on the press at its rescheduled dinner this week

10:24 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China, raising concerns about his potential detention

10:10 AM on Wednesday, July 22

8:48 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The Trump administration is expected to sign an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program

8:09 AM on Wednesday, July 22

FBI Director Kash Patel has met with Cambodia's prime minister to discuss how to tackle online scams targeting victims worldwide

8:04 AM on Wednesday, July 22

The United States and Iran have exchanged fire across the Middle East, overshadowing diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that has collapsed

6:06 AM on Wednesday, July 22

As midterm campaigning heats up, both major political parties face unexpected challenges

4:38 AM on Wednesday, July 22

A joke has turned into a major protest movement in India, challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hindu nationalist’s government

3:19 AM on Wednesday, July 22

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz

12:18 AM on Wednesday, July 22

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Asian leaders that Iran's demand to control the Strait of Hormuz threatens the global economy and freedom of navigation

11:12 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump is honoring the lives of four U.S. service members who were killed in the Middle East and returned to their families at an air force base in Delaware

11:06 PM on Tuesday, July 21

President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market

5:13 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Honduran authorities have confirmed that four of the five people who drowned in an Ohio river over the weekend are Honduran citizens

3:11 PM on Tuesday, July 21

Federal agencies have admitted to using keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy, and COVID-19 to screen and terminate over a thousand research grants at the University of California

7:24 AM on Tuesday, July 21