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Putin is starting his 5th term as president, more in control of Russia than ever 05/07/2024 12:10am • Vladimir Putin begins his fifth term as Russian president in an opulent Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and consolidating all power in his hands. Already in office for nearly a quarter-century and the longest-serving Krem Ukraine-born House member who opposed aiding her native country defends her seat in Indiana primary 05/07/2024 12:10am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Ukrainian-born congresswoman who recently opposed sending aid to her war-torn country is defending her seat Tuesday against a fellow Republican who has outpaced her in spending and fundraising. U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz is the first and only Ukrainian-born House member and p Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi's Hindu-centric politics 05/07/2024 12:05am • CHENNAI, India (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wielded near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to win over the country’s wealthier southern region. Five states across southern India account for roughly 20% of the count Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day 05/06/2024 10:22pm • WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — This North Carolina voter is nervous. Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered a fiery speech recently about the billions of dollars he has delivered to protect th Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements 05/06/2024 08:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations could send him to jail. The reprimand opened a revelatory day of testimony, as jurors for the first time heard the Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a 'measure of good news' 05/06/2024 05:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report Monday. Still, officials warn that policy changes are neede Liberal icon Bernie Sanders is running for Senate reelection, squelching retirement rumors 05/06/2024 05:17pm • Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Monday he will run for reelection this year, squelching speculation that the 82-year-old progressive icon might retire at a time when the Democratic Party is anxious about the advancing age of its top leaders. Hailing from a Democratic stronghold, Sanders' de The Latest | 12th day of Donald Trump's hush money trial adjourns early 05/06/2024 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial heard for the first time how and why Michael Cohen's reimbursement for payment the Stormy Daniels' payment was entered as a legal expense. Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified Monday about conversations he had wit After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school 05/06/2024 04:25pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Four months after The Associated Press wrote about an Atlanta family struggling to enroll in school, all of the children — in a complete turnaround — returned to class last month. The project on Monday was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The youngest child, an energetic 8-year- Georgia's attorney general says Savannah overstepped in outlawing guns in unlocked cars 05/06/2024 04:18pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's attorney general says city officials in Savannah overstepped their authority by making it illegal to leave firearms in unlocked cars. Savannah's mayor and city council in April enacted the new city ordinance aimed at making it harder for criminals to steal guns, citi Redfin agrees to pay $9.25 million to settle real estate broker commission lawsuits 05/06/2024 03:29pm • Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle federal lawsuits that claim U.S. homeowners were saddled with artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their home as a result of longstanding real estate industry practices. The online brokerage and real estate services company disclose As China and Iran hunt for dissidents in the US, the FBI is racing to counter the threat 05/06/2024 12:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate's bid, pr Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate 05/06/2024 09:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party de New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor 05/06/2024 09:55am • Liberia, West Africa’s most forested country, has a long history of illegal logging, which the country's regulator, the Forestry Development Authority, has repeatedly struggled to confront. So it raised eyebrows when Rudolph Merab, whose companies were twice found to have engaged in illegal loggi Hungary and Serbia's autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China's Xi during Europe tour 05/06/2024 09:38am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend most of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries in the continent’s eastern half, a region that Beijing has used as a foothold for its expanding economic ambitions in Europe. Following a stop in Paris on Monday to