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President Donald Trump meets with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres during the United Nations General ...

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Recent fatal shootings of political figures have highlighted a rise in political violence in the U.S. Experts suggest that most political violence comes from lone extremists rather than organized ...

The new American pope, Leo XIV, has somehow managed, in the four months since his election, to stay mostly out of the news. His predecessor, Pope Francis, had been committed to expanding the church’s ...

The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University, commentators repeated a familiar refrain: "This isn't who we are as Americans." Others ...

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Two assassination attempts on President Trump. The assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of others. The shooting death of a top healthcare executive. The killing ...

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