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Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United States.

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A town hall held by Rep. Chuck Edwards in Asheville, North Carolina, got rowdy as attendees asked a barrage of scathing questions about policies rolled out under President Donald Trump's administration.

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Police in Connecticut are trying to determine how a man could have been held captive in his home for 20 years without anyone noticing.

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President Donald Trump's choice to be U.S. ambassador to Canada says America's northern neighbor is a sovereign state.

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Federal aviation investigators say a deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the North Dakota lawmaker who piloted the aircraft becoming disoriented as he took off at night without turning on the runway lights.

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President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S.

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A Republican lawmaker in Maine is suing the state’s Democratic House speaker over her censure that followed a social media post about a transgender athlete participating in high school sports.

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President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took office.

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The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how almost 200 ballots in the November election went uncounted.

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Authorities say a woman in Indiana who was trapped in her car with broken legs after a crash survived for nearly a week by sucking water from a sweatshirt that she dipped into a creek.

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Authorities say a woman in Indiana who was trapped in her car with broken legs after a crash survived for nearly a week by sucking water from a sweatshirt that she dipped into a creek.

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The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how almost 200 ballots in the November election went uncounted.

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A Republican lawmaker in Maine is suing the state’s Democratic House speaker over her censure that followed a social media post about a transgender athlete participating in high school sports.

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The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how almost 200 ballots in the November election went uncounted.

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The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how almost 200 ballots in the November election went uncounted.

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The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how almost 200 ballots in the November election went uncounted.

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