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DeSantis to become 1st GOP candidate to file for South Carolina primary during visit next week

DeSantis to become 1st GOP candidate to file for South Carolina primary during visit next week

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to file his 2024 candidacy for South Carolina's Republican presidential primary when he's in the first-in-the-South voting state next week, becoming the first GOP hopeful to do so.
Serbia halts arms exports after US sanctioned the country's spy chief for alleged illegal arms trade

Serbia halts arms exports after US sanctioned the country's spy chief for alleged illegal arms trade

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia suspended all arms exports for 30 days, the defense minister said Friday, just days after the United States imposed sanctions on the Balkan country’s intelligence chief over alleged illegal arms deals and other criminal
IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents

IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avert budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency.
Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds

Americans are widely pessimistic about democracy in the United States, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about 1 in 10 U.S.

Dutch voters will go to the polls on Nov. 22 after the fall of Mark Rutte's coalition

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters will go to the polls on in an early general election on Nov.
Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators on Friday extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft's $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, allowing them to consider the U.S.
US military chief praises Japan's defense funding boost as a buttress against China and North Korea

US military chief praises Japan's defense funding boost as a buttress against China and North Korea

TOKYO (AP) — The highest-ranking U.S.
White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Crippling heat waves are an annual fixture in the United States — but it's not every day the White House announces a detailed strategy to confront them.
How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres

How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres

CHICAGO (AP) — Two separate shootings 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) apart. One killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The other killed 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Both were motivated by racial hate.
Justice Department urges judge to not postpone Trump's classified documents trial

Justice Department urges judge to not postpone Trump's classified documents trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a judge Thursday to reject Donald Trump's efforts to postpone his classified documents trial, saying there was no basis for an “open-ended” delay sought by the former president's lawyers.