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A church is seen in the Russian village of Shebekino outside Belgorod, a few miles from the Ukrainian border, on Jan. 27, 2022. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

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International

Military

U.S. says Russia has amassed about 75% of the troops it would need to invade Ukraine

The situation along the Ukrainian border has grown even more dire, according to top U.S. officials.

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FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a rally in support of home care workers in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. James asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump aimed at halting her yearslong probe into his business practices. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Race & Ethnicity

Trump tirade on ‘racist’ DAs echoes other racist tropes

“These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They’re racists and they’re very sick, they’re mentally sick,” Trump said.

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The Pennsylvania Capitol is shown in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.

Pa. GOP won’t endorse in big primary fields for governor, Senate

The primary field for governor is double-digits deep, while the fields for U.S. Senate and lieutenant governor each feature at least a half-dozen candidates.

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US troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. (Photo by Allison Joyce / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Military

Newly deployed U.S. troops arrive in Europe as Russia bolsters its own forces

New satellite images show the buildup of Russian forces and equipment along Ukraine's borders with western Russia, Belarus and Crimea.

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FILE - Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., listen as the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol meets on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 19, 2021. Republican Party officials have voted to punish Cheney and Kinzinger and advanced a rule change that would prohibit candidates from participating in presidential debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates. GOP officials took a voice vote to approve both measures at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting in Salt Lake City

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Government Accountability

National

RNC votes to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over work with Jan. 6 panel

The Republican National Committee voted to censure the two House GOP lawmakers, who are involved in investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

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File photo: Vice President Mike Pence listens after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

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National

Politics

Pence: Trump is ‘wrong’ to say election could be overturned

Pence is responding to Trump’s intensifying efforts this week to advance the false narrative that he could have done something to prevent Joe Biden from taking office.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter

Elections

Government

Pennsylvania

New map of Pennsylvania legislative districts approved

The five-member commission redrawing the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s state legislative districts voted to approve new maps for the next decade.

4 years ago

Chester County election workers process mail and absentee ballots

Elections

Government Accountability

Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP’s election inquiry: Courts, conspiracies, and more costs

A GOP inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Trump’s election lies shows signs it will drag well into 2022.

4 years ago

Philadelphia

Transportation

Gov. Wolf announces multimillion-dollar state investment into Port of Philadelphia

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Elections

Pennsylvania

Arkoosh ends U.S. Senate campaign amid tough Democratic field

Also in the Democratic primary race are Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philadelphia and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb of suburban Pittsburgh.

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Energy

Environment

Philadelphia

Wolf sues to force carbon-pricing plan to take effect

Publishing the regulation would mean it takes immediate effect, and would make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon prrcing policy.

4 years ago

Kamaltürk Yalqun holds the aluminium Olympics torch he carried at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 17, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Boston. The decade after the Games saw Beijing impose policies on his region of Xinjiang that split apart his family and Uyghur community. Today, he is an activist in the United States calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, which will see the Olympic flame returned to Beijing.

International

Race & Ethnicity

Sports

For Uyghur torchbearer, China’s Olympic flame has gone dark

Set to open on Friday in Beijing, the Winter Games are attracting global controversy as they spotlight the host country’s treatment of the Muslim Uyghurs.

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Russian soldiers attend a military exercise at the Golovenki training ground in Moscow. A buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine has fueled Western fears of an invasion, but Moscow has denied having plans to launch an attack, while demanding security guarantees from the U.S. and its allies. (Alexei Ivanov/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP)

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U.S. says Russia is planning a staged attack in Ukraine to justify an invasion

The Biden administration said on Thursday that disinformation campaigns, like a potential false-flag operation, are part of Russia's standard playbook.

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