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Republican primaries show that Trump voters don’t always follow his endorsements

Republican voters — even those who maintain Donald Trump was a great president — are not marching in lockstep with him. Many are instead bucking his preferred GOP candidates. (Image credit: John Bazemore/AP)

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Who is Chris Stirewalt, the former Fox News editor set to testify before Jan. 6 panel – The Hill

Who is Chris Stirewalt, the former Fox News editor set to testify before Jan. 6 panel  The Hill How Jan. 6 congressional hearings compare with other historic moments  USA TODAY What Chris Stirewalt, Fired by Fox News, Has Said Ahead of 1/6

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PHOTOS: Angola’s all-female demining teams blow up landmines — and gender stereotypes

Angola’s civil war left 1,100 active minefields. The attitude had been that clearing mines is man’s work until a nonprofit stepped in. Now nearly 400 women deminers tread carefully — and courageously. (Image credit: Tommy Trenchard for NPR)

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31 people with ties to White nationalist group arrested for conspiracy to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho – CNN

31 people with ties to White nationalist group arrested for conspiracy to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho  CNN 31 members of white supremacist group Patriot Front arrested near Idaho pride event  Yahoo News Police arrest 31 people with ties to

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China Alarms US With New Private Warnings to Avoid Taiwan Strait – Bloomberg

China Alarms US With New Private Warnings to Avoid Taiwan Strait  Bloomberg China blasts US ‘bully’, says it will ‘fight to the end’ for Taiwan  CNN China says its new nuclear weapons are only for self-defense  Fox News China becoming more ‘coercive and

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What Corning CEO Wendell P. Weeks Learned from Steve Jobs About Risk

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) Wendell P. Weeks, Corning’s long-serving leader, says he rapidly ramped up production of its new medical glass vials for COVID-19 vaccines last year based

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Pandemic, War in Ukraine Create Fresh Challenges for Struggling WTO

Caught up in the U.S.-China rivalry and policy feuds between developed and developing nations, the World Trade Organization hasn’t delivered a new agreement since 2013.

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Saudi Arabia pledges $10 million to avert oil spill from tanker abandoned off Yemen

Environmentalists warn the cost of the operation is a pittance compared to the estimated $20 billion to clean up a spill

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‘Vegan Leather’: How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet

An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like “vegan leather” as more environmentally sound than natural fibers.

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Russia Shells Chemical Plant Sheltering Civilians, Ukraine Says

Moscow’s assault on the eastern city of Severodonetsk also took out a second bridge linking it to neighboring Lysychansk, according to the Luhansk region’s governor.

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