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Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships – The Washington Post

Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships  The Washington Post Top Biden ally ‘disappointed’ by president’s veto on bill to increase number of US judges  Fox News Biden vetoes bill that would have created dozens of new federal judge slots  POLITICO

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News Wrap: American Airlines temporarily grounds flights amid busy holiday travel season

In our news wrap Tuesday, American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical issue, a strike by Starbucks employees expanded to some 5,000 baristas, a man accused of setting a woman on fire in the New York City

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News Wrap: American Airlines temporarily grounds flights amid busy holiday travel season

In our news wrap Tuesday, American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical issue, a strike by Starbucks employees expanded to some 5,000 baristas, a man accused of setting a woman on fire in the New York City

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News Wrap: American Airlines temporarily grounds flights amid busy holiday travel season

In our news wrap Tuesday, American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical issue, a strike by Starbucks employees expanded to some 5,000 baristas, a man accused of setting a woman on fire in the New York City

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Discovery of mass graves in Syria sheds new light on brutality of the fallen Assad regime

With the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the scale of his regime’s mass killings and executions are coming to light more and more each day. The United Nations said this week the new Syrian government was receptive

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Biden signs bill officially anointing bald eagle as national bird of U.S.

Biden signed a bill into law on Tuesday to correct what had long gone unnoticed and designate the bald eagle as the national bird.

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Trump says he will pursue more executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people to life in prison without parole.

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Concerns swirl over impact of offshore wind farms on fishing industry

With the growth of offshore wind farms there are many questions surrounding their impact. In the second of two stories about what researchers are finding, science correspondent Miles O’Brien takes us to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where local officials are trying

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Pope Francis kicks off yearlong Jubilee that will test his stamina and Rome’s tourism.

It’s a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome.

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New Zealand’s rightward shift ignites mass protests from indigenous Māori people

New Zealand has long been known for its progressive policies, including efforts to correct and address historical wrongs against its indigenous Māori population. But as Ali Rogin reports, a new right-wing government has reversed many of those policies and triggered

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