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Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea, Japan
President Joe Biden's six-day trip to South Korea and Japan aims to build rapport with the Asian nations’ leaders Learn More
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Spy agencies urged to fix open secret: a lack of diversity
The national reckoning over racial inequality sparked by George Floyd’s murder two years ago has gone on behind closed doors inside America’s intelligence agencies More »

How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action
Doug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a Republican primary on Tuesday after embracing former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen More »

EXPLAINER: How mailed ballots slow results in Pennsylvania
Counting of mailed ballots in Pennsylvania is drawing renewed scrutiny amid a too-close-to-call U.S. Senate primary between Republicans David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Former President Donald Trump blasted the state’s elections procedures on social media, even though there are no indications of any wrongdoing with those ballots other than a printing error that was slowing the tally in one county More »

Oz, McCormick still neck and neck in Pa. GOP Senate primary
Heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for the Republican nomination to fill an open Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat More »

House passes domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo shooting
The House has passed legislation that would devote more federal resources to preventing domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York More »

Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage
President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and has authorized flights to import supply from overseas More »

Senate confirms Brink as new US ambassador to Ukraine
The Senate has confirmed Bridget Brink as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine More »

In meeting with US, Turkey gives mixed signals on wider NATO
The United States is struggling to get clarity from Turkey over the severity of its opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO More »

US warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
The federal government is warning law enforcement agencies around the nation of the increased potential for extremist violence after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion More »