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			<title><![CDATA[ Alabama asks appeals court to let it continue nitrogen gas executions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:01:09 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Alabama is waging a last-minute legal fight to execute a man with nitrogen gas on Thursday night]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Judge considers arguments in challenge to New Mexico's universal childcare program]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:22:07 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FISA spy program at risk over Trump's pick of Pulte for director of national intelligence]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:41:58 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A key congressional race in California will test progressives' appeal in a Republican district]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:01:27 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Randy Villegas, a populist insurgent, has won the Democratic primary for a House seat representing California&rsquo;s Central Valley]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New York Knicks set record for biggest NBA Finals comeback, rally from 29 points down to beat San Antonio Spurs 107-106]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[New York Knicks set record for biggest NBA Finals comeback, rally from 29 points down to beat San Antonio Spurs 107-106]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Storms knock out power in the Midwest and disrupt Chicago flights]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:10:05 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ US Embassy in Jordan warns that 'reports indicate missiles, drones or rockets are in Jordanian airspace']]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:01:48 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[US Embassy in Jordan warns that 'reports indicate missiles, drones or rockets are in Jordanian airspace']]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 2 House Republicans to meet with leader of Taiwan's Beijing-friendly opposition party]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:35:35 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan&rsquo;s opposition leader as she travels to Washington this week]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trump accuses Democrats of hypocrisy on Platner, despite questions about his own conduct]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:24:05 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is accusing the Democratic Party of hypocrisy for supporting Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite his own history of misconduct against women]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: 'I love the inflation']]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:21:56 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump has a surprising take on a new report that shows inflation spiking to its highest level in three years]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A ‘secure zone’ stops Knicks fans from gathering outside MSG, rankling die-hards and the team owner]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:07:42 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Ahead of the game four of the NBA Finals, the New York Police Department is barring spontaneous fan gatherings from taking place outside Madison Square Garden]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Police in the Bahamas arrest 5 cruise ship passengers from the US after a brawl]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:14:37 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Authorities in the Bahamas say they have arrested five cruise ship passengers from the United States who were accused of assaulting police officers and resisting arrest in the Caribbean archipelago]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Trump sticks with Pulte for intel job as risk grows of lapse in spy powers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:36:29 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats have lobbied President Donald Trump to immediately name a permanent director of national intelligence to make it easier to renew a key surveillance authority]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Search expands for a teenage girl swept into the ocean in Southern California]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:36:36 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A search has expanded for a teenage girl swept away by a big wave at a Southern California beach]]></description>
                    <category>US</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ David Briscoe, AP journalist who chronicled Philippines' democratic revolution, dies at 82]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:36:37 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Longtime Associated Press journalist David Briscoe has died at 82]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:15:25 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Visa is embedding its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing the chatbot to shop and complete transactions for users]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Feds charge 8 pro-Palestinian activists with conspiring to intimidate U of Michigan officials]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:49:06 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial tie...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Southern Baptists vote to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:50:08 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Southern Baptists have voted overwhelmingly to advance a formal ban on churches with women pastors in the nation&rsquo;s largest conservative evangelical denomination]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Carney says opening of Canada-US bridge may take 'a little longer']]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:45:01 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block may take longer to open than anticipated]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Nancy Mace's unpredictable career is up in the air after finishing last in South Carolina primary]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:54:17 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Rep. Nancy Mace has finished a distant fifth in South Carolina's Republican primary for governor, leaving her political future uncertain]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A Pentagon list overhaul puts Mormon church’s Christian identity back in the spotlight]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:02:12 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon&rsquo;s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Police are investigating a large burning cross at a Chicago park]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:02:03 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A large, burning cross has been discovered at a Chicago park]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bill Gates will testify in a congressional panel's Jeffrey Epstein investigation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:01:59 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Bill Gates is set to appear before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ US Catholic bishops are consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here's what that means]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Catholic bishops from across the U.S. come together Thursday to consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Teens' reading and math scores have stagnated, US test results show]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:45:49 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Younger students have regained academic ground lost during the pandemic, but older students' test scores remain stagnant]]></description>
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