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Macron bypassed parliament and angered French citizens, setting up the far right for a bounce

President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension overhaul, pushed through by overriding the country’s parliament, could eventually erase what the French leader…
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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over House probe of Trump investigation

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a House Judiciary Committee subpoena issued…
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Texas mifepristone ruling threatens abortion access in states where procedure is legal, attorneys general say

Attorneys general for nearly half of U.S. states in a new court filing warn that a federal judge’s decision to…
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‘Unfinished business’: Biden visits Northern Ireland as political tensions persist

U.S. President Joe Biden concluded his brief visit to Northern Ireland on Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the…
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UN says more than 8,400 killed in Ukraine since war’s start; more revelations emerge from leaked Pentagon documents

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] Washington is continuing…
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Senate Democrats urge Supreme Court chief justice to investigate Clarence Thomas luxury trips

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Democratic majority on Monday called for an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ behavior after…
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Trump appeals order for Pence to testify in special counsel Jan. 6 probe

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump are trying to block ex-Vice President Mike Pence from testifying in a special counsel…
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Warren, AOC press top Silicon Valley Bank depositors about any cushy treatment they received

WASHINGTON — Two top progressive lawmakers questioned whether Silicon Valley Bank offered its largest depositors unusually cushy treatment, one month…
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State Department designates Evan Gershkovich wrongfully detained by Russia; U.S. grapples with fallout from intelligence leak

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] The U.S. Defense…
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Work to be done, PM Sunak says 25 years after Northern Ireland peace deal

A quarter of century since the signing of a peace deal that largely ended violence in Northern Ireland, British Prime…