Read the latest and breaking politics news and stories - June 7
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As violence perpetrated by Boko Haram spreads across northern Nigeria, the former U.S. ambassador to the country said Friday that Western intervention has been largely symbolic, with no U.S. military presence to help solve the ongoing cr...
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl may be due close to $200,000 in back pay and allowances for the five years he spent as a captive of the Taliban, but whether or not the newly released soldier will be getting any of that money is an open question.
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Noorullah Noori, one of the five Guantanamo Bay detainees released on Saturday in the controversial exchange for Sgt. Bowe Begdahl , has vowed to return to Afghanistan and fight Americans, according to NBC News .
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The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday she isn’t buying the Obama administration’s contention that there was a “credible threat” that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl would be killed if news of the details of the prisoner swap wer...
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An American has been arrested and is being held in North Korea for leaving a Bible in a hotel room as he attempted to leave the country, state media said Friday. Little is known about the man, who was identified in Korean as Jeffrey Ed...
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This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates. Authorities shot dead a suspect who was believed to have shot a Forsyth County, Georgia, sheriff’s deputy in the leg inside the Forsyth County courthouse. The deputy is expected to s...
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UPDATE 12:38 p.m. EDT: The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Wilbur Harwell, a third class petty officer, according to the Virginian-Pilot . As of noon, he had not been apprehended. Original story: A stabbing prompted a lockdown...
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A large explosion at a power plant in Kosovo on Friday has damaged nearby houses and many are feared dead. The explosion took place at the country’s second biggest coal-fired power station, which is located outside the capital Pristina ...
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Suspected Seattle Pacific University shooter Aaron Ybarra was obsessed with the Columbine High School shooting and visited the Colorado school prior to allegedly opening fire Thursday at SPU and killing one person before being subdued by...
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On March 22, a drone and a commercial airliner reportedly came close to a collision in an incident that continues to baffle drone enthusiasts and officials who admit they do not understand what exactly happened over Florida on that day.
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A spokesperson working for Libyan renegade Gen. Khalifa Hifter said Friday that his forces are "expecting and waiting" for an Egyptian military operation inside the country that would help then overthrow the current government, accordi...
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KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is being sworn in Saturday, and has one pressing item above all on his agenda: Finding a solution to the conflict in the east of the country, where pro-Russian separatists have procla...
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(Reuters) - Vodafone ( VOD.L ), the world's second-biggest mobile phone company, said government agencies in a small number of countries in which it operates have direct access to its network, enabling them to listen in to calls. Securit...
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Of all the 18 world leaders gathering this week in France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, French President Francois Hollande has the busiest week ahead.
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(Reuters) - The world's leading industrialized nations threatened on Wednesday to impose harder-hitting sanctions on Russia if it does not help restore stability to eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian militias continue to operate at wil...
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U.S. President Barack Obama met Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw on Wednesday and discussed how the U.S. could help, with the exception of supplying weapons, in its fight against pro-Russia separatists who have waged ...
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French Open women's singles final from Roland Garros Send your emails to barry.glendenning@the guardian.com Tweet him at @bglendenning 2.30pm BST First set: *Sharapova 1-2 Halep (*denotes server) Sharapova hits her second double fault of...
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News, tips and live updates from Epsom on Derby day Send your thoughts to Tony.Paley@theguardian.com Chris Cook's TV guide and Derby tip in Talking Horses Godolphin give Fallon a chance of Derby glory 2.27pm BST Frankie Dettori's army of...
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A review has found no evidence that then-Attorney General Tom Corbett delayed the investigation into serial sex abuser Jerry Sandusky for political gain, but it raises questions about the pace of the case, according to three people who h...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama used the college commencement season Saturday to get behind Senate Democratic legislation that would let college graduates with heavy debts refinance their loans.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Distancing herself from some of the Obama administration's handling of the Arab Spring, Hillary Rodham Clinton says in her upcoming book that she pushed for Hosni Mubarak to initiate an orderly transition of power in Eg...
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The PAC member told Firstpost that on two important occasions Kejriwal and Sisodia took decisions unilaterally fuelling a rift within the party.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending two top negotiators to Geneva for direct talks with Iranian officials over Tehran's nuclear program. The American officials are Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Undersecretary of State for...
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Diane Dimond, Albuquerque Journal The president of the United States is the commander in chief over all branches of the military. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate com...
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Family of British backpacker found dead on Tioman Island say 'no words can describe the void he will leave' The family of British backpacker Gareth Huntley, who was found dead in the Malaysian jungle, said "no words can describe the...
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The Scottish government says it will bring forward a Land Reform Bill before the end of the current term of the Scottish Parliament.
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UKIP is demanding more representatives in the House of Lords after topping the polls in the European elections.
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Rebels are protesting against selection of 14 new ministers in in Jitan Ram Manjhi government.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man charged with possessing explosive material at his San Francisco apartment also used an anonymous, Internet-based marketplace to try to buy biological agents and lethal toxins, the FBI said in documents unsealed...
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Aaron David Miller, CNN (CNN) -- Having worked in government for more than two decades on the foreign policy side, one of my key takeaways is that the world is a cruel and unforgiving place. And with apologies to Clint Eastwood, more oft...
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama officials have just a few weeks to sort out confusion about whether gun-toting voters should be allowed in polling places under a new state law, and the answers may not be easy to come by. Differing interp...
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A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
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Former congressman Ben Jones (D-Ga.), better known as "Cooter" from Dukes of Hazzard, has a plan to knock Eric Cantor out of the House. He's urging his fellow Democrats to cross over and vote for a tea party-backed candidate in Virginia'...
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's new president on Saturday called for dialogue with the country's east, gripped by a violent separatist insurgency, and for armed groups to lay down their weapons but said he won't talk with rebels he called...
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The government is accused of "incompetence" over its handling of the threat of extremism in schools, by shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt.
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Lucia Graves, NJ
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Héloïse Letissier, who performs as Christine and the Queens, owes her subversive style to her time in the UK A young female singer who found inspiration in the performances of London's drag artists has become the summer sensation of the ...
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Emma Span, New York Times
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Jagan said an estimated Rs 30 crores is being lavishly spent on the swearing-in ceremony which at this point of time is not wise decision.
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The decision to swap five militants for one American prompted a furore that threatens a family as well as the White House. The Guardian speaks to those who know a suddenly famous father Rory Carroll in Hailey, Idaho: backlash bewilders h...
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It’s not just social conservatives who believe the world’s oldest profession doesn’t have to be tolerated
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While only one in 10 of NDP who didn’t watch said they were planning to vote Liberal, it was three in 10 among those who had
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President Obama has had an eventful visit to Europe, which included attending the 70th D-Day commemoration in Normandy.
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A GM investigation revealed the company's failure to fix a deadly defect in its cars. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., about a law that would require more transparency.
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This week the VA scandal gave way to a new political storm over the release of Sgt. Bergdahl, which overshadowed sizable job gains and the anniversary of D-Day, as NPR's Ron Elving tells Scott Simon.
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Adam Serwer, MSNBC
