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Takeaways from the special counsel’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents

March 12 update: Hur never asked Biden about timing of son’s death, contradicting president’s indignant public response, transcript shows.transcript shows. Follow AP for live coverage of Hur’s testimony. WASHINGTON (AP) — Special Counsel Robert Hur on Thursday released his long-awaited report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, and it’s not great news for the president on multiple fronts. …

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NATO allies warn Hungary not to hold up Sweden’s membership as US patience wears thin

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that he and his NATO counterparts cautioned Hungary on Wednesday against further delaying Sweden’s membership in the military alliance, and he warned that patience in Washington has its limits. Lawmakers from the party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán boycotted an emergency session of parliament on Monday where a vote …

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Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wartime aid for Ukraine was left hanging in the Senate Wednesday after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package that had been tied to the funding, then struggled to coalesce around a plan to salvage the aid for Kyiv. After GOP senators scuttled months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal …

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Sunak criticized for a gender remark on the day a murdered teen’s mother visited UK Parliament

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced mounting pressure Wednesday to apologize for a remark he made about transgender people, moments after he was informed that the mother of a murdered transgender teenager was in Parliament. During his weekly questioning in the House of Commons, Sunak sought to mock the position of the Labour Party’s leader on the …

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Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. Environmental and public health groups hailed the new Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Wednesday as a major step in improving the health of Americans, including …

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