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How to run against Trump? GOP considers lessons from 2016

How to run against Trump? GOP considers lessons from 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Christie, one of the only 2016 presidential candidates to seriously consider taking on Donald Trump again, says he and his fellow Republican rivals made a strategic error in that race.
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Blinken: Russia must immediately free 2 detained Americans

Blinken: Russia must immediately free 2 detained Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone call between the diplomats since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last week as well as another i
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Israel advances national guard force for right-wing minister

Israel advances national guard force for right-wing minister

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday gave preliminary approval for the creation of a national guard overseen by an ultranationalist Cabinet minister with a long record of anti-Arab rhetoric and stun
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Ukrainian official offers plan for a Crimea without Russia

Ukrainian official offers plan for a Crimea without Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A top Ukrainian official on Sunday outlined a series of steps the government in Kyiv would take after the country reclaims control of Crimea, including dismantling the strategic bridge that links the seized Black Sea peninsula to
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Voters with disabilities often overlooked in voting battles

Voters with disabilities often overlooked in voting battles

WASHINGTON (AP) — Patti Chang walked into her polling place in Chicago earlier this year, anxious about how poll workers would treat her, especially as a voter who is blind.
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Donald Trump isn't first ex-president to face legal trouble

Donald Trump isn't first ex-president to face legal trouble

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has made history so many times. The first president without government or military experience. The first to be impeached twice . The first to aggressively challenge the certification of his successor .
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Going back to the moon: 'This is Canada on the world stage, doing big things'

Going back to the moon: 'This is Canada on the world stage, doing big things'

WASHINGTON — Ask Marc Garneau if he'd go back to space and the first Canadian to ever make the trip doesn't hesitate: "In a wink.
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Pandemic pounds push 10,000 U.S. Army soldiers into obesity

Pandemic pounds push 10,000 U.S. Army soldiers into obesity

After gaining 30 pounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Murillo is finally getting back into fighting shape.
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RCMP hopes to gain recruits with 150th anniversary, as N.S. inquiry casts new shadow

RCMP hopes to gain recruits with 150th anniversary, as N.S. inquiry casts new shadow

OTTAWA — The RCMP is hoping to boost recruitment numbers in marking its upcoming 150th anniversary — even as the national force's structure and practices come under damning new scrutiny.
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Smith replaces candidate who isn't running with candidate who'd said she wouldn't run

Smith replaces candidate who isn't running with candidate who'd said she wouldn't run

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has appointed a replacement candidate for a cabinet minister who says she won't be running in this spring's election, and the replacement is also a minister who previously said that she, too, wouldn't be runni
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