Second 'High-Altitude Object' Shot Down by U.S. Military in Less Than a Week

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White House officials have confirmed that the U.S. military shot down a “high-altitude object” over Alaska on Friday.

The White House reportedly asked Elon Musk for help expanding electric-vehicle usage even after the billionaire's past taunts of Biden on the issue

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Elon Musk at the Met Gala.
Elon Musk.

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Mitch McConnell slams Rick Scott's plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare, calling it 'a bad idea'

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (left) and Sen. Rick Scott.

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China's suspected spy balloon had Western-made components with English writing on them, report says

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A Chineses surveillance balloon flies above in Charlotte, North Carolina, on February 4, 2023.
A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon flies above in Charlotte, North Carolina, on February 4, 2023.

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House Republicans just proposed ending the student-loan payment pause and 'prohibiting' Biden's broad debt cancellation as part of 10 major budget cuts

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US President Joe Biden.

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NH GOP Gov. Chris Sununu says Republicans were 'rude' during Biden's State of the Union address: 'My mother taught me manners first'

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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022.

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Stanford just became the latest school to offer free tuition to families making under $100,000 a year

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The Stanford logo is displayed on a track on the Stanford University campus on March 12, 2019 in Stanford, California.

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China accuses the US of information 'warfare' as the Biden administration says Beijing's spy balloon program has targeted 40 countries

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The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023.
The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023.

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1870 pin meaning: What the buttons and crayon lapel pins Congress wore to the State of the Union stand for

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President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala D. Harris, delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the United States Capitol on February 7, 2023.
President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala D. Harris, delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the United States Capitol on February 7, 2023.

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AOC says she's not convinced Kevin McCarthy will actually keeps his hands off cuts to Medicare and Social Security: 'The math does not add up'

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

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