Macron calls for snap election in France after far-right wins in European Union vote

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Far-right and center-right parties dominated the European Union parliamentary vote. The rightward shift could have wide-ranging impacts, including blocking new legislation toward climate goals.

Biden's approval rating just hit its lowest mark on record

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President Joe Biden is running out of time to reverse his meager approval rating before the election.

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Biden is lagging in key swing states. But white non-college voters are keeping him afloat in Wisconsin.

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President Joe Biden waves to the audience after speaking in Superior, Wis., on January 25, 2024.

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Billionaire LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman slams business leaders who support Trump: A 'reliable legal system is not a given'

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman.

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US flight prices are over $200 cheaper than they were 30 years ago when adjusting for inflation. Here's why it doesn't feel like it.

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Americans aren't happy with flight prices, but they're much more affordable than they used to be.

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Macron has taken a radical gamble that could backfire

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France's President Emmanuel Macron on June 8, 2024.

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Biden easily won Virginia in the 2020 presidential election. But things look a lot different this year.

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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

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The competition between India and China is about more than raw power

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's leader, Xi Jinping

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Tough-on-crime former NYC judges say even they wouldn't sentence Trump to prison in the hush-money case

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Donald Trump awaits his first criminal sentencing.

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Trump's hush-money judge alerted lawyers about a Facebook comment claiming Trump would be convicted 24 hours before it happened. The commenter describes himself as a 'professional s---poster.'

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A person claiming to be a "professional" troll posted on an official court Facebook page claiming that their cousin, a juror in Donald Trump's hush money trial, predicted his conviction before it occurred.

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