Despite having virtually no experience, Mike Johnson just helped break a GOP fundraising record set by Kevin McCarthy

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson leaves a caucus meeting ahead of a vote to expel Rep. George Santos from the House of Representatives on December 01, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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Harvard says that president Claudine Gay is staying in post, despite huge backlash over her hesitance to denounce calls for the 'genocide of Jews'

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Claudine Gay, Liz Magill
Harvard president Claudine Gay (L) and Penn president Liz Magill (R) have been heavily criticized for their testimony during a congressional hearing on antisemitism on campus

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Kim Jong Un is obsessed with Lexus, and won't let sanctions stop him from getting one, North Korea experts say

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Kim Jong Un waves from his car
Kim Jong Un waves from his car in Lang Son, Vietnam, in February 2019. We don't think this one is a Lexus.

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Larry Summers says the ongoing turmoil about antisemitism at Harvard is as serious a reckoning as the Vietnam War

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Lawrence H. Summers (left) and Claudine Gay (right).
Former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers (left) and current Harvard president Claudine Gay (right).

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The CEO of Nvidia says the chipmaker is looking to Vietnam as its 'second homeland': report

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Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, speaks during a press conference at the Computex 2023 in Taipei on May 30, 2023.

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Putin's biggest critic is now missing from prison a week after the Russian president announced another run for office

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Alexei Navalny with his arms being held behind his back by Russian police officers as he is detained.
Alexei Navalny was detained by Russian police officers during a protest in Moscow.

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Elon Musk is calling for Harvard's defunding

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Elon Musk (left) and Claudine Gay (right).
Elon Musk (left) and Claudine Gay.

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Texas Supreme Court rules against Kate Cox, a woman who filed a lawsuit to get an abortion, as she heads out of state for the procedure

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Kate Cox in a black dress with a black and white flower shawl.
This image provided by Kate Cox shows Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two.

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Supreme Court says it will consider special counsel Jack Smith's request to quickly decide if Trump can be criminally charged

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Special Counsel Jack Smith (left) has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on Donald Trump's (right) claim of presidential immunity.

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Harvard is rallying behind its president as she faces mounting pressure to resign

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Harvard president Claudine Gay smiling with hands clasped
Harvard president Claudine Gay

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