The president’s only hope for being allowed to move forward with his plan appeared to be the slim possibility that the court would find that Republican-led states and individuals challenging the plan lacked the legal right to sue.
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UN chief says Russian invasion triggered ‘massive’ human rights violations in Ukraine
The head of the United Nations says Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human rights” in the world today
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Supreme Court to hear Republican challenge to consumer protection agency
Late last year, a federal appeals court – the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit – ruled that the agency’s funding structure is unconstitutional, threatening its ability to function.
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2023 U.S. recession now expected to start later than predicted
A third of the economists who responded to the survey now expect a recession to begin in the April-June quarter.
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Palestinian gunman kills Israeli motorist as violence roils West Bank
Israel sent hundreds more troops to the northern West Bank to restore calm after Sunday’s violence.
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Jill Biden voices kinship with Africans’ fight for democracy
Biden told The Associated Press she wants to support nations fighting for democracy.
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Ukraine’s leader defiant on anniversary of Russian invasion
Ukraine’s leader is using an ongoing news conference on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion to urge Moscow to change course
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Zelensky gives qualified support for China cease-fire proposals
Beijing claims to have a neutral stance in the war that began one year ago, but has also said it has a ‘no limits friendship’ with Russia and has refused to criticize its invasion of Ukraine.
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U.S. announces sweeping new sanctions against Russia 1 year into war
The sanctions come after the White House announced early Friday morning that the Pentagon would commit $2 billion for more rounds of ammunition and a variety of small, high-tech drones into the fight against Russia.
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Drone footage shows Bakhmut’s destruction, a year after Russian invasion of Ukraine
New video footage of Bakhmut shot from the air with a drone for The Associated Press shows how the longest battle of the year-long Russian invasion has turned the city of salt and gypsum mines in eastern Ukraine into a ghost town