Many of the estimated 300,000 people still living in the isolated north have been reduced to eating animal fodder to survive.
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Powell reiterates Fed needs more confidence on inflation to cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is on Capitol Hill for the first of 2 days of his semiannual monetary policy testimony and is scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.
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SEC scales back new pollution-disclosure rules for companies
Companies will have to disclose climate risks that could harm their operations or financial conditions, such as those caused by rising sea levels, hurricanes, droughts, or wildfires.
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McConnell endorses Trump, who he once blamed for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6 attack
Trump now counts the Republican leaders in Congress, including Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans vying to replace McConnell as Senate leader, as backing his bid.
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State of the Union: What to watch as Biden addresses the nation
The annual address will start at 9 p.m. Thursday.
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Nikki Haley suspends campaign, leaves Donald Trump as last major Republican candidate
The former president is on track to reach the necessary 1,215 delegates to clinch the Republican nomination later this month.
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McConnell weighs endorsing Trump. It’s a stark turnaround after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack
Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.
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Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection
Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision avoids a 3-way contest in one of the most closely watched 2024 Senate races.
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New obstruction of justice crimes levied against Sen. Bob Menendez in rewritten indictment
In a statement, the senator claimed prosecutors were ‘trying to get me to give in simply by making wild allegations again and again, without actually proving anything.’
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First baby right whale of season dies from injuries caused by ship collision
The calf, found dead off Georgia, had first been seen on Jan. 3 with injuries to its head from a vessel strike, NOAA said in a statement.