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What to know about Eric Swalwell's exit from Congress and the California governor's race
- Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced this week that he's leaving Congress and the crowded contest for California governor following sexual assault allegations, which he denies, and a swift exodus of his supporters . Days ago, the 45-year-old congressman was among a group of leading Democrats in the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom , who cannot seek a third term at the helm of the nation's most populous state. ...

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U.S. kills two in Pacific strike of alleged drug-trafficking boat
- April 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. military on Monday conducted another strike of an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people, U.S. Southern Command said. The boat was the 50th that the Trump administration said it has attacked with use of the U.S. military to combat drug crimes since operations began in early September, according to a Pentagon posture statement from mid-March and ...

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Election loss for Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán has ripple effects for Trump, US conservatives
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the has significant reverberations in the United States. That's because President Donald Trump and many U.S. conservatives have , who has become an icon among the global right for his anti-immigrant stance. The American president's agenda has with the way the Hungarian leader used ...

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French court rules cement giant Lafarge guilty of funding Syria 'terrorism'
- A French court has found cement group Lafarge guilty of financing "terrorism" through its Syrian subsidiary, fining the company and jailing its former CEO. The Paris court ruled on Monday that Lafarge had paid protection money directly to ISIL (ISIS) and other armed groups and breached European sanctions to operate in northern Syria during the country's civil war in 2013-2014. The case is just the latest of several ...

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