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			<title><![CDATA[ The Black Caucus is the 'conscience of Congress.' Supreme Court ruling has it bracing for a big hit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:35:47 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New Orleans sheriff indicted after investigation into brazen jailbreak and escape of 10 inmates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court ruling on race-based redistricting prompts quick action in some states]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:39:08 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Several states already are taking steps to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New federal raids in Minnesota highlight problem of fraud in children’s programs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:50:12 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Minnesota has been dealing with overlapping fraud investigations involving potentially billions of dollars in wasted federal funds]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court ruling will reshape American politics. The only question is when]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:46:03 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hegseth faces withering questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since war began]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:06:04 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning in his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Janet Mills has the resume for her Senate bid. Is that enough to win over Maine's Democratic voters?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:49:41 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Maine Gov. Janet Mills has decades of experience in public office and the backing of the party establishment as she seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court to weigh Trump administration push to end protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:28:13 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration&rsquo;s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ King Charles III and Queen Camilla honor 9/11 victims on visit to New York]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:30:06 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[King Charles III and Queen Camilla have begun their trip to New York City with a visit to the National 9/11 Memorial, honoring victims of the 2001 attacks]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ House takes step toward funding Homeland Security as White House warns money will 'soon run out']]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:30:02 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The House has taken a crucial step toward funding the Department of Homeland Security]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Arizona seeking voter data]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:45:09 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A federal judge has dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against Arizona seeking access to the state&rsquo;s voter records]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Senate rejects attempt to end Trump's blockade of Cuba]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:46:49 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans have rejected legislation from Democrats that would have required President Donald Trump to end the U.S. energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval from Congress]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ California candidates for governor tangle in messy TV debate with mail ballots about to go out]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/california-candidates-governor-tangle-messy-tv-debate-mail-132474488]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:13:26 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Eight candidates running to become governor of California have lobbed heated criticism at each other in a chaotic televised debate]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Agents armed with search warrants keep focus on Minnesota in public fraud probe]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/agents-serve-search-warrants-federal-fraud-probe-minnesota-132458881]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:50:54 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Federal agents have served search warrants in Minnesota in an ongoing fraud investigation of publicly funded social programs for children]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Judge rules that fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's lawsuit belongs in federal court]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-rules-fired-prosecutor-maurene-comeys-lawsuit-belongs-132454403]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:45:33 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A federal judge says fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's wrongful termination claims belong in court rather than in administrative proceedings despite the government's efforts to move it out of court]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Florida's redistricting fight puts Ron DeSantis back in the Republican spotlight]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/floridas-redistricting-fight-puts-ron-desantis-back-republican-132442992]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:05:41 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis is back in the national spotlight as he pushes for a new congressional map in Florida]]></description>
                    <category>Politics</category>
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                <media:keywords>17</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ King Charles III to meet Trump and address Congress in bid to spotlight UK-US ties]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/king-charles-iii-meet-trump-address-congress-bid-132442807]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:14:50 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[King Charles III is set to address the U.S. Congress, becoming the first British monarch to do so since Queen Elizabeth II in 1991]]></description>
                    <category>Politics</category>
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                <media:keywords>18</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ White House withdraws hospitality executive as nominee to lead the National Park Service]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-withdraws-hospitality-executive-nominee-lead-national-132440681]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:16:31 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Man gets month in jail for Pennsylvania voter registration quotas in 2024 presidential race]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/man-gets-month-jail-pennsylvania-voter-registration-quotas-132431119]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:44:01 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A man who managed voter registration drives in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 presidential election is facing a month in jail after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts]]></description>
                    <category>Politics</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court denies appeal of ex-Ohio House speaker's and lobbyist's convictions in $60M scheme]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/supreme-court-denies-appeal-ohio-house-speakers-lobbyists-132432956]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:34:12 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme]]></description>
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                <media:keywords>21</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Latino leaders surge into local office as Trump-era attacks fuel new urgency]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/latino-leaders-surge-local-office-trump-era-attacks-132418607]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:50:37 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Latino leaders are gaining ground in U.S. politics despite ongoing challenges]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Haitians aren't only immigrants watching SCOTUS arguments on temporary status]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/haitians-syrians-immigrants-watching-us-supreme-court-arguments-132410344]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:58:26 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration&rsquo;s plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians from deportation, people from more than dozen other countries will pay close attention, perhaps none more than an estimated 200,000 f...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Virginia Supreme Court considers whether to block voter-approved US House map favoring Democrats]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/virginia-supreme-court-considers-block-voter-approved-us-132410011]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:58:22 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Donald Riegle, who represented Michigan in Congress under 7 presidents, dies at 88]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/donald-riegle-represented-michigan-congress-7-presidents-dies-132408625]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:46:30 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Donald W]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Justice Department cites dinner shooting to press preservationists to drop Trump ballroom suit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:14:31 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Justice Department is pushing to dismiss a lawsuit blocking President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project]]></description>
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