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U.S. Congress headless after a first-in-history ouster of House Speaker
The United States Congress will be headless until further notice, having decapitated its own leadership Tuesday in an unprecedented event in U.S. history. Kevin McCarthy's removal as House Speaker is the culmination of years of toxic partisanship and opens a period of uncertainty, with wide-ranging potential implications. Including for Ukraine.
Trump hit with gag order after lashing out at court clerk
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial on Tuesday imposed a gag order — promising sanctions for any violations — on the former U.S. president and others in the case after Trump took to social media to lash out at the judge's top law clerk.
At least 21 killed in Italian bus crash near Venice
A bus crashed near the Italian city of Venice after falling from an elevated street, killing at least 21 people, including two children, and injuring several others Tuesday, authorities said.
'Stoneman Willie' mummy to be laid to rest after 128 years at Penn. funeral home
The people of Reading, Penn., are finally bidding farewell to a beloved mummy who's been on display at a local funeral home for more than a century.
Trudeau says he's 'not looking to escalate' tensions as India reportedly tells 41 Canadian diplomats to leave
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is "not looking to escalate" a diplomatic row with New Delhi, but declined to say whether Canada would match India's decision to ask for the removal 41 Canadian diplomats.
