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King Charles III arrived at Parliament to preside over the State Opening on Wednesday, donning his ceremonial robes and the crown of state to deliver a speech laying out the legislative program of the U.K.’s first left-leaning government in 14 years. The state opening of Parliament is one of the traditional set pieces of the political year, showcasing through carefully choreographed pageantry Britain’s evolution from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy where real power is vested in the elected House of Commons.

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UK's new government announces legislation for 'national renewal' as Parliament opens with royal pomp

By JILL LAWLESS JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Tue,07/16/24-11:17PM, 109 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for “national renewal” at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday.
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Judge's order dismissing Trump classified docs case won't be final word as long court fight awaits

By ERIC TUCKER AND ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ERIC TUCKER AND ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press
Tue,07/16/24-11:12PM, 85 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge's stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to what experts have considered the strongest and most straightforward of the prosecutions of the former pres
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This aerial photo of the Butler Farm Show, site of the Saturday, July 13, 2024 Trump campaign rally, shown Monday, July 15, 2024 in Butler, Pa. On Saturday, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump was wounded during an assassination attempt while speaking at the rally. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Three days after attempted assassination, Trump shooter remains an elusive enigma

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MARTHA BELLISLE, JIM MUSTIAN AND PETER SMITH MICHAEL BIESECKER, MARTHA BELLISLE, JIM MUSTIAN AND PETER SMITH - Associated Press
Tue,07/16/24-11:01PM, 48 Reads
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Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian, Noa Argamani, on a motorcycle from southern Israel, in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023. Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday, July 17, 2024, saying Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo, File)

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Global rights group finds Hamas-led militants committed war crimes on Oct. 7

By MELANIE LIDMAN MELANIE LIDMAN - Associated Press
Tue,07/16/24-11:05PM, 89 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct.
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