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So much for Ohio flattening the coronavirus curve.Gov. Mike DeWine moved aggressively to slow the spread of the virus by shutting down the economy and issuing stay-at-home orders, but COVID-19 numbers have been climbing again after DeWine started reopening the state.There have been 9,779 new cases just in the last two weeks, a 73 percent…

Some noted with irony that amid the House's effort to impeach Trump for obstructing Congress, many of the president's allies argued they should have pursued court battles for evidence first — yet Thursday's decision underscored that the legal process operates at a glacial pace compared to the election cycle. "[T]his delay is why impeachment could…

Parler, a social media app that conservatives are flocking to for its free speech promises, will not be pushing ads on its central platform, but will instead be using influencers to bring in money. "Our business model is going to be an ad revenue model. The idea of how we're going to do it isn't going…

Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box at a polling station after a nationwide vote on constitutional reforms in Moscow on July 1, 2020.ALEXANDER NEMENOVRussians have overwhelmingly voted in favor of changes to the country's constitution that enable President Vladimir Putin to potentially stay in power up to 2036.With all the votes…

The country's top intelligence officials on Thursday held a classified briefing with congressional leaders amid demands for more information on the reports that Russian agents offered Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan thousands of dollars in bounties for killing American troops.Top intelligence officials, including CIA chief Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, held the…