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Modi delivers longest ever Independence Day speech by an Indian PM
His longest I-day speech before Thursday was 96 minutes in 2016 while his shortest speech was in 20…
PTI
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Stock market today: Indexes trade mixed after the S&P 500 hits longest winning streak of the year
The stock rally lost momentum Tuesday morning as investors gear up for the Fed's symposium in Jacks…
Filip De Mott
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8 takeaways from Trump's RNC speech — the first since his attempted assassination
In his first public remarks since Saturday's assassination attempt, Trump spoke about the incident …
Bryan Metzger
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At 56 minutes, Sitharaman's shortest budget speech ever
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday presented her sixth consecutive budget with a speec…
PTI
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A Wisconsin university chancellor was sacked after publishing his own porn series with his wife. Now they say the firing infringed on their free speech rights.
Joe Gow, who served 16 years as the UW-La Crosse chancellor, now says his porn series was protected…
Matthew Loh
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Kevin McCarthy breaks record for longest House speech, talking for more than 8 hours to obstruct Biden's social-spending bill
The House minority leader began speaking at 8:38 p.m. Thursday and finished at 5:11 a.m. on Friday.…
Kieran Corcoran
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Southwest Airlines lawyers ordered to complete religious-liberty training run by a conservative Christian legal group kicking off debate over religious free speech
A judge ordered three Southwest Airlines lawyers to attend training sessions with a conservative Ch…
Polly Thompson
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It's Sitharaman's shortest-ever budget speech, during which PM thumped his desk 124 times
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday delivered her shortest-ever Budget speech of…
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Trump narrowly beats out Bill Clinton for the longest average speaking time in a State of the Union speech
Trump delivered his Tuesday night speech in one hour, 18 minutes, and four seconds. Like Clinton in…
Grace Panetta,Shayanne Gal
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This is how PM Narendra Modi’s 3 Years on Facebook look like
Modi's concept of 'Digital India' also clicked well. He is among the few politicians in India who u…
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House Democrats trashed McCarthy's 'rambling' and 'unhinged' speech to obstruct Biden social spending bill
"Raising a young child, my six year old knows better than to behave like this especially in front o…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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A Texas man received the longest sentencing related to the January 6 riots so far despite not even being at the Capitol
A federal judge sentenced Troy Smocks, 58, to 14 months in prison for posting violent threats on to…
Madison Hall
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Sen. Patrick Leahy, who presided over Trump's 2nd impeachment trial and is currently the longest serving senator, announces his retirement
Leahy is the 5th-longest serving senator ever, holding his Senate seat for 46 years since he was fi…
Bryan Metzger,Grace Panetta
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Nancy Pelosi trolls Kevin McCarthy in real time during his hours-long floor speech, calling it a 'temper tantrum'
"Is Kevin McCarthy OK?" Pelosi's office said in a statement issued hours into McCarthy's speech, wh…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Wanted to keep Budget Speech shorter but ended up breaking own record: Sitharaman
"I keep telling that in each one of them, and as a matter of fact, I have been persistently naggin…
PTI
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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has spent more than 3 hours delivering a rambling, erratic speech referencing Elon Musk, Abraham Lincoln, China, and Afghanistan in bid to delay passage of Biden spending bill
"I can't even afford to test drive a Tesla, and Elon is one of my best friends," McCarthy said duri…
Jake Lahut,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Here's how the longest war in US history has unfolded
Despite the combat mission in Afghanistan concluding in 2014, President Donald Trump said in a spee…
Natasha Bertrand,Daniel Brown
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Nancy Pelosi became a viral meme after the House Speaker tore up the president's State of the Union speech
Pelosi also stole the show on Tuesday by breaking with congressional tradition by introducing Trump…
Rhea Mahbubani,Rhea Mahbubani
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Pence recalls the 'longest 12 minutes of his life' on September 11
"As a new member of Congress, I was going through my normal workday routine at the United States Ca…
Allan Smith
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One of the world's longest wars is on the verge of ending
On July 10, a crop-replacement program aimed at destroying illicit cultivation and replacing it wit…