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March 8, 2022 5:08 PM

Walz urges Congress to pause 18-cents-a-gallon gas tax

Gov. Tim Walz joined five other Democratic governors Tuesday in urging Congress to pause the 18.4-cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax for the rest of the year to alleviate pump prices that exceed $4 per gallon.

by The Associated Press and Brian Bakst

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March 8, 2022 3:03 PM

3M, McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Starbucks join a corporate exodus from Russia

The big American companies are the latest to suspend their operations in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

by Rina Torchinsky and David Gura

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March 8, 2022 8:17 AM

U.S. strikes harder at Putin, banning all Russian oil imports

President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine.

by The Associated Press

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March 8, 2022 7:48 AM

Trump's attorney general sends a letter from No Man's Land

In “One Damn Thing After Another,” Bill Barr alternates between castigating and exonerating. He catalogs Trump's offenses yet casts him as the latest victim of dishonest media and "the radical Left."

by Ron Elving

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March 8, 2022 4:37 AM

Senate passes anti-lynching bill and sends federal hate-crimes legislation to Biden

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act designates lynching as a federal hate crime and sets prison terms of up to 30 years for those convicted.

by Peter Granitz

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March 8, 2022 4:21 AM

Russia's invasion puts a new light on Trump's Ukraine pressure campaign

With Russia's brutal invasion and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being hailed as a hero, Trump's infamous 2019 call to Zelenskyy is put into a very different light.

by Domenico Montanaro

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March 7, 2022 3:55 PM

Bill would put tribes in charge of legal sports betting

A bipartisan bill in the Minnesota House would legalize sports betting and have the state’s Native American tribes manage it.

by Tim Pugmire

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March 7, 2022 6:48 AM

Republican 'unforced errors' threaten path to Senate control

Republican missteps that include intense infighting are threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority.

by The Associated Press

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March 7, 2022 4:41 AM

Bill Barr won't back a 2024 Trump run, but doesn't quite condemn his former boss

Former Attorney General William Barr spoke with NPR about his new memoir, former President Trump's election lies, and why he thinks Trump shouldn't try to return to the White House.

by Steve Inskeep, Jan Johnson and Emma Bowman