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Biden, Xi could meet in person, US official says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping are exploring meeting in person, a senior administration official said after the leaders spent more than two hours Thursday talking through the future of their complicated relationship, with tension over Taiwan once again emerging as a flashpoint. Biden conducted the telephone call from the Oval […]

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Informational

Methuen to host informational meetings on new trash service | News

METHUEN — City officials will hold four information sessions to discuss the implementation of the city’s new trash and recycling program slated to take effect on Oct. 3. Here is the schedule: Tuesday, July 26, at 6 p.m. at MAN Inc., 141 Tenney St.; Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m. at Mann Orchards, 27 Pleasant […]

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General

DHS inspector general tells Jan. 6 panel he went to Mayorkas about Secret Service cooperation

The inspector general, Joseph Cuffari, met with the committee behind closed doors two days after sending a letter to lawmakers informing them that the text messages were erased after the watchdog agency asked for records related to its electronic communications as part of its ongoing investigation around the Capitol attack. The committee had planned to […]

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Bannon initiates talks with January 6 panel on testifying over Capitol attack | US politics

Steve Bannon, the onetime strategist to Donald Trump who was involved in the former president’s efforts to invalidate his defeat in the 2020 election, has opened discussions with the House January 6 select committee about testifying to the inquiry into the Capitol attack. The offer of cooperation could mark a breakthrough for the panel, which […]

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