#DeSantis, Haley square off in NewsNation debate: Live updates

#DeSantis, Haley square off in NewsNation debate: Live updates

Four presidential candidates will face off Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for the fourth Republican primary debate, hosted by The Hill’s sister news organization NewsNation. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are set to clash on stage as they vie for second place behind former President Trump, who is skipping the…

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#Schools ramp up battle against chronic absenteeism

#Schools ramp up battle against chronic absenteeism

Schools are stepping up efforts to combat chronic absenteeism, a major factor in plummeting test scores and other problems educators have faced with students since the pandemic.  Chronic absenteeism — commonly defined as missing more than 10 percent of school days — has affected millions of students and caught the attention of the White House,…

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#Former US ambassador charged with spying for Cuba

#Former US ambassador charged with spying for Cuba

A former U.S. diplomat is accused of conducting a more than 40-year secretive campaign to spy on behalf of the Cuban government. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday it was charging Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, of working as a covert agent with Cuba’s General Directorate of Intelligence since at least 1981 — the year he…

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#China accuses US Navy ship of violating its sovereignty

#China accuses US Navy ship of violating its sovereignty

China has accused a U.S. Navy ship of violating its sovereignty after the USS Gabrielle Giffords appeared near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the South China Sea. The appearance of the ship “seriously violated China’s sovereignty and security,” a statement from the Chinese military said, reported by Bloomberg. The ship “undermined regional…

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#In Vietnam, Henry Kissinger was worse than a fraud

#In Vietnam, Henry Kissinger was worse than a fraud

Two quotes endure from the final years of the Vietnam War. The first is “Peace is at hand,” uttered by Henry Kissinger on October 26, 1972, when he swore he’d reached a solution with North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho for ending the war. The bad guys — the “North” Vietnamese and their southern affiliate, the…

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