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Texans prefer Cruz over Perry for president

The Lone Star State's freshman senator was virtually unknown 18 month ago. Look at him now

Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz greets supporters on July 31 in Houston: Cruz' stunning primary defeat of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst signaled a growing rift between Tea Partiers and the

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Ukraine says 264 'heroes' evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal steel works

A man drives down a street in Havana, Cuba.

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a new era

Biden reverses some Trump restrictions on Cuba

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Mc-bye!

McDonald's announces total withdrawal from Russia

A wall painted with portraits of prisoners of the Basque separatist armed group ETA, in the small village of Hernani, northern Spain, on May 2, 2018.

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Terror watch

U.S. updates foreign terrorism blacklist, removing 5 extremist groups

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Losing faith

Russia's failed Ukraine river crossing has pro-Russia war bloggers griping

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Briefing

Why 'the Russian army just isn't very good'

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