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Kyrsten Sinema officially leaves the Democratic Party

Out centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has just announced that she’s leaving the Democratic Party and will be registering as an independent. “I’ve registered as an Arizona independent,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper yesterday in her Senate office…

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Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

The United States and Russia have carried out a prisoner exchange, swapping American basketball star Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the second trade of detainees in eight months despite strained relations between the two countries…