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April 22 (UPI) -- Republican support for early voting and automatic voter registration has plunged since 2018, the Pew Research Center said Thursday.

April 22 (UPI) -- The USS Philippine Sea has returned to Florida's Naval Station Mayport, marking the end a nearly 10-month deployment, the Navy announced Thursday.

April 22 (UPI) -- Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure package that, at about a quarter of the price of President Joe Biden's proposal, seeks to narrow what is defined as infrastructure.

April 22 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a provision does not give the Federal Trade Commission authority to seek monetary relief in a consumer redress case.

April 22 (UPI) -- A politician once dubbed the Bernie Sanders of South Korea is holding a slight lead in a new poll ahead of the country's presidential election in 2022.

April 22 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an effort to challenge life sentences for juveniles, saying they could be imprisoned without the possibility of parole.

April 22 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden announced at a global climate summit on Thursday that the United States will take steps to cut carbon emissions in half by the end of the decade.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 22 (UPI) -- Lebanon is seeking a quick resumption of U.S.-mediated negotiations over its maritime border dispute with Israel, putting on hold new claims to more offshore territory and inviting international experts to step in.

April 22 (UPI) -- Russia will end its military buildup for exercises near Ukraine's eastern border by May, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.

April 22 (UPI) -- Chinese companies have reached agreements with Russia's sovereign wealth fund to produce 260 million doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.

April 22 (UPI) -- The House voted along party lines Thursday to pass a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state, sending it to the Senate for consideration.

April 22 (UPI) -- Prominent climate activist Greta Thunberg, during a congressional hearing Thursday, challenged world leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies, end new exploration and extraction and completely divest from the industry.

ORLANDO, Fla., April 22 (UPI) -- The Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew for a second time Thursday on the Red Planet, a little higher and farther than its historic first flight on Monday, NASA announced.

April 22 (UPI) -- Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot dead by police earlier this month in a Minneapolis suburb, will be memorialized with a funeral on Thursday.

April 22 (UPI) -- South Korea's foreign minister is coming under fire for downplaying a shooting incident at the Korean demilitarized zone during a press conference.

April 22 (UPI) -- Jaguar Land Rover said Thursday it will shut down production for a week at its two main plants in Britain due to a global supply shortage of semiconductor chips.