Former President Donald Trump’s decision to skip another debate comes as he maintains a commanding lead in the Republican primary – even as he faces 4 separate criminal indictments.
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Candidates in the 2nd Republican debate attack each other and Trump – even though he’s absent
The debate comes at a critical moment in the Republican campaign, with less than 4 months before the Iowa caucuses formally launch the presidential nomination process.
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D.C. judge denies Trump’s request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan writes that though recusal is a valid step when merited, judges should not step aside ‘without cause,’ as she suggested the Trump lawyers were asking her to do.
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College programs that leave grads with high debt, low pay to lose federal money
The rule, known as gainful employment, was proposed in May and revives an Obama-era policy dismantled by the Trump administration.
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Over 50 arrested after mobs ransack Philadelphia stores. Dozens of liquor outlets close
The police commissioner called the flash mob-style ransacking the work of ‘a bunch of criminal opportunists’ unconnected to a peaceful protest over the dismissal of a murder charge against a police officer.
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Six young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change
Legal teams for the 32 nations named in the suit questioned the admissibility of the case as well as the claim that the plaintiffs, who are from Portugal, are victims of climate change harm.
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DNA from Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect adds to evidence in Maine woman’s killing, prosecutors say
The New York man has been charged in the killings of 3 of the women whose bodies were found along a remote beach highway on Long Island, and has been named as the the prime suspect in the death of a 4th woman.
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Autoworkers aren’t striking only for higher wages. They want their pensions back, too
Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., and Stellantis NV are determined to consign pensions to the past even as striking UAW members are just as keen to revive them.
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Autoworkers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companies
UAW wouldn’t say what action it would take on Friday, reiterating that all options are on the table.
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Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was released on a $100,000 bond after pleading not guilty to federal charges in a case accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars.