Donald Trump’s primetime appearance in a live CNN town hall Wednesday came a day after a New York jury found him liable for sexually abusing a woman nearly 30 years ago.
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Proposed transmission line would bring power from Canada to New Hampshire
The proposed 211-mile, $2 billion Twin State Clean Energy Link would enter the United States in Canaan, Vermont.
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Prince Harry’s lawyer says British tabloid spied on ‘industrial scale’
The seven-week trial that opened in London is Harry’s biggest test yet in his legal battle against the British media.
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Vermont governor signs first-in-nation bill shielding access to medication abortion
The Republican governor signed bills into law that explicitly include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone.
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Trump digs in on election lies, insults accuser during CNN town hall event
Former President Donald Trump, when pressed, repeatedly downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and continued to insist the election had been ‘rigged.’
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Elon Musk’s tweets about Texas mall gunman spread misleading claims, question shooter’s background
Authorities and independent researchers have confirmed the gunman’s interest in far-right extremism and white supremacism.
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Huge number of asylum seekers at U.S.-Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions end, new rules begin
Many migrants, spurred by concerns that it may soon become harder to stay in the U.S., were trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border before Title 42 expires and the new rule takes effect at the end of the day Thursday.
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FDA panel says over-the-counter birth control pill should be made available
The panel emphasized the benefits of providing more effective birth control, particularly to young people and lower-income groups, than what’s available over the counter now, like condoms and diaphragms.
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Army sergeant who fatally shot BLM protester in Texas sentenced to 25 years
Gov. Abbott said Daniel Perry was railroaded by a liberal prosecutor when he was convicted of the murder of 28-year-old Garrett Foster. Since then, Perry’s trail of shockingly racist texts and online posts have been made public.
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Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to charges of wire fraud, theft of public funds
Santos has been indicted on charges that he embezzled money from his campaign, lied to Congress about his income and cheated his way into undeserved unemployment benefits.