Former President Donald Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime.
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Tennessee House moves to expel 3 Democratic reps for joining gun control protest
The extraordinarily rare move resulted in a chaotic and fiery confrontation between lawmakers and supporters opposing the move and has further fractured an already deep political division inside the Tennessee Legislature.
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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts in hush money scheme
The case involves payoffs through an intermediary to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election.
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Second autopsy done in unsolved South Carolina death probe
A lawyer for the family of a teenager found dead nearly 8 years ago says a 2nd autopsy of the exhumed body is complete.
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Alaska oil plan opponents lose 1st fight over Willow project
State political leaders and labor unions have touted the Willow project as a job creator, expected to produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day.
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1st moon crew in 50 years includes woman, Black astronaut
The first moon crew in 50 years – three Americans and one Canadian – was introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control.
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Abortion rights hang in the balance in most expensive Wisconsin high court race
Liberals have cast the race as a defining moment for their side to potentially overturn the state’s 1849 abortion ban law and redraw maps created by Republicans that have led to them increasing their control of the Legislature.
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Immigration reform is mired in politics a decade after Gang of 8’s big push
President Biden endorsed a sweeping immigration package on his Inauguration Day, but it went nowhere in Congress.
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Chinese surveillance balloon picked up intelligence from U.S. military sites
An American fighter jet shot down the balloon near the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.
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Jailed U.S. reporter’s lawyers appeal his arrest in Russia
Evan Gershkovich was put in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.