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Trump Has Few Ways to Overturn His Conviction as a New York Felon

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Amanda Smith

NEW YORK — “This is long from over,” Donald Trump, the former president and current felon, declared Thursday, moments after a Manhattan ...

How Hunter Biden has come to face jurors on federal gun charges

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. The culmination of ...

After the Trump Verdict, the TikTok Trial Began

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Amanda Smith

After the conviction of Donald Trump on all 34 felony counts in a hush-money trial in a New York court, TikTok users ...

Louisiana law that could limit filming of police hampers key tool for racial justice, attorneys say

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Amanda Smith

A new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain ...

America braced as supreme court to hand down rulings on raft of key issues

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Amanda Smith

The US supreme court is poised to deliver a raft of politically sensitive decisions as it ends its judicial term, addressing tumultuous ...

Republicans line up behind Trump after conviction

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Amanda Smith

A shameful day in American history. A sham show trial. A kangaroo court. A total witch-hunt. Worthy of a banana republic. These ...

Hostage families call for a cease-fire deal pushed by Biden. Israel says conditions must be met

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Amanda Smith

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed ...

‘Karma’ or ‘political prosecution?’ Voters weigh in on Hunter Biden criminal trials

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Amanda Smith

Federal criminal charges brought against Hunter Biden in Delaware and California have Americans divided along familiar partisan lines, but voters are unsurprised ...

At bribery trial, ex-US official casts Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain in Egyptian meat controversy

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Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — A former top U.S. agricultural official cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain at his bribery trial Friday, ...

South Africa’s ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result

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Amanda Smith

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress was on the brink of losing its parliamentary majority for the first time ...