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Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid

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Amanda Smith

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scores of lawmakers from U.S. President Joe Biden‘s Democratic Party told him on Friday that they ...

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

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Amanda Smith

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots ...

Hope Hicks testifies about Trump’s reaction to ‘Access Hollywood’ tape, affair allegations

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Amanda Smith

Former President Donald Trump’s former campaign aide and White House communications director Hope Hicks testified Friday about her efforts to knock down ...

Congressman Henry Cuellar in court accused of receiving $600,000 in bribes

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Amanda Smith

The US justice department on Friday accused the Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, of accepting about $600,000 in ...

Hope Hicks, a top former Trump aide, takes the stand in his hush money trial

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Amanda Smith

Former White House communications director Hope Hicks took the stand on Friday in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, a tense reunion ...

Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers

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Amanda Smith

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would ...

Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar says he is ‘innocent’ ahead of potential indictment

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Amanda Smith

Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar is claiming innocence ahead of a potential indictment against him, according to a statement released from his ...

A Black lawmaker briefly expelled from the Tennessee Statehouse will remain on the 2024 ballot

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Amanda Smith

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse last year will remain on the ...

Judge in Trump’s hush money case clarifies gag order doesn’t prevent ex-president from testifying

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Amanda Smith

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial has clarified that the gag order pertaining to the former president doesn’t prohibit him ...

Biden cannot afford a boiling summer of protest

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Amanda Smith

President Joe Biden can ill afford a long, hot summer of protest that comes to a boil in time for the Democratic ...