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Justice Alito’s home flew flag upside down after Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ claims, report says

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — An upside-down American flag, a symbol associated with former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, was displayed ...

Larry Hogan says he is ‘pro-choice’ and supports enshrining abortion rights into federal law

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Amanda Smith

Larry Hogan, who won the Republican nomination for Maryland’s open Senate seat earlier this week, is casting himself as “pro choice,” marking ...

Morehouse College faculty votes to give Biden honorary doctorate in split vote

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Amanda Smith

Morehouse College faculty voted on Thursday to confer an honorary doctorate on Joe Biden during its upcoming graduation ceremony on Sunday, for ...

A tense day at the Trump trial: From the Politics Desk

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Amanda Smith

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest ...

Republicans Flock To Trump’s Trial To Attack The Judge, The Court, The Law

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON ― Republicans in Congress have found a new way to prove their loyalty to Donald Trump: flock to New York City ...

Trump’s lawyer gets heated during questioning of former fixer Michael Cohen

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Amanda Smith

Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand in Manhattan criminal court Thursday for a tense cross-examination with Donald Trump‘s defense attorneys, who ...

US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden

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Amanda Smith

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe ...

Hakeem Jeffries Calls Out Speaker Mike Johnson Over Missing Jan. 6 Plaque

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON ― House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for stalling on installing a plaque to ...

Justice Department takes ‘major step’ toward rescheduling marijuana

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department took a significant step toward rescheduling marijuana Thursday, formalizing its process to reclassify the drug as lower-risk ...

Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked this week’s 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation ...