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What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

NEW YORK (AP) — One political party is holding urgent news conferences and congressional hearings over the topic. The other says it’s a dangerous distraction meant to seed doubts before this year’s presidential election.

In recent months, the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a leading election-year talking point for Republicans. They argue that legislation is necessary to protect the sanctity of the vote as the country faces unprecedented levels of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

























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Boy swept into storm drain to become an organ donor, dad says

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Asher Sullivan was helping clean up storm debris at the time of the accident.
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How top aides are addressing fears they have for safety of lawmakers, staff

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Now in his 12th year as a U.S. House aide, Mitchell Rivard acknowledges he's increasingly worried about the harassment and threats against his colleagues — much more so than in the past.

Rivard, the chief of staff to Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan, said some of the calls made to his congressional office are at times so intimidating and so threatening that he tries to intervene to spare junior staffers from the hostility of the callers.

He said he now advises his staff to transfer these calls to his cellphone and to forward any...
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NY v. Trump: Michael Cohen testifies he's considering congressional run

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Former President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen is mulling a run for Congress.

The admission came on the witness stand Monday in what is Cohen's fourth day of testimony in the NY v. Trump case.

Cohen told the court that he would pursue congressional office because he has the "best name recognition out there." He did not elaborate if he would run in New York, or if he would run as a Republican or Democrat.

Trump attorney Todd Blanche pressed Cohen if his name recognition is due to Trump, sparking Cohen to explain that his well-known name...
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Netanyahu arrest warrant called 'gift to terrorists' as pro-Israel lawmakers vow revenge

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A top House Republican leader is accusing the International Criminal Court (ICC) of equating Israel's democratically elected government with terror group Hamas after its chief prosecutor petitioned for arrest warrants against top officials in both.

"The ICC's decision to equate Israel with Hamas as a war criminal is a gift to terrorists around the globe and a slap in the face to the only free-standing democracy in the Middle East," House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 House GOP lawmaker, told Fox News Digital. "There is no comparison...
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Biden slams ICC’s ‘outrageous’ request for Netanyahu arrest warrant

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President Biden is condemning the International Criminal Court's (ICC's) decision to pursue arrest warrants against
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Iran’s Next Leaders Face a Choice: Aggression or Caution

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In their three years in power, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran and his equally hard-line foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, did everything they could to consolidate the “Axis of Resistance” against the United States and Israel.

They funded Hamas and Hezbollah. They armed the Houthis, feeding the militia intelligence that fueled attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea. They cracked down on dissent at home, launched Iran’s first direct missile attacks on Israel, after Israel killed several Iranian generals, and turned Iran into a “threshold”...
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In a House Race in N.H., a Famous Spouse, and a Traumatic Pregnancy

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Maggie Tamposi Goodlander gave birth to her stillborn son in a hotel bathtub on Easter.

Her fetus had been diagnosed with a fatal condition and had died in her womb. Doctors recommended a two-day procedure to remove him, with an overnight stay at a hotel near the hospital. If she went into labor, they feared, she could hemorrhage.

But getting an appointment took weeks. The procedure that Ms. Goodlander needed is also commonly used for abortions later in pregnancy. Doctors across the northeast were flooded with patients traveling north from states...
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Ivan Boesky, stock trader convicted in insider trading scandal, dead at 87, according to reports

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Boesky, involved in one of the biggest insider trading scandals, dies at 87.
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Judge rules Ohio law that keeps cities from banning flavored tobacco is unconstitutional

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Ohio law that keeps cities from banning flavored tobacco ruled unconstitutional.
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Saudi Arabia's national carrier orders more than 100 new Airbus jets as it ramps up tourism push

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Saudi Arabia’s national airline said Monday that it ordered more than 100 new Airbus jets, a reflection of the kingdom’s ambitious drive to lure more tourists
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GOP Senate candidate in crucial state rips Schumer's immigration push after border trip: 'Height of cynicism'

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Pennsylvania may be 1,600 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, but the GOP candidate aiming to flip the crucial Northeast battleground state's Democratic-held Senate seat from blue to red this fall is spotlighting the combustible issues of border security and immigration.

Republican Dave McCormick claims that a new move by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the chamber, to vote this week on a standalone border policy bill is "the height of cynicism."

McCormick is challenging longtime Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. in a...
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Louisiana governor poised to sign stringent transgender bathroom bill

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The Louisiana House and Senate became the latest state legislature to pass a bill aimed at transgender restroom policies, as it approved HB 608 on Friday and sent it to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry's desk.

The bill, dubbed the "Women's Safety and Protection Act," aimed to codify the meanings of "sex," "male" and "female" in state law, while mandating what sponsors described as protection of women who may be targeted by biological males who elect to use female facilities, including restrooms, prisons and dormitories.

"The legislature finds and...
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Democrats divided over ICC prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

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Democrats are coming out divided against the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday following a prosecutor's decision to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’ top leaders, with one lawmaker describing it as "retribution against Israel for the original sin of existing as a Jewish State."

Rep. Richie Torres, D-N.Y., made the pointed remark as ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said his office has "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu, Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, its...
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NY v Trump: Michael Cohen admits to stealing tens of thousands from former president's business

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Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen admitted in testimony Monday that he stole thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization by overstating how much he paid a tech company that provided services for the Trump Organization.

"You stole from the Trump Org, right?" Trump attorney Todd Blanche asked Cohen Wednesday morning.

"Yes, sir," Cohen responded.

The testimony stems from his comments last week, when he detailed to the court that he and former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg calculated a $420,000 repayment to Cohen for his $130,000...
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Supreme Court won't hear parents' challenge to Maryland school transgender policy

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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case involving Maryland parents attempting to sue a school district for its policies that reinforce gender transition of students without their parents’ consent.

The case, John and Jane Parents 1 v. Montgomery County Board of Education, centered on whether the parents have the proper standing to file the suit. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in August that three parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, lacked standing to challenge the policy.

The parents had argued that the district’s 2020-21...
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