The House is gaveled into a brief session, then broke indefinitely, with next steps uncertain and Congress brought to a standstill by Republican infighting.
Carol Semple
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Citing Trump’s online attacks, U.S. prosecutors seek protections for potential jurors in election case
Prosecutors’ motion is the latest flashpoint in the case over Trump’s repeated social media attacks on prosecutors, the judge and others.
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More presumed remains recovered from submersible that imploded on way to Titanic
Five people were aboard the 22-foot vessel when it went deep below the Atlantic Ocean’s surface in June.
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Rep. George Santos faces new charges he stole donor IDs, used their credit cards
Prosecutors accuse U.S. Rep. George Santos of charging more than $44,000 to his campaign over a period of months using credit cards belonging to contributors without their knowledge.
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Fraud trial: Trump earlier listed penthouse size at 11,000 square feet, not the 30,000 he later claimed
Evidence shown at Donald Trump’s New York civil business fraud trial shows that he signed a 1994 document that gave the true size of the New York penthouse that was listed later as far larger on his financial statements.
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Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts.
A memo circulating online that purports to show President Biden announcing $8 billion in aid to Israel is a doctored version of an order Biden issued providing war assistance to Ukraine this summer.
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Biden confirms Americans among hostages captured in Israel, condemns ‘sheer evil’ of Hamas militants
At least 14 Americans were also killed in the multipronged assault in Israel, and the U.S. secretary of state will head to Israel on Wednesday.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will stay in a Russian jail at least through November
The American journalist and Bowdoin College graduate, who has been detained on espionage charges, lost an appeal to be released from jail.
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Vermont police search for killer of a retired college dean shot on trail near university
Police don’t know if it was a random or targeted shooting and advised residents of the town of about 1,200 and students to be diligent by locking their cars and doors.
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Biden’s hopes for Israel-Saudi relations could become a casualty of the new Mideast war
The attack by Hamas has raised new questions about whether Palestinian ambitions for sovereignty can be put aside while the U.S. tries to help Israel move ahead with improving relations with the rest of its neighbors.