America finds itself in the remarkable situation of a former president up against possible prison time while vying to reclaim the White House as frontrunner for the Republican nomination.
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House makes show of support for Israel after Democrat’s comments about ‘racist’ state
The Republican-led effort highlighted the divide among House Democrats over Israel, with younger progressives adopting a more critical stance toward the longtime U.S. ally than party leaders.
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Judge upholds $5 million jury verdict against Trump in writer’s sex abuse and defamation case
Writer E. Jean Carroll is also pursuing a 2nd defamation trial against Trump, based on statements Trump made while he was president and on statements he made after the trial.
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Rare fossil may show mammal attacking larger dinosaur, possibly for dinner
A newly described fossil shows a badgerlike creature chomping down on a small, beaked dinosaur, their skeletons intertwined.
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Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies
The group includes Republican National Committeewoman Kathy Berden and Meshawn Maddock, former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party.
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Israel’s democracy remains sound, despite U.S. concerns, its president tells Biden
Israel’s right-wing government is pushing forward with judicial changes that have sparked widespread protest there, and is authorizing the construction of thousands of new housing units in the West Bank.
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Trump’s pretrial hearing in classified documents case ends with no immediate decision on trial date
The former president and an aide have pleaded not guilty to a 38-count indictment that accuses them of conspiring to hide classified documents from Justice Department investigators at Mar-a-Lago after Donald Trump’s term had ended.
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Russia targets Ukraine’s port of Odesa and calls it payback for strike on a key bridge to Crimea
The Russian military has sporadically hit Odesa and the neighboring region throughout the war, but Tuesday’s barrage was one of the biggest attacks on the area.
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Rescued Australian man who was adrift 3 months in Pacific with dog ‘grateful’ to be alive
Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock told Australia’s Nine News television that he and his dog had survived on raw fish and rain water after a storm damaged his vessel and wiped out its electronics.
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Endangered right whales’ decline worse than previously thought, regulators say
NOAA cautions that only about a third of right whale deaths are documented, so the total number of dead or injured animals could be much higher.