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Trump faces a slew of investigations and lawsuits — and they’re heating up as he weighs White House run
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. Brandon Bell | […]
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Justice Department seeks to unseal Trump raid search warrant, Attorney General Garland says
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Justice Department has asked a federal judge to unseal a search warrant used by the FBI to raid the Florida home of former President Donald Trump three days earlier. The decision came after days of pressure by Republican lawmakers and other allies of Trump on the Justice […]
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FBI seized about a dozen boxes in raid of Trump home in Florida, lawyer says
Local law enforcement officers are seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on August 9, 2022. Giorgio Viera | AFP | Getty Images FBI agents seized about a dozen boxes during a raid of the Florida home of former President Donald Trump on Monday, his […]
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Facebook turned over chat messages between mother and daughter now charged over abortion
Facebook turned over the chats of a mother and daughter to Nebraska police after getting served with a warrant as part of an investigation into an illegal abortion, court documents show. The investigation, which was launched in April before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, is one of the few known instances where Facebook has turned […]
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Jan. 6 committee to depose Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano gives a victory speech at his election-night party at The Orchards on May 17, 2022 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, plans to appear Tuesday for a deposition by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol […]
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Trump says FBI raiding his Mar-a-Lago home
The FBI is raiding Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s resort home in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said Monday evening. In a lengthy statement, Trump said his residence is “currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” The raid was “unannounced,” Trump said, adding, “They even broke into my safe!” Read […]
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Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood handed down the sentences against Travis McMichael, 36, and his father, Greg McMichael, […]
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Senate passes sweeping climate, health and tax package, putting Democrats on cusp of historic win
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a news conference to tout the $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill championed by Democrats at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. August 5, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats narrowly passed a sweeping climate and economic package on Sunday, putting President […]
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Republicans block cap on insulin costs for many Americans from Democratic deal
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 19, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Republican senators on Sunday voted down a cap on the price of insulin in the private market, removing it from Democrats’ sweeping climate and economic […]
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Democrats’ big climate, health care and tax package clears major Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Saturday to advance a sweeping climate and economic bill with the support of all 50 Democrats, bringing long-stalled elements of President Joe Biden’s agenda one step closer to reality. The procedural vote on the filibuster-proof package was 51-50, with all Republicans opposing the motion to begin debate and Vice President Kamala […]
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