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A federal judge said Saturday she intends to appoint an ex-top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital during President Donald Trump's first term to investigate whether she was purposefully misled by lawyers and administration officials in a lawsuit challenging one of his prized Washington construction projects, the renovation of a historic public golf course along the Potomac River. Jessie Liu, a former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, would examine whether officials with the Interior Department and the National Park Service and attorneys with the Department of J

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Fear was the word Daisy Alcazar used most during an October visit CNN’s All Over the Map made to her ice cream shop near the US-Mexico border in South Texas.Hope is what she voices most now, when she can stop crying tears of joy.“Texas has turned BLUE!” Alcazar wrote in a celebratory post-election message.“The Latino community showed up,” she said later. “We have the first Latina woman going into the governor’s mansion. Do you understand what that means?”Joseph Knowles was on the losing side of the midterm reckoning. He is a union autoworker in Michigan, voted Republican and wa

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Expanding on naval blockade, US military looks to restrict Iranian land commerce

Building on a months-long naval blockade on Iran, the US military said on Saturday it is launching a task force to help crack down on Tehran's movement of advanced weapons and other sanctioned material over its land borders and through the Caspian Sea.Task Force Iron Gate, which was first reported by Reuters, will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other US government agencies. Beyond movement of weapons, it will also focus on halting the flow of dual-use technologies used by Iran and stemming what Washington calls illegal revenue streams.The establishment of the task force

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Paraguay's ex-President Peña faces prosecutors after impeachment, house arrest

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Grieving father of Florida Learjet co-pilot defends his daughter's reputation after crash

The father of the 20-year-old co-pilot killed alongside eight others in a Florida Learjet crash said Friday he has repeatedly listened to her final radio transmissions, searching for answers and finding pride in how she handled the crisis. Allan Filgueiras, a pilot who helped teach Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras to fly, said he marveled at how “she's tough” even as the plane plunged straight toward the ground Sunday. “I wanted to be by her side. Inside the plane, to help,” he said at a news conference, often holding back tears. �

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Houston will limit ICE cooperation in response to Democrats taking power in Texas, mayor says

Houston’s mayor on Friday directed police to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, signing an order that he called a result of Democrats reclaiming power in Texas for the first time in decades. The shift in the nation’s fourth-largest city is one of the first actions to restrict U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in response to Democrats’ rout in Tuesday’s midterm elections. It is also a sign the results are already having an impact in Texas, where Republican leaders have enthusiastically embraced President Donald Trump’s mass deporta

‘A beautifully American story’: El-Sayed's historic Senate victory resonates with Muslim Americans

Cornell faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in university leadership after alleged fraternity gang rape

Three Justice Department officials, including man behind Trump’s ‘grand conspiracy’ probe, resign since brutal midterm losses

Three high-profile officials have resigned from the Justice Department in the days since the midterms, including Jason Reding Quiñones, the senior federal prosecutor who led a sprawling investigation into President Donald Trump’s political foes.Quiñones resigned from his position as the US Attorney in Southern Florida under pressure from department leadership, despite his willingness to pursue some of the most controversial investigations desired by the president, according to sources familiar with the matter.John Eisenberg, who led the department’s National Security Division, also annou

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Colom tells CNN voters showed the country 'Mississippi matters'

National party operatives, lawyers, grassroots activists and content creators are descending on Mississippi to observe the vetting of thousands of provisional ballots in the coming days and to gear up for possible legal challenges over the final results.Mississippi, a state not used to the national spotlight for close elections, now sits at the forefront of a fight that will determine the size of the Democrats’ majority in the US Senate next year.Democrat Scott Colom has a razor-thin lead over Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, in a state that hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate in nearly

Hegseth is not under consideration as jockeying begins for Tennessee Senate seat, AP source says

US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s Washington arch

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Paraguay president impeached and under house arrest following bank collapse scandal

Paraguay’s senate has voted to impeach President Santiago Peña, who is facing a criminal investigation and is under house arrest following the collapse of a major bank he had business links to.The country’s Senate voted to remove him from office on Friday with 44 of the 45 members voting in favor. Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in as president soon after the impeachment vote.Peña announced his resignation from office on Thursday after Ueno Bank was shut down overnight due to a solvency crisis, leaving millions of customers unable to access their money and triggering a scandal.Par

Justice Department sends criminal target letters in Alaska probe to people aligned with Democratic party

The Justice Department sent target letters to more than a dozen people it believes helped recruit a Senate candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent, in Alaska — an indication that the department is working towards bringing federal charges, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.The recipients include the leadership of the Elias Law Group, the law firm that represents both the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign, the sources said.In a statement posted online, its chairman Marc Elias said, “No one s

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Zoo Atlanta introduces giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to the public

ATLANTA, Georgia (WUPA) -- Zoo Atlanta is introducing its new giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, to the public Friday. The opening ceremony is scheduled for 8 a.m.The 6-year-old pandas arrived in Atlanta in late September, nearly two years after the zoo's previous giant pandas returned to China. Before their public debut, the pair went through quarantine and had time to get used to their new habitat.The upgraded habitat includes larger indoor areas for hot or cold weather, expanded outdoor spaces, new climbing structures, pools and waterfalls."It took them a little

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Wave of anonymous bomb threats in Europe spreads to broadcasters — what’s going on?

Dozens of flights and several media organizations across Europe this week have been impacted by a string of hoax bomb threats which have disrupted travel plans and left authorities scrambling to identify the culprit.Fresh disruption hit several European airports and flights on Friday while Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ evacuated its offices after also receiving a bomb threat. Several other media organizations, including Sky, said they too had received similar threats.This string of incidents comes as Europe grapples with more and more hybrid attacks, some of which authorities have blam

More than 40 pilot whales die in ‘distressing’ mass stranding on New Zealand coast

Hegseth allows National Guard to boost DC patrols with military vehicles, boats and patrol cars

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Why it's still too early to call the US Senate race in Mississippi

Nearly 2,500 votes separate Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the tight race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi, and votes are still being counted

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FBI agents served an Alaska Senate candidate with a subpoena just days before election day

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Democratic candidates with a Christian message help flip Congress

Clergy members and other Democratic candidates with a Christian message helped their party flip control of Congress

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Trump announces Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff

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Stephen Miller replaces Susie Wiles as Trump's White House chief of staff after GOP's midterm defeat

President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is stepping down and will be replaced by Stephen Miller, a key member of Trump’s inner circle

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls