Today: September 21, 2024
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Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump's lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case

Donald Trump has asked a federal judge to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling this week that said former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution

Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump's lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case
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Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity could embolden Trump as he seeks to return to power

A Supreme Court opinion giving broad immunity to former President Donald Trump matters in the current presidential race

Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity could embolden Trump as he seeks to return to power
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The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange's 12-year saga

The abrupt guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was the culmination of negotiations that began a year and a half ago and accelerated in recent months

The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange's 12-year saga
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Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case

The plea deal resulting in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's freedom was the culmination of a lengthy negotiation process that accelerated in recent months and featured numerous proposals and counterproposals

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case
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A new Iran deal shows the Biden administration is willing to pay a big price to free Americans

As the Biden administration heralds the forthcoming release of five U.S. citizens detained by Iran, it’s also confronting questions about the price being paid to bring them home

A new Iran deal shows the Biden administration is willing to pay a big price to free Americans
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Number of FBI intelligence database searches on Americans has dropped in last year, report says

The number of FBI searches of a vast foreign intelligence repository for information about Americans and people in the United States plummeted over the last year from the prior 12 months, according to a U.S. government report released Tuesday

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Judge in Trump classified docs case grants his request for hearing on key evidence in indictment

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of Donald Trump has granted the former president's request for a hearing on whether prosecutors were permitted to improperly breach attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of his ex-lawyers

Judge in Trump classified docs case grants his request for hearing on key evidence in indictment
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Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search

Lawyers for Donald Trump are asking the judge presiding over his classified documents case to prevent prosecutors from using as evidence boxes of records seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate

Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search
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What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him

The guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning end to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents and has had as its central character a quixotic internet publisher with a disdain for government secrets

What to know about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the guilty plea that freed him
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A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom

News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal with Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents and has had as its central character a quixotic internet publisher with a disdain for government secrets

A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom
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Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from injecting politics into federal election interference trial

Special counsel Jack Smith is asking a judge to bar Donald Trump’s lawyers from injecting politics into the former president’s trial on charges that he schemed to overturn the 2020 election

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from injecting politics into federal election interference trial
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2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say

A declassified U.S. government report says foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States

2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say
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US government's top hostage negotiator defends prisoner swaps with foreign adversaries

The U.S. government’s top hostage negotiator is defending prisoner swaps that free Americans wrongfully detained by foreign countries in exchange for the release of convicted criminals

US government's top hostage negotiator defends prisoner swaps with foreign adversaries
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Judge strikes paragraph from Trump classified docs indictment but denies request to dismiss charges

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates has struck a paragraph from the indictment but denied a defense request to dismiss some of the charges

Judge strikes paragraph from Trump classified docs indictment but denies request to dismiss charges
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Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don't forget your fellow citizens

The families of American hostages in Gaza say they are hopeful for a deal between Israel and Hamas that would bring their loved ones home

Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don't forget your fellow citizens
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How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing

Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week

How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing
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Trump’s NY case was the first of four to go to trial. It could be the last one for a while

The hush money case that culminated in a conviction of Donald Trump this week was the first of four criminal prosecutions brought against the former president — and likely the only one to reach trial before the November elections

Trump’s NY case was the first of four to go to trial. It could be the last one for a while
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Two ex-FBI officials who traded anti-Trump texts close to settlement over alleged privacy violations

Two former FBI officials have reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department to resolve claims that their privacy was violated when the department leaked to the news media text messages they had sent one another that disparaged former President Donald Trump

Two ex-FBI officials who traded anti-Trump texts close to settlement over alleged privacy violations
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Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial

Testimony in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses

Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial
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Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

Federal prosecutors have asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case
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Trump lawyers and prosecutors spar over evidence in classified documents case

Lawyers for Donald Trump have asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against him to block prosecutors from using as evidence the boxes of records that FBI agents seized during a search of the former president’s Florida property nearly two years ago

Trump lawyers and prosecutors spar over evidence in classified documents case
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US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

U.S. officials have developed highly credible intelligence suggesting that an American citizen who disappeared seven years ago while traveling in Syria has died

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told
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Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers

The Justice Department has announced multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program

Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers
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Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony

The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court this past week as porn actor Stormy Daniels shared her account before a rapt jury

Trump trial turns to sex, bank accounts and power: Highlights from the third week of testimony
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FBI warns that foreign adversaries could use AI to spread disinformation about US elections

A senior FBI official says the agency is concerned that foreign adversaries could deploy artificial intelligence as a way to interfere in American elections and spread disinformation

FBI warns that foreign adversaries could use AI to spread disinformation about US elections

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