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Fourteen-year-old arrested for murder after 12-year-old shot dead inside southeast Atlanta home

Atlanta police arrested a 14-year-old boy on a murder charge Sunday, one day after a 12-year-old was fatally shot inside a southeast Atlanta home where the two boys had been playing with guns in a bedroom. The victim was rushed…
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Trump reportedly weighs broad pardons for administration officials before leaving office

President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of issuing sweeping pardons to members of his administration before his term ends, Newsweek reported, citing a Wall Street Journal account based on people familiar with his private comments. The discussions have…
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Maine's Bellows campaigns on a constitutional violation the Supreme Court rejected 9-0

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot. A superior court judge stopped her. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the legal theory behind her move unanimously, all nine justices, including the three liberal members.…
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Appeals court lets White House ballroom construction continue as national security concerns take center stage

A federal appeals court ruled Saturday that construction on President Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project can proceed until at least April 17, giving the administration a short but significant reprieve in a legal fight over presidential authority, congressional…
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U.S. Navy deploys destroyers to begin clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz

Two U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers moved into the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz on Saturday to begin setting conditions for a massive mine-clearing operation, a direct follow-through on President Donald Trump's demand that the critical waterway reopen as a…
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Trump announces Strait of Hormuz blockade, says Iran 'in very bad shape'

President Trump announced Sunday that the United States will impose a sweeping blockade of the Strait of Hormuz beginning at 10 a.m. EDT Monday, vowing to halt what he called Iran's "WORLD EXTORTION" of global shipping through the critical waterway.…
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Supreme Court refuses to rescue Democrat who tried to sneak onto Ohio's Republican ballot

The Supreme Court on Thursday shut down a former Democratic candidate's bid to force his way onto Ohio's Republican congressional primary ballot, ending a months-long dispute that state officials called a brazen scheme to infiltrate the GOP from within. The…
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Hunter Biden leaves the country and claims $17 million in debt as legal bills mount

Hunter Biden has left the United States and now claims he cannot pay the lawyers who defended him through years of federal criminal cases, tax charges, and disbarment proceedings, a remarkable turn for the son of a former president who…
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Trump considers preemptive pardons for aides facing post-presidency legal exposure

President Donald Trump has discussed granting sweeping preemptive pardons to members of his administration before leaving office, a move that would shield aides and allies from investigations Democrats have openly promised to pursue. The Wall Street Journal reported the discussions,…
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Complaint alleges Rep. Eric Swalwell used campaign funds to pay illegal immigrant nanny off the books

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democratic frontrunner in the California governor's race, faces fresh accusations that he violated federal immigration and employment law by keeping an illegal immigrant from Brazil on his household payroll, and paying her with donor money during…
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