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Did Trump leak Mar-a-Lago warrant revealing names of FBI agents?
Donald Trump is under fire for allegedly leaking the entire unredacted warrant and “endangering” FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago home as part of an investigation into the removal of official records from the White House.A judge unsealed a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant documents, which show the Justice Department…
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Kiely Rodni’s mother says Amber Alert ‘should have been issued immediately’ – live
California officials discuss search for Kiely RodniThe mother of Kiely Rodni has said an Amber Alert should have been “been issued immediately” as the desperate search to find her missing 16-year-old daughter entered the sixth day.Kiely was last seen around 12.30am on 6 August near the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee, where she attended an…
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Opinion | Meet some of the pro-abortion-rights Kansans who stunned the nation
Placeholder while article actions loadWe should not read too much into Kansas voters’ surprisingly lopsided rejection last week of an amendment that would have declared that the state’s constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion. After all, this is one result in a single state — fewer than 1 million people voted.But I do think the…
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Iranian charged in alleged plot to kill ex-Trump adviser John Bolton
Comment on this storyCommentThe Justice Department has charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, accusing the man of attempting to pay individuals $300,000 to kill Bolton in D.C. or Maryland.The suspect, Shahram Poursafi, 45,…
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F.B.I. Searches Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence in Florida
Former President Donald J. Trump said on Monday that the F.B.I. had searched his Palm Beach, Fla., home and had broken open a safe — an account signaling a major escalation in the various investigations into the final stages of his presidency.The search, according to multiple people familiar with the investigation, appeared to be focused on…
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Kentucky flooding raises urgent questions about Appalachia’s future
JACKSON, Ky. — Teresa Watkins worked to salvage a few mud-caked belongings from her home on a Breathitt County branch of the Kentucky River after July 28 floods slammed her neighborhood for the second time in 17 months.The 54-year-old, who has lived off Quicksand Road since she was a teenager, said the flooding in recent years – “more and more,…
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Police: 4 dead in Butler Township shooting; suspect arrested after multistate manhunt
Four people are dead and a murder suspect has been arrested after a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, according to Butler Township Police.Police were called to the 7200 block of Hardwicke Place around 11:30 a.m. Friday on reports of shots fired. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a total of four victims at multiple crime scenes…
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Senate Dems announce they have the votes to pass Inflation Reduction Act
Senate Democrats have reached an accord on changes to their marquee economic legislation, they announced late Thursday, clearing the major hurdle to pushing one of President Joe Biden's leading election-year priorities through the chamber in coming days. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., a centrist who was seen as the pivotal vote, said in a…
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Jury awards $45.2 million in punitive damages in Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial
Aug 5 (Reuters) - U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre $45.2 million in punitive damages - on top of $4.1 million in compensatory damages already awarded - for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury decided on Friday.Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis,…
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Flash floods bury cars and strand tourists in Death Valley
Flash flooding at Death Valley national park closed all roads into the park, buried cars and stranded about 1,000 people on Friday.A deluge brought “nearly an entire year’s worth of rain in one morning” into the famously hot and dry park in the California desert. At least 1.7in (4.3cm) of rain fell in the Furnace Creek area; the park’s average…
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