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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks to reporters as Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield listens outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Prosecutor asks Arizona Supreme Court to review decision that stalled fake elector case

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is appealing a ruling that has stalled the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others for trying to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in the state.

A World Without Exploitation projection is seen on the wall of the National Gallery of Art calling on Congress to vote yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The fallout of Epstein's crimes spans the globe. Here's a look at some of those paying the cost

Read full article: The fallout of Epstein's crimes spans the globe. Here's a look at some of those paying the cost

The fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s transgressions spans oceans and continents, from the vulnerable girls he exploited to the elite people and institutions that chose to get involved, cover it up — or look away.

FILE - Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at Zion Church in Beijing, Aug. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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Christian pastor's daughter urges US lawmakers to help free her father in China

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The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide.

Law enforcement officers guard outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Judge's blistering opinion details use of force in Chicago-area immigration crackdown

Read full article: Judge's blistering opinion details use of force in Chicago-area immigration crackdown

A federal judge’s 223-page opinion delivers a blistering account of federal agents using tear gas, rubber bullets and other force against Chicago-area protesters and journalists, often without warning or justification.

From left, Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., Hanan El-Atr Khashoggi, the widow of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., hold a news conference as they call on President Donald Trump to release the transcript of a call he had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after Khashoggi's killing, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Khashoggi's widow and Democrats demand release of call transcript with Trump and Saudi crown prince

Read full article: Khashoggi's widow and Democrats demand release of call transcript with Trump and Saudi crown prince

The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call President Donald Trump had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, attends a campaign event during the special election for the seventh district, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Trump, Harris and big money transform Tennessee special election into marquee contest

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A special election in Tennessee has gained national attention in a heavily Republican district.

FILE - Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, gives his concession speech to Republican candidate JD Vance at an election night event for Ryan in Boardman, Ohio Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)

Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan, the ex-congressman who lost a Senate bid to JD Vance, won’t run for governor

Read full article: Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan, the ex-congressman who lost a Senate bid to JD Vance, won’t run for governor

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has decided not to run for Ohio governor next year.

FILE - Coffee producer Jose Natal da Silva sifts coffee beans on his farm in Porciuncula, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Brazil hails US tariff rollback as ‘significant progress' and seeks more exemptions

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Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove additional import tariffs on some Brazilian agribusiness products marks significant progress.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrives on stage at the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit at the Waldorf Astoria, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

MAHA idealism meets political reality as RFK Jr. attempts to wrangle a growing movement

Read full article: MAHA idealism meets political reality as RFK Jr. attempts to wrangle a growing movement

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fending off criticism from his own base as some of the environmental and anti-vaccine activists who propelled him into politics have said they want stronger action against vaccines and pharmaceutical companies.

FILE -An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Supreme Court Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts

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The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors, center right, listens during a meeting in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama board votes to remove books about being transgender from public library youth sections

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The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
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Treasury plans to change tax credit eligibility in a move critics say will hurt immigrant taxpayers

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The U.S. Treasury Department plans to reclassify certain refundable tax credits as "federal public benefits," barring undocumented immigrants and some noncitizens from receiving them.

United Airlines aircraft move from the gate at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

FAA gives $10K bonuses only to controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during shutdown

Read full article: FAA gives $10K bonuses only to controllers and technicians with perfect attendance during shutdown

The Federal Aviation Administration says only 776 of the nearly 20,000 air traffic controllers and technicians who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive bonuses.

The name tag and ribbons of Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, are visible as he speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on his nomination for Commandant of the Coast Guard, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses 'potentially divisive'

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The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.

FILE - Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, a member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, accompanied by defense lawyer David Kenner, right, arrives at federal court April 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign

Read full article: Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

FILE - Jennifer Vasquez Sura, front left, her husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia, front center, and Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, front right, attend a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
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Judge to rule on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody

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A federal judge in Maryland says she will rule as soon as possible on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from immigration custody.

Sitting inside an empty mosque, Morad Awad bows his head during prayer before an Eid al-Fitr celebration in Plano, Texas, Sunday, May 24, 2020. Many Muslims in America are navigating balancing religious and social rituals with concerns over the virus as they look for ways to capture the Eid spirit this weekend. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

CAIR, Muslim Legal Fund sue Texas Gov. Abbott over terrorist group proclamation

Read full article: CAIR, Muslim Legal Fund sue Texas Gov. Abbott over terrorist group proclamation

Two Islamic civil rights organizations have filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

FILE - Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on June 3, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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Trump administration announces plan for new oil drilling off the coasts of California and Florida

Read full article: Trump administration announces plan for new oil drilling off the coasts of California and Florida

The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world.

FILE - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to the media alongside President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O'Brien, President and CEO of Airlines for America Chris Sununu, Vice President JD Vance and aviation industry representatives about the impact of the government shutdown on the aviation industry outside of the West Wing of the White House, Oct. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers

Read full article: Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants.