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The Republican’s attorneys argued that all the charges against him involved political speech that is protected, even if the speech ends up being false

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president’s request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had “myriad opportunities” to raise the immunity issue before they finally did so in a March 7 court filing

Cases of the virus have occurred in Texas cattle, raising concerns about its impact on humans.

One of the hardest-hit areas was northeastern Oklahoma, where a strong weather system containing heavy rains produced three suspected tornadoes

Tuesday’s call was their first conversation since their November summit produced renewed ties between their militaries and a promise of enhanced cooperation on stemming the flow of fentanyl from China

Public sector employees denounce that the cuts will put many state functions on hold

Roughly two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of how Biden is handling border security, including about 4 in 10 Democrats, 55% of Black adults and 73% of Hispanic adults, according to a poll

The 55-year-old disbarred attorney is already serving a life sentence without parole in a state prison for killing his wife and son

It’s only the second time a person in the United States has been diagnosed with what’s known as Type A H5N1 virus

They do not have refugee status in the South American country and are unable to renounce their asylum application to apply for permanent residency, according to organizations

Sixty years have passed since the 1964 military coup, an event that current President Lula would rather not mark with any ceremony so as not to further strain his relationship with the military

New legislative districts adopted last month erase Republican advantages that gave the GOP dominance of the Wisconsin Assembly even as Democrats won 14 of the past 17 statewide elections

Democrats in the state Legislature passed the law last year in part as an acknowledgement that many of the more than 500,000 people who work in fast food restaurants are not teenagers

Delahunt was an early Obama backer, becoming the first member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation to endorse the Illinois senator’s presidential bid

Fear that cocaine and ecstasy will be laced with lethal doses of opiates or other dangerous substances has unleashed a wave of hysteria among drug users

The former president is among the world’s 350 richest billionaires thanks to the IPO of his social network with an inflated valuation

Saturday marks the final day for Republicans and Democrats to vote early in the state’s presidential primary, a chance to test the new system before the November general election

Dina Boluarte is being preliminarily investigated for possessing an undisclosed collection of luxury watches since she came to power in July 2021 as vice president and Social Inclusion minister, and then as president in December 2022

Seven floating cranes — including a massive one capable of lifting 1,000 tons — 10 tugboats, nine barges, eight salvage vessels and five Coast Guard boats are on site

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned of a long road to recovery but said he was grateful to the Biden administration for approving $60 million in immediate aid

The new rules, which take effect for model years 2027 through 2032, will avoid up to 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades

Federal officials believe the effort will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage

James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to the president to call for him to sit for a public hearing to “explain, under oath,” what involvement he had in the Biden family businesses

Trump’s visit came as the president was also in New York for a previously scheduled fundraiser with Democratic ex-presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a “very long road ahead” to recover from the loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

Keila Simpson presides over ANTRA, the association that prepares the annual report on the murder of trans people in Brazil… the world’s deadliest country for this community

Legal Aid attorney Jerome Greco said gun detection systems can trigger false alarms and cause panic