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House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO
Dec 18, 2024 2:55 pm - The House Ethics Committee voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, raising the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Republican who was President-elect Donald Trump's first choice for attorney general could be made public in the coming days.
Russia says suspect detained in the killing of a senior general in Moscow

By The Associated Press
Dec 18, 2024 7:05 am - Russia's security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow.
Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting

By DEVI SHASTRI and SCOTT BAUER
Dec 18, 2024 7:00 am - Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.
Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Dec 18, 2024 6:37 am - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation.
What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

The Associated Press
Dec 18, 2024 6:33 am - NEW YORK — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, Big Tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s M...
Trump sues Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster, claiming election interference

By Elahe Izadi, Laura Wagner and Meryl Kornfield
Dec 17, 2024 7:16 pm - President-elect Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday night against the Des Moines Register newspaper and its highly respected former pollster, adding to his ongoing legal ...
Lawsuit accuses State Department of creating loopholes for Israel on military aid and human rights

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Dec 17, 2024 7:14 pm - WASHINGTON — The State Department has carved out exceptions for close ally Israel that block a U.S. law restricting foreign military support over human rights abuses, a l...
Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a ‘combination of factors’

By SCOTT BAUER
Dec 17, 2024 3:58 pm - MADISON, Wis. — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police ...
Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ
Dec 17, 2024 2:52 pm - The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.
Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 17, 2024 1:58 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are raising a new claim in their fight to overturn his hush money conviction, alleging that the historic verdict wa...

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