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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...
Netanyahu says Israeli troops will occupy a buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future

By MELANIE LIDMAN
Dec 17, 2024 1:52 pm - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, and specifically on the summit of Mount Hermon, “until another arrangement is found that will ensure Israel’s security.”
Congress unveils funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

By KEVIN FREKING
Dec 17, 2024 12:21 pm - Congressional leaders have unveiled a spending agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters.
A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Dec 17, 2024 7:38 am - A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack.
Canada's finance minister resigns as unpopular Trudeau faces biggest test of his political career

By ROB GILLIES
Dec 16, 2024 2:23 pm - TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful an...
Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN
Dec 16, 2024 2:09 pm - In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
Federal Reserve is likely to slow its rate cuts with inflation pressures still elevated

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Dec 16, 2024 1:56 pm - Americans hoping for lower borrowing costs for homes, credit cards and cars may be disappointed after this week's Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed's policymakers are likely to signal fewer interest rate cuts next year than were previously expected.
Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio military base, arrests near Boston airport

By DAVE COLLINS and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS
Dec 16, 2024 10:38 am - More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston's Logan International Airport, as elected officials increased their push for action to identify and stop the mysterious unmanned flights.
Germany’s Scholz loses confidence vote, setting up an election in February

By GEIR MOULSON
Dec 16, 2024 9:41 am - Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in late February.
Trump gets warm welcome as he watches Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny

By NOAH TRISTER, TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI
Dec 14, 2024 3:33 pm - LANDOVER, Md. — President-elect Donald Trump huddled with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday's Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied r...

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