Nation and World
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Hunter Biden’s tax trial set for September as judge agrees to delay, with gun trial still in June
May 22, 2024 3:45 pm - LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in September after a judge on Wednesday granted his request to delay the California trial th...
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Republican National Committee’s headquarters evacuated after vials of blood are addressed to Trump
May 22, 2024 3:43 pm - WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee's Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addres...
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Lara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law’s image
May 22, 2024 3:09 pm - WASHINGTON — The direction of the Republican National Committee is clear from the last name of its new second-in-command: Trump. “My No. 1 goal is making sure that Donald...
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Giuliani says he will stop accusing Georgia workers of election tampering
May 22, 2024 2:07 pm - Rudy Giuliani has agreed to no longer accuse two Georgia poll workers of tampering with the 2020 election, according to a draft agreement filed Tuesday in federal bankrup...
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Prosecutor in Trump classified papers case calls claims of hostility toward co-defendant ‘garbage’
May 22, 2024 2:04 pm - FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A lawyer for Donald Trump's personal valet accused federal prosecutors Wednesday of targeting the valet because he refused to cooperate against the fo...
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Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer
May 22, 2024 12:33 pm - DETROIT — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new...
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Senate confirms 200th federal judge under Biden as Democrats surpass Trump’s paceMay 22, 2024 12:22 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the 200th federal judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, about a month earlier than when Donald Trump hit that mark in his ...
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Judge in Tennessee blocks effort to put Elvis Presley’s former home Graceland up for sale
May 22, 2024 9:53 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge on Wednesday blocked the auction of Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, by a company that claimed his estate failed to repay a...
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Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the U.S., a new study says
May 22, 2024 9:20 am - Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades.
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Tornado kills multiple people in Iowa as powerful storms again tear through Midwest
May 22, 2024 8:33 am - GREENFIELD, Iowa — Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through a small town in Iowa and left a wide swath of obliterated homes and crumpled cars, while the ho...