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The amazing story of the man who created the latest narco-state in the Americas, and how the United States helped him every step of the way − until now

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When Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan in early March 2024, it marked a spectacular fall from grace: from being courted in the U.S. as a friendly head of state to facing the rest of his life behind bars, convicted of cocaine importation and weapons offenses.

“Juan Orlando Hernández abused his ...Read more

Moscow terror attack showed growing reach of ISIS-K – could the US be next?

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A deadly attack in Moscow on March 22, 2024, exposed the vulnerability of the Russian capital to the threat of the Islamic State group and its affiliate ISIS-K. But it also displayed the reach of the network, leading some terror experts to ponder: Could a U.S. city be next?

There has not been a mass casualty assault in the U.S. ...Read more

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Editorial: On medication abortion, the Supreme Court may actually do the right thing

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It always seemed farfetched that anti-abortion doctors could argue that they have the right to ask a court to severely restrict a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration simply because they don’t want to treat women who might experience complications.

Do they even have standing to bring this case? Do they have any proof they ...Read more

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Editorial: Ideology over medicine: Arguments against mifepristone for abortions are pretext

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For more than two decades, the pharmaceutical mifepristone, used in tandem with misoprostol, has been allowing Americans to have safe and effective medication abortions at home, saving the expense and complexity of clinical visits. Medically speaking, the compound has side effects so infrequent that it is statistically safer than common over-the...Read more

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Commentary: Trump just got a break in one case against him. But his luck was running out in another

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The courts give, and the courts take away. And in a whirlwind couple of hours on Monday, they took a fair bit more from Donald Trump than they gave him.

The helping hand Trump got from one court, reducing the bond he had to post to protect his empire from a civil fraud penalty, was more than requited by the slap delivered by the judge poised to...Read more

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Biden is racing to shift marijuana policy, courting young voters

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris looked up from prepared remarks in the White House's ornate Roosevelt Room this month to make sure the reporters in the room could hear her clearly: "Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed."

Harris' "marijuana reform roundtable" was a striking reminder of how the politics have shifted for a...Read more

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Editorial: America's energy boom has helped with global security. Biden should leave well alone

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North America’s amazing energy boom has been a huge plus for U.S. domestic security over the past decade. Thanks to the rise of shale fracking and other game-changing technologies, the U.S. and Canada have produced more oil and gas than ever before, reducing the need for imports while breathing life into export markets.

This oil-and-gas ...Read more

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Judge recommends disbarring attorney who aided Trump

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Another defendant in the Georgia election interference case may lose his license to practice law for aiding Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

John Eastman devised questionable legal theories that Trump used to try to persuade state legislators and Vice President Mike Pence to reject Democrat Joe Biden’s ...Read more

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Judge skeptical of Hunter Biden's effort to dismiss tax case as politically motivated

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LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Hunter Biden asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to throw out nine tax-related charges, arguing that the president’s son is being vindictively prosecuted by the Justice Department and had his rights trampled by two IRS agents who publicly revealed his confidential tax records.

At a hearing Wednesday, U.S. District...Read more

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Trump says RFK Jr. is 'Biden's political opponent' and good for MAGA

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Environmental lawyer and long-shot presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced his running mate, and it was apparently enough to catch the attention of the 45th president.

Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was either up very late or very early Wednesday morning, when he took to his Truth ...Read more

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Florida's lost its battleground sheen. Biden is courting its Hispanic voters anyway

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President Joe Biden’s campaign isn’t ready to give up on Florida just yet.

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband and a top Biden campaign surrogate, joined Florida Democratic officials in Coral Gables on Wednesday to launch the campaign’s Hispanic outreach initiative, Latinos con Biden-Harris, in Florida...Read more

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Biden's re-election campaign to open headquarters in the Lehigh Valley, throughout Pennsylvania

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President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, in coordination with the state Democratic Party, is opening campaign headquarters in the Lehigh Valley.

The office, which will be in the South Side neighborhood of Easton and opens Wednesday, will hold volunteer trainings, recruitments and canvass kick offs.

“Our campaign is investing early and ...Read more

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Former Trump lawyer John Eastman should lose his license, judge rules

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LOS ANGELES — John Eastman, the former California law school dean who helped forge Donald Trump’s legal strategy for retaining power after losing his 2020 presidential bid, should be disbarred, a State Bar Court judge ruled Wednesday.

Judge Yvette Roland’s recommendation to yank the 63-year-old Eastman’s license to practice law in ...Read more

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Democrat wins Alabama swing seat by 25% amid controversy over abortion and IVF

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A Democratic candidate won a swing seat in the Alabama state house by a whopping 25% margin in a race dominated by the controversy over Republican efforts to ban abortion and in-vitro fertilization.

Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on a strongly pro-choice platform, won a special election to fill the suburban Huntsville 10th District, turning ...Read more

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Trump to attend for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller

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NEW YORK — Former President Trump plans to attend the wake for NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, the hero cop who was gunned down Monday in Far Rockaway, police said Wednesday.

Trump has told NYPD officials that he will attend the emotional tribute to Diller that is planned for the Massapequa Funeral Home on Long Island Thursday evening.

The ...Read more

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Analysis: Race to House majority runs through the 10 toss-ups

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WASHINGTON — Even with President Joe Biden’s job approval rating stuck underwater, Democrats have a path to the House majority. It just involves winning virtually all of the "toss-up" races.

On the other hand, even though Republicans are seeing their current House majority shrink with each passing resignation, the GOP is better positioned ...Read more

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Missouri Republicans want to enshrine abortion ban in state constitution amid ballot push

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As Missouri abortion rights groups mount a campaign to overturn the state’s abortion ban, Republican lawmakers are weighing legislation that would enshrine the ban in the state constitution.

A constitutional amendment, filed by Rep. Justin Sparks, a Wildwood Republican, would add the language from the strict abortion ...Read more

Imperfect recall: How a city council fight is roiling Congress

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Several hours had passed on a recent Saturday before a Charles Allen supporter walked by a table of Ward 6 residents hoping to recall the D.C. councilmember and called them “stupid racists.”

It had been an otherwise quiet morning at Eastern Market. One woman muttered, “Go home,” while another stopped and politely said, “I don’t ...Read more

How to have the hard conversations about who really won the 2020 presidential election − before Election Day 2024

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Millions of Americans believe that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. They think Donald Trump won by a landslide in 2020 and lost only because of widespread voter fraud. Some of the people who hold these views are my relatives, neighbors and professional associates. Because I reject these claims, it can be difficult to talk to those ...Read more

Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’

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It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s.

At a rally with Malcolm X in Harlem, New York, on Dec. 20, 1964, Hamer described the brutal beatings she and other Black people endured in Mississippi...Read more