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Meet the chief federal judge overseeing several high-profile Trump grand jury probes

10:43am April 10, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Jeb Boasberg is taking over as chief judge of the federal district court in Washington as grand jury investigations of former President Donald Trump intensify.

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Chelsea Manning was held at this military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., pictured in 2009.

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Chelsea Manning had to fight to transition in prison. She wants better for others

7:26pm April 09, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Manning first came to public scrutiny and was incarcerated for leaking classified information. She aims to use that attention to shed light on the struggles trans people face in U.S. prisons.

President Biden is pictured in the Oval Office on St. Patrick's Day. Biden, who is Irish Catholic, is traveling to Ireland on Tuesday.

Poetry-loving Biden heads to Ireland, home of the 'best poets in the world'

2:00pm April 09, 2023

by Tamara Keith

President Biden's penchant for Irish poetry is likely to come through during his upcoming visit to the Emerald Isle, where he'll mark the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Israeli police gather next to an overturned car at the site of an attack Friday in Tel Aviv in which an Italian tourist was killed and several other people were injured.

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An Israeli police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque triggers a spate of violence

4:12pm April 08, 2023

by Willem Marx

The escalating conflict in Israel and the occupied territories has played out against a backdrop of religious celebrations — Ramadan for Muslims, Passover for Jews and Easter for Christians.

In this image taken from video footage run Saturday by China's CCTV, a Chinese fighter jet performs an mid-air refueling maneuver at an unspecified location.

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China flies fighter jets near Taiwan after the leader's trip to the U.S.

8:18am April 08, 2023

by The Associated Press

China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan on Saturday, Taiwanese officials said. The move follows a meeting between the U.S. House speaker and the president of Taiwan.

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug protocol that a recent study showed was used in 98% of medication abortions in 2020.

Judges' dueling decisions put access to a key abortion drug in jeopardy nationwide

7:07am April 08, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

A federal judge in Texas stayed the FDA's approval of the drug mifepristone, while a federal judge in Washington state blocked any FDA change in access.

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Ukrainian troops prepare to fire a mortar toward Russian positions on the frontline in the eastern region of Donetsk on Wednesday.

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Top-secret Pentagon documents on Ukraine war appear on social media

10:50pm April 07, 2023

Maps and charts providing details on Ukraine's military and the state of the war have been published on Twitter and Telegram. The Pentagon says it is investigating how they were leaked or stolen.

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 2022.

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Justice Thomas explains why he didn't report trips paid for by billionaire

7:38pm April 07, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas responded to a news report about his failure to disclose trips paid for by a conservative billionaire friend, saying he had been advised they were not reportable.

Stormy Daniels, pictured here at a Los Angeles film premiere in May 2022, sat down with TalkTV's Piers Morgan for her first interview since news broke of Donald Trump's indictment.

Stormy Daniels says she's not yet 'vindicated' by Trump's indictment

2:11pm April 07, 2023

by Emily Olson

The adult film star told TalkTV's Piers Morgan she's looking forward to possibly testifying in Trump's trial after the Manhattan district attorney charged him with falsifying business records.

Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones gestures during a vote on his expulsion from the state legislature at the State Capitol Building in Nashville on Thursday.

Former Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones says he lost a seat, but voters lost their voice

11:18am April 07, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Jones, one of two Black Democrats expelled from the state House, tells NPR he's keeping his options open and would "most definitely" demand his seat back if local officials reappointed him to it.

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