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Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioter for gun offense and woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioter for gun offense and woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents 11/15/2025 02:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol, officials said Saturday. In a separate ca At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes 11/14/2025 11:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton. Bondi posted on X that sh Officials in North Carolina city vow to resist looming federal immigration crackdown Officials in North Carolina city vow to resist looming federal immigration crackdown 11/14/2025 09:05pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Officials and community leaders opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina’s largest city characterized it Friday as an invasion and urged Charlotte residents to protest peacefully and record agents' actions from a distance. “We are living in the The Latest: Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as consumers face high prices The Latest: Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as consumers face high prices 11/14/2025 07:37pm • President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits. It’s part of a response to pressure from consumers who are struggling with high prices. In off-year elections this month, voters economic conc US prosecutor in Wyoming promises crackdown on pot in national parks and on other public lands 11/14/2025 06:20pm • FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Getting high around a campfire in a national park, especially in Wyoming, is likelier to get you prosecuted under a new Justice Department policy cracking down on minor marijuana offenses on federal land. The new guidance for marijuana on federal land reverses a policy f Brazil’s top court backs putting Bolsonaro’s son on trial over obstruction charges 11/14/2025 03:16pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Judges on Brazil 's Supreme Court voted Friday to put one of the sons of former President Jair Bolsonaro on trial on charges of obstructing justice in connection with his father’s attempted coup case. Justices Flávio Dino and Cristiano Zanin joined colleague Alexandre de Moraes Using detainees and prisoners as photo props has a long history in American politics Using detainees and prisoners as photo props has a long history in American politics 11/14/2025 02:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The images are as current as now and as old as a century ago: people in custody, sometimes behind bars, at times in shackles, under the watchful eyes of those in charge. Sometimes as backdrops, sometimes in the foreground, always at the decision of someone in authority. They’ve b Ex-Congolese rebel leader on trial for war crimes in Paris begins hunger strike 11/14/2025 01:30pm • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Ex-Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala began a hunger strike on Friday to protest his trial, which began this week over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War. Lumbala, who dismissed his lawyers and refused to appear in court after the first day of 19 migrants deported by US to Ghana have been moved to an unknown location, lawyer says 11/14/2025 08:57am • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Nineteen West African nationals deported by the U.S. to Ghana have been moved to an unknown location, a lawyer for one of the deportees said. Ana Dionne-Lanier, who represents one of the nationals, told The Associated Press on Thursday the group arrived in Ghana on Nov. 5 and w Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell concedes reelection fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell concedes reelection fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson 11/13/2025 08:40pm • SEATTLE (AP) — First-term Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded his reelection fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson on Thursday, handing another victory to leftist Democrats around the country frustrated with unaffordability, homelessness, public safety and the actions of President Donald Tru Nevada Supreme Court sends 'fake electors' case back to Clark County 11/13/2025 08:34pm • CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared President Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election has been sent back to Clark County, where a jury is more likely to rule Florida man executed for the 1979 killing of a girl, 6, who was abducted from her bedroom Florida man executed for the 1979 killing of a girl, 6, who was abducted from her bedroom 11/13/2025 08:07pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the 1979 killing a 6-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom was put to death Thursday evening in a record 16th execution in Florida this year. Bryan Frederick Jennings, 66, was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida Nevada lawmakers consider reviving court that barred offenders from the Las Vegas Strip 11/13/2025 01:18pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada judges instituted a unique court two years ago to penalize crimes such as petty theft, assault, drug offenses and loitering committed on the Las Vegas Strip by barring offenders from the state's marquee tourist area for a year. The program was hailed as a success by the st 50-year mortgages? NFL kickoff rules? Here's where some of Trump's latest jaw-dropping musings stand 11/13/2025 05:44am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump loves offering outlandish ideas and then repeating them until they start to become mainstream — even if they don't always come to fruition. Some notions that once felt far-fetched are now the norm, like insisting his government has a Department of War, im The Latest: Longest government shutdown in US history ends after 43 days as Trump signs funding bill The Latest: Longest government shutdown in US history ends after 43 days as Trump signs funding bill 11/12/2025 10:38pm • President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. Before signing the legislation,
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