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Wisconsin Republican leader who angered Trump is targeted for recall a 2nd time

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, say they have submitted more than 9,000 signatures in an effort to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican. They targeted Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the longest-serving Assembly speaker in Wisconsin

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Former intel agency chief set to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister in hard right coalition

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former head of the Dutch intelligence agency and counterterrorism office is tipped to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister, leading a four-party coalition that includes Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom. Dick Schoof is a former head of the General Intelligence and Security Service

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The Latest | Defense targets Michael Cohen’s testimony in closing arguments in Trump hush money case

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial have begun, giving prosecutors and defense lawyers one final opportunity to convince the jury of their respective cases before deliberations begin. Arguments are expected to last all day Tuesday with jury deliberations starting as early as Wednesday. Prosecutors say the former president

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UN human rights experts ask Belarusian authorities to help a political prisoner dying of cancer

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — U.N. human rights experts have appealed to Belarusian authorities to help a political prisoner who has been diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer. The experts expressed the “utmost concern” about the denial of medical assistance to Pavel Kuchynski, 29, who was detained in 2022 and

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Biden campaign tries new tactic: Deploying Robert De Niro outside courthouse as Trump trial closing arguments begin

By Kevin Liptak, Donald Judd and Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — After months of either ignoring or poking fun at former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial, the Biden campaign on Tuesday decided for the first time to stage a news conference about Trump’s record outside the courthouse where closing arguments were taking place. The feisty

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Judge nixes bid to restrict Trump statements that could endanger officers in classified records case

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida has denied prosecutors’ request to bar the Republican former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon says prosecutors didn’t give defense lawyers enough

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Judge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors’ efforts to confer with the defendant was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.” In a brief order, Cannon slammed prosecutors for

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Recovery of Brazil’s Spix’s macaw, popularized in animated ‘Rio’ films, threatened by climate change

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press CURACA, Brazil (AP) — All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil’s Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell

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College in Detroit suspends in-person classes because of pro-Palestinian camp

By ED WHITE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University in Detroit suspended in-person classes Tuesday and encouraged staff to work remotely to avoid any problems with a pro-Palestinian encampment that sprouted last week. “All on-campus events are canceled until further notice. Critical infrastructure workers are expected to report to campus,”

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Georgian parliament overrides presidential veto of the divisive foreign influence bill

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Georgian parliament has overridden a presidential veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks. The legislature, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, dismissed President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the legislation that she and other critics

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Biden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump’s NY trial to keep focus on Jan. 6

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign has showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. The Democratic president’s team on Tuesday was looking to capitalize

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