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Judge upholds Tennessee law to stop crossover voting in primaries. Critics say the law is too vague.

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Nashville has upheld a Tennessee law aimed at making sure primary voters are “bona fide” members of the party they are voting for. Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials in November. He says

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Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secrets

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. Teixeira’s plea agreement with prosecutors calls for a prison sentence between 11 and nearly 17 years.

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US sanctions Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa over human rights abuses

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the First Lady and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses.  Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on three entities and eleven people, including the Mnangagwas, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga,

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International Criminal Court to hold first ever in absentia hearing over Ugandan rebel leader Kony

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence against notorious fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing later this year. The court said Monday it will hold a confirmation of charges hearing against Kony, nearly two decades after first seeking his arrest. The

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Republican state senator to run for open congressional seat representing northeastern Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator says he will run for an open congressional seat representing northeastern Wisconsin. Andre Jacque of De Pere announced Monday that he will run for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by Mike Gallagher. Gallagher abruptly announced last month he won’t seek re-election after he angered his

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Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president’s civil fraud case

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave in the ex-president’s civil fraud case. Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury and will be sentenced to five

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Police in Belgium arrest 4 people suspected of planning attack against Brussels concert hall

BRUSSELS (AP) — The federal prosecutor’s office in Belgium says police have arrested four people suspected of plotting an attack against a concert hall in Brussels. The office says the adult arrested has been charged with “participation in the activities of a terrorist group” with the aim of committing an attack. Three underage individuals also

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Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking sensitive national defense information

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of highly classified intelligence reports and other documents on social media pleaded guilty on Monday to willfully retaining and disseminating national defense information. Jack Teixeira, 22, pleaded guilty to all six counts he faced under the Espionage Act during a

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Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and

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Botched execution of serial killer in Idaho puts focus on capital punishment secrecy laws

By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Last week’s botched execution of a death-row inmate in Idaho showed the secrecy around capital punishment. Idaho lawmakers strengthened the state’s execution-secrecy law in 2022. It now ensures that the identities of people or entitities involved in making or supplying fatal drugs remain

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Ohio foundation begins process to distribute millions in opioid settlement money

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is ready to begin doling out hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement money to community and government organizations. The OneOhio Recovery Foundation plans to release its formal request for proposals on Monday. The foundation has been tasked with distributing $860 million

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