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(Reuters) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges accusing him of illegally holding onto sensitive U.S. national security documents when he left office, arguing the prosecution is legally flawed. Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 40-count i…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said a controversial Alabama court ruling over frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization was “outrageous and unacceptable.” “The disregard for women’s ability to make these decisions for themselves and their f…

(Reuters) — Republican U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Wednesday she believed frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization were babies, in comments seen as backing a controversial ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court. Haley addressed the issue in a pair of TV interviews hour…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s brother on Wednesday told lawmakers pursuing an impeachment inquiry that their relationship had nothing to do with his business career, as a top Democrat said the probe is based on Russian disinformation and should be dropped. In closed-door t…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” during a fundraiser in San Francisco on Wednesday, warning there is always the threat of nuclear conflict but that the existential threat to humanity remains climate. “This is the l…

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) — Lara Trump, who Donald Trump has endorsed to be the new co-chair of the Republican National Committee, said on Wednesday that the organization needed to raise $500 million for the 2024 general election and did not rule out using raised funds to pay her f…

CULVER CITY, California/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration is cancelling $1.2 billion worth of student loans for nearly 153,000 people who are eligible under a program used to make good on his promises to increase loan forgiveness. Biden, a Democrat, las…

(Reuters) — New York State Attorney General Letitia James said on Tuesday that she is prepared to seize Donald Trump’s assets, including his skyscrapers, if he is unable to find the cash to pay off a $355 million fine from his fraud trial. “If he does not have funds to pay off the judgm…

GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) — Republican candidate Nikki Haley pledged to press ahead with her long-shot presidential bid on Tuesday, saying “we don’t anoint kings in this country” and that she had no intention of dropping out after Saturday’s nominating contest in …