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David DePape sentenced to 30 years in hammer attack on Paul Pelosi David DePape sentenced to 30 years in hammer attack on Paul Pelosi 00:37 The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday morning. David DePape, 44,
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Gold bars passed around to jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez corruption trial Gold bars passed around to jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez corruption trial 03:41 A day after jurors held the one-kilogram gold bars seized from Sen. Bob Menendez’s home in their own hands, they heard more from the FBI agent who led the search
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the court for a “very long” sentence for the man who attacked her husband in their home over a year ago, and Paul Pelosi says he’s still suffering dizziness, headaches, balance problems, nerve pain and walking challenges after being struck by David DePape with a hammer. Paul Pelosi revealed
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President Biden’s move to quadruple tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles isn’t meant to head off any potential national security threats posed by internet-connected vehicles made in China, but some political leaders in the president’s own party think those concerns shouldn’t be overlooked. The tariff hike was designed to keep China from undercutting U.S. automakers with
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Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included masked protesters camped out on college campuses. The legislation cleared the Senate on
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The fifth week of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York is ending as it began: with the former president’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen on the stand. Cohen, the key witness in the case against Trump, was questioned for a day and a half by prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg before Trump attorney Todd
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Washington — President Biden asserted executive privilege over audio recordings from an investigation into his handling of classified documents, a top Justice Department official revealed in a letter to House committee leaders obtained by CBS News. The assertion came at the recommendation of the Justice Department, as the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees were slated
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Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier jailed in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has entered a guilty plea to theft charges and is cooperating with investigators in the case, Russia’s state-run news outlets said Thursday. “He is cooperating, he admitted [guilt],” the RIA news agency cited a representative of the local interior ministry as
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Washington — Two Republican-led House committees are set to consider a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday for defying their request for audio recordings from the classified documents case against President Biden. The Justice Department said Thursday morning that the president was asserting executive privilege over the recordings, adding a
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Beijing — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his efforts to resolve the war in Ukraine at a Beijing summit on Thursday, where the two leaders reaffirmed a “no-limits” partnership that has grown as both countries face rising tension with the West. Putin’s two-day state visit to one of his strongest allies
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