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A California man who prosecutors alleged lied to federal agents and pushed fake criminal allegations against President Biden and his son Hunter now faces new charges of tax evasion from special counsel David Weiss, according to court records. Alexander Smirnov was an FBI informant for about a decade, providing information to federal investigators in what
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Americans say they’re most grateful for friends and family this year. That may be one reason a big majority plans to avoid political discussions at the Thanksgiving table. In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, Trump voters and Republicans are relatively a bit more open to political chat than Kamala Harris voters and Democrats
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Tom Homan, selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be the “border czar” in the new administration, traveled Tuesday to the U.S.-Mexico border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, blasting the Biden White House’s reaction to the immigration crisis and vowing Trump’s planned mass deportations will be conducted. “Let me be clear: There is going to be
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Washington — Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare and Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The costly proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sets the stage for a potential showdown between the
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President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate ———with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border. Sheinbaum said she was willing to engage in talks on the issues, but
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President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is grappling with internal strife over the alleged conduct of a senior and longtime adviser, Boris Epshteyn, who has been accused by at least one Republican politician of trying to profit personally from his ability to influence Trump’s Cabinet picks. Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens submitted a sworn declaration to
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Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday sought to end his bid to revive the case against President-elect Donald Trump arising from his alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents, which would bring to a close the historic and unprecedented case against the nation’s 45th and 47th president. In a filing with the U.S. Court
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Unlawful crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are on track to drop to a new low for the Biden administration in November, according to internal Customs and Border Protection figures obtained by CBS News. U.S. Border Patrol is on pace to record fewer than 50,000 apprehensions of migrants crossing the southern border unlawfully this month. The
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Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal district court in Washington on Monday to dismiss the charges against President-elect Donald Trump stemming from an alleged scheme to subvert the transfer of power after the 2020 election, bringing to a close the historic and unprecedented prosecution of the nation’s 45th and 47th president. In
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President Biden pardoned two turkeys from Minnesota on Monday, in keeping with the annual White House turkey pardon tradition. It was Mr. Biden’s final turkey pardon as president, before President-elect Donald Trump is tasked with keeping up the tradition. This year’s turkeys, Peach and Blossom, are named after the Delaware state flower, the peach blossom,
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