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A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Says She Should Be Freed.

On the night that 2-year-old Mariah Alvarez died, a Child Protective Services investigator made her way to the Harlingen, Texas, police station to interview the toddler’s siblings. Mariah’s lifeless body had arrived…

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Who Is David Pecker, the First Witness in the Trump Hush-Money Trial?

David Pecker, the former president and CEO of American Media Inc., has taken the stand as the first witness in former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial.  Pecker, prosecutors are expected to…

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U.S. Troops in Niger Say They’re “Stranded” and Can’t Get Mail, Medicine

The Biden Administration is “actively suppressing intelligence reports” about the state of U.S. military relations with Niger, according to a new report issued by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. U.S. military service members…

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Senate Passes Reauthorization of Key U.S. Surveillance Program Just After Deadline

WASHINGTON — Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program…

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U.S. Doctor Returning From Gaza Describes Unforgettable Carnage

The war in Gaza has been among the deadliest for civilians, including children, of any war in the 21st century. After spending five weeks volunteering and administering at a field hospital in…

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Democrats in Trump Districts Are Outraising Republicans in Biden Districts

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Rare is the member of Congress who represents a…

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2 Jurors Dismissed in Trump Hush Money Trial as Prosecutors Ask for Trump to Face Contempt

NEW YORK — Two jurors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial were dismissed Thursday, one after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial and the other over…

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What Judge Merchan Knows About Trump

The first former U.S. President to face a criminal trial and the judge overseeing those proceedings are both children of Queens. Donald Trump grew up in a faux Tudor house in Jamaica…

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Forget a Ban — Why Are Journalists Using TikTok in the First Place?

The TikTok logo displayed on a laptop screen with a glowing keyboard in Krakow, Poland, on March 3, 2024. Photo: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images As far as I know, there are…

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