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Former president Donald Trump speaks upon arriving at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Opening statements in Donald Trump&rsquo;s historic hush money trial are set to begin. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016.

Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

Former president Donald Trump speaks upon arriving at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, April 22, 2024, in New York. Opening statements in Donald Trump&rsquo;s historic hush money trial are set to begin. Trump is accused of falsifying internal business records as part of an alleged scheme to bury stories he thought might hurt his presidential campaign in 2016.

April 22, 2024, 12:50pm Latest News

 Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial. Read story

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

April 22, 2024, 8:52am Latest News

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Read story

Israel&rsquo;s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan, left, addresses members of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. Headquarters Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Robert A. Wood, United States Ambassador to the United Nations is at right.

The US is expected to block aid to an Israeli military unit. What is Leahy law that it would cite?

Israel&rsquo;s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan, left, addresses members of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. Headquarters Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Robert A. Wood, United States Ambassador to the United Nations is at right.

April 22, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. Read story

Charles Longshore, author of the Judicial Discretion Act, testifies at a committee hearing while incarcerated at Washington Corrections Center.

Lobbying the Legislature from behind bars

Charles Longshore, author of the Judicial Discretion Act, testifies at a committee hearing while incarcerated at Washington Corrections Center.

April 22, 2024, 6:01am Latest News

Charles Longshore is the author of a bill Washington lawmakers considered this year that would have allowed judges to review and shorten long prison sentences. Read story

A bill that could ban TikTok advances to the Senate. What’s next?

April 21, 2024, 3:21pm Business

The House has approved legislation that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn’t divest from the popular social media platform, escalating the fight over the hot-button issue. Read story

FILE - A ballot is handed to a voter, far right, as early voting takes place at the Warren City Hall, Feb. 21, 2024, in Warren, Mich. The Republican National Committee has filed voting-related lawsuits in two dozen states targeting such things as voter rolls, mailed balloting and policies related to poll watchers. Democrats say it&rsquo;s a strategy designed to raise doubts about the legitimacy of the vote this fall and potentially delay certification of the results.

Crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states creates a shadow war for the 2024 election

FILE - A ballot is handed to a voter, far right, as early voting takes place at the Warren City Hall, Feb. 21, 2024, in Warren, Mich. The Republican National Committee has filed voting-related lawsuits in two dozen states targeting such things as voter rolls, mailed balloting and policies related to poll watchers. Democrats say it&rsquo;s a strategy designed to raise doubts about the legitimacy of the vote this fall and potentially delay certification of the results.

April 21, 2024, 2:27pm Politics

As President Joe Biden and Donald Trump step up their campaigning in swing states, a quieter battle is taking place in the shadows of their White House rematch. Read story

A woman holds a &quot;Free Azov&quot; sign during a rally aiming to raise awareness on the fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia&#039;s invasion.

Ukrainian and Western leaders laud U.S. aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’

A woman holds a &quot;Free Azov&quot; sign during a rally aiming to raise awareness on the fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia&#039;s invasion.

April 21, 2024, 2:20pm Latest News

Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned that passage of the bill would “further ruin” Ukraine and cause more deaths. Read story

Israeli leaders criticize expected U.S. sanctions against military unit that could further strain ties

April 21, 2024, 2:07pm Nation & World

Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military. Read story