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Politics

Is Hunter Biden going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction

Washington — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday in the federal gun trial, and now a judge will have to determine whether the president’s son should be imprisoned for the felony conviction. Hunter Biden was convicted by the 12-person jury of two felony counts for making false statements on a federal gun form about his drug use, and one count for …

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Judge rejects Trumps bid to dismiss classified documents case but agrees to strike an allegation in the charges

Washington — The federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Donald Trump once again rejected requests by the former president’s legal team to dismiss the charges against him, according to an order filed Monday evening. Judge Aileen Cannon denied numerous claims by Trump’s defense attorneys and his co-defendants arguing the 2023 indictment was technically flawed, but …

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Trump undergoes probation interview virtually

Former President Donald Trump’s pre-sentencing interview with the New York probation office took place virtually on Monday, a source familiar with the proceedings confirmed. After becoming the first former president in American history convicted in a criminal trial, Trump on Monday encountered another first: an interview with a probation officer. “Earlier today, President Trump completed a routine interview with New …

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Trump and Biden neck and neck nationally and in battlegrounds — CBS News poll

Among all the factors on voters’ minds this election, former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict pales in comparison to issues like the economy, inflation, and the border — all items on which Trump maintains advantages. As such, the verdict has not dramatically reshaped the race. But what we do see is a few more Joe Biden voters activated out of …

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RFK Jr. files new petition in Nevada amid legal battle over ballot access

With less than a month left to collect signatures in Nevada, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. submitted a new petition to the Nevada Secretary of State’s office Thursday, despite having previously filed a lawsuit against the office in an attempt to secure his place on the state ballot. The independent candidate filed a lawsuit against the Nevada office last week, two …

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Georgia appeals court temporarily halts Trumps 2020 election case in Fulton County

Washington — The Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump while it reviews a trial judge’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case. The stay issued by the court applies only to Trump and the eight co-defendants who sought to have Willis and …

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Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales barely wins GOP runoff against gun-rights activist in closely-watched contest

Austin, Texas —Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas narrowly won his primary Tuesday against a gun-rights activist who pushed the border congressman into a bruising runoff that threatened to unseat a U.S. House incumbent. Another prominent Texas Republican, state House Speaker Dade Phelan, also edged out a challenger from the right who was backed by former President Donald Trump. Both …

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Alito tells congressional Democrats he wont recuse over flags

Justice Samuel Alito is flatly rejecting calls to recuse himself in two cases before the Supreme Court involving former President Donald Trump because of two flags that flew outside his homes. In letters Wednesday to House and Senate Democrats, Alito said he had nothing to do with the flying of the flags, and that nothing about the incidents merited recusal …

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Jenna Ellis, ex-Trump campaign legal adviser, has Colorado law license suspended for 3 years

Washington — Jenna Ellis, who served as a legal adviser to former President Donald Trump during the 2020 election, is barred from practicing law in the state of Colorado for three years, according to an agreement reached with state legal regulators. Under the deal approved Tuesday by a presiding disciplinary judge of the Colorado Supreme Court, Ellis’ suspension of her …

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Feds take down one of worlds largest malicious botnets and arrest its administrator

Washington — Federal investigators took down one of the world’s largest malicious botnets, one that helped generate tens of thousands of fraudulent transactions that cost victims billions — including many related to COVID relief funding. Law enforcement also arrested the botnet’s administrator, YunHe Wang, a Chinese national. He’s been accused of orchestrating an international plot to deploy malware and surreptitiously …

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