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(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear arguments on December 8 concerning the legality of President Donald Trump’s firing of a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission in a major case that tests the scope of presidential power over government agencies designed by Congress to be independent. The court in …

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By Luc Cohen and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -The indictment of John Bolton on charges of sharing classified information is stronger than the recent charges against two other political foes of President Donald Trump, but the former U.S. national security adviser has several options for mounting a defense, legal experts said. Bolton, 76, said in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers on Friday asked the Justice Department to look at whether Jack Smith, the federal prosecutor who led criminal probes into Donald Trump after his first White House term, improperly obtained congressional Republicans’ call logs, the New York Post reported. Trump has long complained about Smith and accused his investigations of being …

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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali (Reuters) -The U.S. military is holding two survivors aboard a Navy ship after rescuing them from a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean hit by a U.S. strike that killed two others, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The disclosure, which has not been previously …

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By Renee Hickman CHICAGO (Reuters) – A suburban Chicago police officer arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday was legally authorized to work in the U.S. and had completed a full background check by the FBI, according to the Village of Hanover Park, where he was employed.  Radule Bojovic, who was born in Montenegro, …

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By Sarah N. Lynch and Jack Queen GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) -John Bolton, the national security hawk and former adviser to Donald Trump who has become one of the U.S. president’s biggest critics, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of mishandling classified information. Bolton, who was indicted on Thursday, is the third of Trump’s prominent …

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By Andrea de Silva LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad and Tobago (Reuters) -Relatives of a Trinidadian man who say he was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean this week are demanding evidence to back up allegations by U.S. President Donald Trump that those who died were trafficking drugs. Trump has ordered …

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