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Former Trump lawyer Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia, could testify against Trump

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former lawyer for Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping the then-U.S. president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state of Georgia and agreed to testify against Trump if called upon. Ellis is the third member of Trump’s legal team to reach …

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Detroit police say no reason to believe antisemitism behind synagogue leader’s killing

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Officials investigating the killing of a synagogue leader in Detroit over the weekend said on Monday that the crime does not appear to have been motivated by antisemitism, although the investigation is still ongoing. Detroit Police Chief James White said there was no reason to believe that the killing of …

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Louisiana ‘super fog’ kills 7 in massive car pile-up

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

(Reuters) – A Louisiana “super fog” aggravated by marsh fires led to a pile-up of 158 cars just west of New Orleans on Monday that killed seven people, injured at least 25 and left a string of crumbled and charred vehicles on a bridge over Lake Maurepas, officials said. At least one vehicle went over …

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Planned Parenthood must face trial over Texas Medicaid fraud claims

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

By Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Planned Parenthood must face a trial in a $1.8 billion lawsuit by Texas accusing the organization of defrauding the Republican-led state’s Medicaid health insurance program, a federal judge ruled on Monday. At issue is billing by Planned Parenthood after Texas announced its decision to terminate the organization …

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Republican Scott to boost staff, resources in Iowa as presidential campaign flags

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Tim Scott is increasing his staff in Iowa and shifting resources to the early voting state as he seeks to revive his languishing campaign to be the Republican 2024 presidential nominee. Former President Donald Trump is the runaway favorite to win the Republican primaries that kick off on Jan. 15 in …

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US Senator Menendez pleads not guilty to foreign agent charge

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment charging him with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government. Federal prosecutors on Oct. 12 accused the New Jersey Democrat – until recently the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee …

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JPMorgan settlement with Epstein accusers draws objection from US states

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase’s $290 million class-action settlement with Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers has drawn an objection from many U.S. states, which say the accord could limit their ability to seek compensation for sexual abuse victims. In a letter made public on Monday in Manhattan federal court, the attorneys general of …

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Massachusetts to update multistate probe on Instagram’s impact on kids

24 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Massachusetts attorney general’s office said on Monday that it would provide an update on Tuesday into a multistate probe into Meta Platforms and allegations its subsidiary Instagram was harmful to children. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office noted they were co-leading a bipartisan nationwide probe of the company that began …

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US says former NSA employee pleads guilty to attempted espionage

23 Oct 2023 23 Oct 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Monday pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to transmit classified national defense information (NDI) to someone he thought to be a Russian agent but turned out to be an FBI covert employee, the U.S. Justice Department said. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, …

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US court challenges Trump appeal in rape accuser E. Jean Carroll’s case

23 Oct 2023 23 Oct 2023

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday questioned why former U.S. president Donald Trump waited more than three years to claim that he deserved absolute immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll for denying that he raped her. Two members of a three-judge panel of the …

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