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Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding …

FILE - Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, June 25, 2023, in Washington. Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Two networks announce GOP presidential debates just days …

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump’s vow to only be a dictator on ‘day one’ follows …

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table while waiting for proceedings to begin in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (Mike Segar/Pool via AP)

Donald Trump returns to court, lauds his defense expert …

Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, and Alina Habba, at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)

Ospreys had safety issues long before they were grounded. …

FILE -In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Hawkins, signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on May 17, 2019. When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan. The aircraft has had a long list of problems in its short history. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP)

Marking start of Hanukkah, Emhoff condemns antisemitism, …

Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks next to Rabbi Levi Shemtov, during the National Chanukah Menorah lighting, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, on the ellipse of the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window …

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. That's according to court papers filed Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Former congressman tapped as Democratic candidate …

FILE - Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., right, speaks during a news conference with a bipartisan group of current or former elected officials who support Robert Zimmerman's campaign, Nov. 7, 2022, in Great Neck, N.Y. Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will be the Democratic nominee in next year's special election to replace ousted congressman George Santos, New York Democrats announced Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

New US-Mexico agreement to monitor foreign investments …

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Mexican Secretary of Finance Rogelio Ramirez de la O, hold a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The GOP’s slim House majority is getting even tighter …

FILE - Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US sanctions money lending network to Yemen’s Houthi …

FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. In response to increasing attacks against ships in the southern Red Sea by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, the U.S. has announced sanctions against 13 people and firms alleged to be providing tens of millions of dollars to the Houthis in Yemen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for …

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., meets with reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The Democratic leader criticized today's Republican censure of Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., who triggered a fire alarm last September in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings when the chamber was in session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

No reelection campaign for Democratic representative …

FILE - U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, D-N.C., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, July 19, 2022, in Washington. Manning, a second-term Democratic congresswoman, will not seek re-election to the U.S. House under the North Carolina General Assembly's new redistricting maps, she announced Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Deputy U.S. Marshal charged with entering plane drunk …

FILE - A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police on Feb. 3, 2012. London police have charged a deputy U.S. Marshal in the United Kingdom with entering an aircraft while drunk after he was arrested on allegations of misconduct aboard a flight from New York. The 39-year-old was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, upon arrival at Heathrow Airport. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)