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The special counsel's report says that it would be difficult to convict the president of improper handling of files because "at trial, Mr Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory". Source link

In a historic oral argument, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely to overturn a state supreme court ruling barring former President Donald Trump from its primary ballot.No U.S. court had ever issued such a decision, but in December the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Trump – the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination – is disqualified by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That provision, adopted in the Civil War’s aftermath, holds that no one who “engages in insurrection” against the United States can hold public office. Why We Wrote This Can a Civil War-era provision barring insurrectionists from public office mean Donald Trump can be removed from presidential ballots? The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical during oral argument – and concerned more about ...

Home security videos showed a Florida mother breastfeeding a newborn shorty before she was allegedly stabbed to death by her 13-year-old son, who is then seen on one of the videos calmly speaking to police.State prosecutors on Wednesday released four short video clips of moments before and after Derek Rosa allegedly killed his mother, Irina Garcia, 39, as she was sleeping in front of the infant in their Hialeah apartment on Oct. 12.In one 6-second clip, he's telling someone on the phone, "two hundred and one," which appears to be his apartment number. And in the other 6-second clip, he appears to be mumbling in Spanish to his mom about a possession of theirs that's apparently not operating properly.Doorbell camera video that shows Derek Rosa walking in and out of his Hialeah apartment unit...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2022 election and searched their homes and offices Thursday.Bolsonaro was not himself the target of a search but, like others, was ordered to forfeit his passport, according to a decision by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes made public Thursday.The subjects of the 33 searches police planned to conduct included Bolsonaro’s 2022 running mate, Gen. Walter Braga Netto; a former adviser, Gen. Augusto Heleno; former Justice Minister Anderson Torres and the head of Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party, Valdemar Costa Neto, the decision said.There were also four preventive arrest warrants, one of which targeted Bolsonaro’s special adviser on in...

Like a lot of mothers, North Dakota state Rep. Emily O’Brien struggled to find infant care when her daughter Lennon was born in 2019. So Ms. O’Brien, a Republican who represents the Grand Forks region, brought Lennon along to meetings with local leaders and constituents.Ms. O’Brien had her second daughter, Jolene, in 2022, not long before legislators were due to meet. Wanting more time to bond before returning to work, Ms. O’Brien brought the newborn with her to Bismarck, where she snoozed through Gov. Doug Burgum’s State of the State address on her mother’s desk.Not long after, Ms. O’Brien persuaded her colleagues to back a plan to invest $66 million in child care, an unprecedented sum for a state that had, like others with Republican leadership, long resisted such spending. But Ms. O’Bri...