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Here are the legal next steps in the Trump documents case
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to the slew of federal charges against him for storing dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort and… Read More
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Supreme Court extends freeze on changes to abortion pill access until Friday
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday extended until Friday at midnight an administrative stay in an ongoing lower-court fight over the FDA-approved use of the abortion pill… Read More
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Biden wants Congress to boost penalties for executives when mid-sized banks fail
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — President Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass legislation to increase the penalties on bank executives when mismanagement leads to bank failures. “When banks fail due to… Read More
![A video of former President Donald Trump speaking during a rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, is shown at a June 9 hearing before the House Jan. 6 committee.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22190435679647_wide-c6914ec45002d03b97723fad1c0a88783115f94c-scaled-e1658433122865-900x422.jpg)
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump for testimony under oath and for records, the panel said in… Read More
![Police stand outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ap22221031819611_wide-6c053111a6030a955d726e6c107231f224ab1ba3-e1661533888945-900x422.jpg)
Over 180 classified docs removed by National Archives from Mar-a-Lago, affidavit says
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Updated August 26, 2022 at 3:31 PM ET The affidavit that the FBI used to get a warrant for searching former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago is now public…. Read More
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Judge creates path for releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal magistrate judge has given the Department of Justice one week to provide a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the unprecedented FBI… Read More
![A video of former President Donald Trump from his Jan. 6 Rose Garden statement is played as Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies during the sixth hearing held by the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/gettyimages-1241592828-69c30f39c417faf214b47ef5ef04e768066cb042-scaled-e1656448740958-900x422.jpg)
Trump didn’t want to stop Capitol attack, former White House aide testifies
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Trump didn’t want to do anything to stop the rioters attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, testified… Read More
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Biden calls Putin a war criminal
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden on Wednesday was asked by reporters whether he was ready to call Russian President Putin a war criminal. “I think he is a war… Read More
![In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office and posted on Facebook on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ap22074068459562-08253b4d871333a545d7e47c32f8aff09ce859b6-e1647440671971-900x422.jpg)
In a virtual address, President Zelenskyy call on the U.S. to ‘do more’
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a virtual address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday morning. His remarks come as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its… Read More