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Menendez is accused of passing information to the Egyptians about the staff at the U.S. embassy in Cairo, ghostwriting a letter on Egypt’s behalf intended to influence fellow senators

Here is a preview of the issues involved in the special session and what awaits Republican Gov. Doug Burgum and the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Over the past five years, controversial police K-9 attacks have made headlines across the U.S. The Ohio State Highway Patrol used drug dogs in 28% of its stops involving Black motorists from 2013 through 2017

The drill involved a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber from the United States and fighter jets from South Korea and Japan, the air force said in a statement

Election offices have been understaffed for years. But 2020 was a tipping point, with all the pandemic-related challenges before the presidential vote and the hostility afterward stemming from false claims of a stolen election

The president finds himself facing the difficult balancing act of demonstrating full-throated support for America’s closest ally in the Middle East while trying to also press the Israelis to act with enough restraint to keep the war from spreading into a broader conflagration

New York Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that the city would start giving adult migrants 60 days’ notice to move out of city-run shelters

Prosecutors said the 16 Republicans who gathered in Georgia’s capitol were ‘fake’ electors. Their defenders called them ‘alternate’ or ‘contingent’ electors

Some religiously affiliated shelters in Tijuana, in northern Mexico, try to provide a safe place to wait while their political asylum requests are processed

The gradual return of tourists further threatens to displace evacuees who have been staying in hotel rooms

Venezuelans were arrested 54,833 times by the Border Patrol after entering from Mexico in September, more than double from 22,090 arrests in August

Businesses in Cabo San Lucas nailed up sheets of plywood over their windows, and government personnel hung up banners warning people not to try to cross gullies and stream beds after Norma regained strength

The former vice president ended September with just $1.18 million cash-on-hand, according to recent filings, and owed $621,000 in debt

Also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, this armed conflict had significant implications in the Middle East

Ahead of Sunday’s vote, the far-right candidate has garnered support from all ages and social classes, although his most active followers are young men

He is the third Republican candidate to pause or end his campaign in a primary contest in which former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in early polling

Justin Lee, 25, of Rockville, Maryland, had been on administrative leave since he shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing four people on July 22, 2023, according to the police department

The settlement stems from allegations made by the woman against Mike Vereb, who served as Josh Shapiro’s secretary of legislative affairs

Judge Arthur Engoron reserved the right to hold Trump in contempt — and possibly even put him in jail — if he continued to violate a gag order

The indictment alleges Chesebro coordinated and executed a plan to have 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate declaring falsely that Trump won the state

The chamber remained deadlocked as the GOP scrambled to find a replacement for Kevin McCarthy

None of the families the AP interviewed received an identification tag or certificate to ensure cremations are authentic. Members of the families described a similar consistency of the ashes that seemed like dry concrete

The threats came after the Council on American-Islamic Relations updated banquet programming to focus on human rights issues for Palestinians. The group is urging members of Congress to promote a ceasefire in Gaza

The manufacturers make unproven claims that the drinks boost kids’ brains or immune systems. Most contain added sugar and are targeted toward children who are at the age when they could develop a lasting taste for sweets

Retired Deutsche Bank official Nicholas Haigh testified that Trump’s financial statements were key to approvals for hundreds of millions of dollars in loans in 2011 and 2012