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Defendant in Trump’s Georgia case accuses DA, prosecutor of ‘improper’ relationship

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A co-defendant in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Georgia 2020 election interference case on Monday accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the case’s special prosecutor of engaging in “an improper, clandestine personal relationship.” The accusation came in a filing by co-defendant Michael Roman, who is seeking to have his indictment …

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US Navy sailor given 27 months in jail for sharing military data with China

(Reuters) -A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced to 27 months in jail on Monday for accepting nearly $15,000 in bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for photos of unclassified private U.S. military information. Petty Officer Wenheng “Thomas” Zhao, 26, pleaded guilty last October to conspiracy and receiving a bribe. Zhao, who had faced …

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Biden denounces ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina Black church

By Jeff Mason CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday denounced white supremacy and political violence in a direct message to Black voters during a visit to South Carolina aimed at shoring up a critical constituency whose support has waned since he took office. Biden spoke from the pulpit of the historic …

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Explainer-What Republicans and Democrats want to do on US-Mexico border security

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. Congress are blocking emergency funding for Ukraine and threatening to force a government shutdown in an effort to tighten security along the U.S.-Mexico border. WHY ARE REPUBLICANS FOCUSING ON BORDER SECURITY? Record numbers of migrants have been caught illegally crossing the border since Democratic President …

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United, Alaska find loose parts on 737 MAX planes, raising pressure on Boeing

By Valerie Insinna, David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -Boeing’s latest 737 MAX crisis deepened after United Airlines and Alaska Airlines said they had found loose parts on multiple grounded MAX 9 aircraft, raising new concerns among industry experts about how its best-selling jet family is manufactured. U.S. regulators grounded 171 MAX 9 …

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LaPierre turned NRA into ‘Wayne’s World,’ NY lawyer says at graft trial

By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wayne LaPierre ran the National Rifle Association (NRA) as “Wayne’s World” for decades, a lawyer for New York state said at the start of the gun rights group’s corruption trial, three days after LaPierre suddenly resigned as chief executive. New York Attorney General Letitia James had …

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