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Month: November 2024

Brazilian police formally accused Bolsonaro of an attempted coup. What comes next?

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Police have formally accused Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Their allegations threaten to torpedo Bolsonaro’s hopes of returning to politics. Brazil’s Supreme Court said Friday that police

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Chronister’s withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees

Associated Press MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he was elected the first time. Chad Chronister’s decision Tuesday to pull his name from consideration to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration follows on Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal as Trump’s

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Jussie Smollett’s conviction overturned in alleged hate-crime hoax: How we got here and what’s next

By Ashley R. Williams, Megan Thomas, Sandra Gonzalez and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Nearly six years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate-crime hoax in downtown Chicago and lying to police, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned his conviction over prosecutorial issues. The court ruled that after Cook County State’s

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Trump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don’t expect big revelations

Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, conspiracy theories still swirl and any new glimpse into the fateful day of Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas continues to fascinate. President-elect Donald Trump promised during his reelection campaign that he would declassify all of the remaining government records

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