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Exclusive: The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s toughest cases during Chief Justice John Roberts’ tenure have often generated internal suspense, with shifting votes, last-minute switches and the chief’s own push toward compromises that would lessen the appearance of politics. Not so this spring, when the six Republican-appointed conservatives established

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US Army soldier accused of selling sensitive military information changes plea to guilty

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal court documents show that an Army soldier accused of selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities has decided to plead guilty. Sgt. Korbein Schultz filed a motion late last week requesting a hearing to change his plea. U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger granted the hearing, setting it

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The closure of camps in Iraq housing Yazidis displaced by IS attacks is postponed, an official says

Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The Iraqi government has postponed an order to clear out camps in the country’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region that house thousands of people who fled when the Islamic State group seized their home areas a decade ago. Earlier this year, Baghdad ordered the camps to be closed by July

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Hungarian minister accuses EU of orchestrating stoppage of Russian oil through Ukraine

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister has accused the European Union’s executive commission of orchestrating a stoppage of some Russian oil supplies into the bloc through Ukraine and warned that the dispute could lead to an energy crisis. Péter Szijjártó blasted the EU executive Tuesday in a post on Facebook, writing it had “done

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Una tercera niña murió en el Reino Unido tras uno de los peores ataques contra menores en décadas

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Reino Unido quedó conmocionado después de que tres niñas murieran apuñaladas y otras ocho resultaran heridas en un ataque con cuchillo en Southport, en una de las peores agresiones contra menores en el país en décadas. El ataque tuvo lugar en un acto temático de Taylor Swift en una escuela

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El enviado de Brasil se reunió con Nicolás Maduro y presionó por una mayor transparencia de los resultados electorales

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El enviado del presidente brasileño Luis Inácio Lula da Silva para la política exterior, Celso Amorim, se reunió con el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro y con el candidato opositor Edmundo González en Caracas el lunes, dijo a CNN el portavoz de Amorim. Amorim reforzó su pedido de una mayor

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Two more spending bills advance from Senate committee, include funds for 3 Central Oregon projects

WASHNGTON (KTVZ) – Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Monday he’s secured critical investments in Oregon transportation, affordable housing, economic development, and community public safety in the second set of fiscal year 2025 government spending bills to pass the committee—a key first step on the road to becoming law.  Central

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Bend Venture Conference returns in October; EDCO adds ‘Early Bird’ registration discount

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Economic Development for Central Oregon will once again host the annual Bend Venture Conference on Thursday, October 17th – Friday, October 18th at the iconic Tower Theatre in downtown Bend. Tickets to the 21st Annual BVC are available here. This year, EDCO is offering an Early Bird registration discount. Attendees who

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Two shark species documented in Puget Sound for the first time by OSU researchers

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University researchers have made the first scientific confirmation in Puget Sound of two distinct shark species, one of them critically endangered. The presence of the broadnose sevengill shark and endangered soupfin shark in the sound, the southern portion of the Salish Sea, may indicate changes in what biologists in

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