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Month: September 2023

Appeals court won’t fully block special counsel’s access to Rep. Scott Perry’s phone, but court fight continues

By Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals panel on Tuesday declined to issue a broad order blocking special counsel Jack Smith’s team from accessing data from Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry’s cell phone that was seized by the FBI, and sent the case back to a lower court for further litigation

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Israel’s Supreme Court delays pivotal judicial overhaul hearing after attorney general opposes plan

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has delayed the first of three pivotal hearings on the legality of the judicial overhaul, spearheaded by the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu, after the country’s attorney general expressed staunch opposition to the plan. The hearing on Tuesday dealt with the legality of Justice

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Jury selection begins in contempt case against ex-Trump White House official Peter Navarro

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the case against former Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who’s charged with contempt of Congress. Navarro refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the attack of Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol. Navarro is a former

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More than 50 security forces killed by jihadis in Burkina Faso, as violence inches closer to capital

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military says that more than 50 security forces were killed during intense fighting with jihadis in the north of the country. The army says that 17 soldiers and three dozen volunteer fighters, who assist the military, were killed in Koumbri commune in Yatenga province

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South Carolina attorney general asks for state investigation into Alex Murdaugh jury tampering allegations

By Shawn Nottingham, Dianne Gallagher, Eric Levenson and Alta Spells, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina’s attorney general has asked a state law enforcement agency to investigate claims of jury tampering during Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial this year, officials said Thursday. The request comes after attorneys for Murdaugh, the notorious South Carolina fraudster who was convicted

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