#Senate GOP leaders break with House on Trump indictment  

#Senate GOP leaders break with House on Trump indictment  

Senate Republican leaders, including Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), are staying quiet about former President Trump’s indictment on 37 criminal charges, letting him twist in the wind and breaking with House Republican leaders who have rushed to Trump’s defense.    McConnell, who is careful not to comment on Trump or even repeat his name in public,…

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#Five major revelations from Trump’s federal indictment

#Five major revelations from Trump’s federal indictment

The Justice Department on Friday unveiled a 37-count indictment against former President Trump over his handling of classified materials after leaving the White House, offering up an expansive look at the evidence prosecutors collected. The 49-page document provides significant insight into the nature of the classified documents Trump had kept since leaving the White House in January…

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#Republicans buckle down for what could be marathon blockade

#Republicans buckle down for what could be marathon blockade

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is racing to break the lower chamber deadlock triggered this week by disgruntled conservatives, but rank-and-file members aren’t holding their breath for a resolution. A number of House Republicans left Washington on Thursday warning the sides remain so far apart that it might require weeks — maybe longer — to get the…

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#Republicans rally around Trump amid reported DOJ indictment

#Republicans rally around Trump amid reported DOJ indictment

Republican officials are rallying around former President Trump in the moments after he claimed that he has been indicted by the Justice Department (DOJ) in the classified documents probe. Trump said he has been summoned to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday. Special counsel Jack Smith has been overseeing the investigation into Trump’s…

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#Cuba denies Journal story about Chinese spy base

#Cuba denies Journal story about Chinese spy base

A top Cuban official Thursday issued a flat denial of a Wall Street Journal story that alleged Cuba and China had reached an agreement to install an eavesdropping facility on the island. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío issued a strongly worded statement, calling the newspaper’s information “totally mendacious and unfounded.” “They are…

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