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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker .

FREDERICTON — Even as the technology to produce so-called "ghost guns" becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across the country.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign says at least two protesters upset about the Republican presidential candidate's remarks in opposition to aid for Ukraine purposely rammed his car in Iowa in retaliation on Thursday, but police say t

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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen , his former lawyer and fixer who is now a key witness in a criminal case against him, Cohen and a Trump spokesperson said Thursday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — The ex-treasurer for U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Thursday to a fraud conspiracy charge and implicated the indicted New York Republican in a scheme to embellish his campaign finance reports with a fake loan and fake donors.

OTTAWA — Officials in Ottawa and British Columbia have welcomed a ruling under the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it found elements of the United States' calculation of softwood lumber duties are inconsistent with that country's own law.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Biden administration will resume deporting Venezuelan migrants , the largest single group encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border last month, back to their economically troubled country as their arrivals continue to grow. U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The late U.S. Sen.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep Â鶹´«Ã½AV state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate.