Federal budget deficit expected to nearly double to around $2 trillion, government watchdog says
The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it was in the previous fiscal year, according to a government watchdog group.
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Clashes mount between Trump and his legal nemesis
Special counsel Jack Smith is not done with former President Donald Trump and his entourage, despite charging him with four criminal counts over his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election and more than three dozen other charges over his hoarding of classified documents in Florida.
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What we know about Pennsylvania prison escapee Danelo Cavalcante, who was convicted in the gruesome killing of his ex-girlfriend
The prisoner who is now the subject of a massive manhunt after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison last week had killed his ex-girlfriend in a brutal 2021 stabbing in front of her two young children, authorities say.
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Special counsel accuses Trump of daily statements that could prejudice jury pool in election subversion case
Special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing Tuesday that former President Donald Trump has made "daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool" in the 2020 election subversion case.
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Pipeline operator Enbridge Inc will buy three natural gas utilities from Dominion Energy for $9.4 billion
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge Inc. announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire three gas distribution companies from Dominion Energy.
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Justice Department and Santos campaign aide in possible plea deal talks
A campaign fundraiser for indicted Rep. George Santos and the Justice Department are mulling a possible plea deal, according to a Tuesday request for a speedy trial waiver from prosecutors.
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JCPenney CEO: Working families are struggling to get by as inflation bites
JCPenney CEO Marc Rosen sees plenty of evidence that working-class families are struggling.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger recalls scary moment after open-heart surgery: 'I was in the middle of a disaster'
Arnold Schwarzenegger is remembering a frightening moment that left him "freaking out" while recovering from open-heart surgery.
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Joe Jonas files for divorce from Sophie Turner
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are going their separate ways.
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Federal judge issues temporary injunction barring companies from selling machine gun conversion device
A New York federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily barring two firearms companies from selling devices that prosecutors say convert AR-15 style rifles into machine guns, finding that prosecutors are likely to prove the companies plotted to hide their sale from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives by intentionally failing to register the accessories.
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READ: Trump's Georgia bond documents
Bond documents signed by Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case were filed with the Fulton County Superior Court Tuesday. Last month, the former president agreed to a $200,000 bond, which he covered the cost of by putting 10% toward it and working with a local Atlanta bond company.
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Topping podcast charts, 'Strike Force Five' gives a public face to the writers' strike
Bill Maher prides himself on cutting against the grain of what he sees as conventional wisdom. So when the host spoke on his "Club Random" podcast over the weekend about Hollywood's ongoing strike impasse -- calling certain Writers Guild demands "kooky," and claiming that some "believe that you're owed a living as a writer, and you're not" -- he once again starkly separated himself from his late-night contemporaries.
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