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Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll arrives to federal court in New York on Wednesday. Jurors have been seated in the trial over Carroll's claim that former President Donald Trump raped her nearly three decades ago in a department store dressing room.

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E. Jean Carroll testifies in her lawsuit trial that Trump raped her

12:10pm April 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

"I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn't happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and I'm here to try and get my life back," she testified.

Grandma didn't pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case

11:48am April 26, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

At issue in the case before the Supreme Court is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr on the Montana House floor as protesters chant "let her speak," on April 24, 2023. Zephyr, one of Montana's first transgender lawmakers, is blocked from speaking on the House floor after she condemned Republicans for advancing anti LGBTQ legislation.

Montana GOP doubles down after blocking trans lawmaker from speaking, citing decorum

8:22am April 26, 2023

by Shaylee Ragar

State Rep. Zooey Zephyr has been barred from speaking following her controversial comments on legislation to ban gender-affirming care. Wednesday, the House could vote to censure or expel Zephyr.

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Ed Sheeran vs. Ed heirs: A look at the test for determining music copyright claims

6:26am April 26, 2023

When it comes to making art, what's the difference between inspiration and theft? That's the question at the heart of one of the biggest musical copyright trials in years that began this week.

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Chief Justice Roberts declines Senate invite to testify on Supreme Court ethics

9:44pm April 25, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Chief Justice John Roberts released a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin declining his invitation to testify about the ethical standards maintained by the Supreme Court.

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Writer E. Jean Carroll (C) arrives at Manhattan Federal Court on the first day of her defamation case against former President Donald Trump. She's accused him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.

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Donald Trump's civil rape case goes to trial in Manhattan

9:30pm April 25, 2023

by Ilya Marritz

Former columnist E. Jean Carroll sued the former president for allegedly raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. Trump has said she made it all up for publicity reasons.

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Chief Justice John Roberts says he won't testify before a Senate panel that is examining judicial ethics.

Politics & Government

Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel

8:42pm April 25, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to examine proposals to hold Supreme Court justices to the same ethical standards as the rest of the federal judiciary.

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson, with U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves for the District of Columbia, speaks during a news conference on Tuesday at the Department of Justice in Washington.

World News

A tobacco giant will pay $629 million for violating U.S. sanctions against North Korea

6:04pm April 25, 2023

by The Associated Press

British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, agreed to settle allegations that it did illegal business with Pyongyang in violation of U.S. sanctions.

The Texas Department of Agriculture has handed down a new dress code for its employees — mandating they follow with it in a "manner consistent with their biological gender." Here in this Dec. 30, 2016, file photo, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller waves as he arrives at Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team in Palm Beach, Fla.

Texas agriculture department's new dress code is based on 'biological gender'

5:21pm April 25, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Under a new dress code issued by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, department employees are expected to comply "in a manner consistent with their biological gender."

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio poses for a portrait at Delta Park during a rally on Sept. 26, 2020 in Portland, Ore.

Politics & Government

Proud Boys operated as fighting force for Trump on Jan. 6, prosecutors say

4:44pm April 25, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Closing arguments in the landmark seditious conspiracy trial against five Proud Boys focused on their own words and the words of former President Trump.