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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state's "Don't tread on me" license plate sends a "clear message to out-of-state cars."

A Florida license plate has reopened the debate over the 'Don't tread on me' flag

3:27pm August 10, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Gov. Ron DeSantis says a plate featuring the Revolutionary War-era Gadsden flag sends a "clear message to out-of-state cars." Others say the flag symbolizes a dangerous far-right extremist ideology.

Fox News Channel and other conservative media largely leapt to former President Donald Trump's defense after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago resort. Here, Fox star and ally Sean Hannity (L) interviews Trump before a campaign rally in 2018 in Las Vegas.

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Analysis: Fox and right-wing media snap to Trump's defense after FBI search

1:06pm August 10, 2022

by David Folkenflik

After FBI agents searched Mar-A-Lago, Fox News stars and right-wing media outlets largely defended former President Trump, claiming he was a victim of politics.

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Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower on Wednesday in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation.

Trump says he refused to answer any questions under oath in today's New York testimony

10:40am August 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

"I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question," Trump said in a statement. He called the case a politically motivated witch hunt.

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Negotiators work to free 2 Americans the U.S. says are wrongfully detained in Russia

7:56am August 10, 2022

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez talks to former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who has been assisting with talks for a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap that would bring two Americans, who've been held in Russia, home.

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Republicans loyal to Trump express outrage over the FBI's search of his home

7:23am August 10, 2022

Ex-President Trump was the first to alert everyone to the FBI search. Political supporters are outraged and that anger has spilled over to conservative media, where Trump is portrayed as a victim.

News brief: Trump search backlash, New Mexico murders, Kenyan presidential election

6:53am August 10, 2022

Republicans rally around Donald Trump after the FBI searched his Florida home. In New Mexico, a man is arrested in connection with the shootings of four Muslim men. Kenyans wait for election results.

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Trump's history of trying to stop investigations and withhold records

6:53am August 10, 2022

Critics of the FBI search of ex-President Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate say he had been cooperating and a raid was unnecessary. But Trump has a record of trying to fend off probes and withhold records.

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Biden to sign a bill that would care for veterans made sick by toxic exposures

5:19am August 10, 2022

President Biden on Wednesday will sign the PACT Act, a bill to care for veterans exposed to toxins that is considered the biggest expansion of veterans' health care in U.S. history.

In this Jan. 20, 2001, file photo, standing in the rain, President George W. Bush waves as he watches his inaugural parade pass by the White House viewing stand in Washington, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20, 2001. With him are his wife and first lady Laura B

Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U.S. presidents, data shows

5:01am August 10, 2022

by Ayana Archie

There have been five presidents who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote, including George W. Bush and Donald Trump.

Dr. Nicole Scott, the residency program director at Indiana's largest teaching hospital, is worried what the near-total ban on abortion in the state means for her hospital's ability to recruit and retain the best doctors.

Their mentor was attacked. Now young OB-GYNs may leave Indiana

5:00am August 10, 2022

by Farah Yousry

Dr. Caitlin Bernard was publicly vilified for providing abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim. And that's got some medical residents who were open to practicing in Indiana thinking again.