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Fox chief Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in US$1.6-billion Dominion defamation case
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump speaks to media mogul Rupert Murdoch as they walk out of Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland, June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Judge lets writer’s rape claim proceed against Donald Trump
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll departs from her hearing at federal court during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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U.S. House committee releases Trump tax returns, capping years-long battle
FILE - Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. A House committee is set to release six years of Trump’s tax returns on Friday, Dec. 30, pulling back the curtain on financial records that the former president fought for years to keep secret. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Jan. 6 panel drops Trump subpoena as it wraps up work
FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Donald Trump’s tax returns to be released by U.S. House panel on Friday
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump departs Trump Tower two days after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, New york, U.S., August 10, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado//File Photo
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Jan. 6 committee unveils report, describes Trump ‘conspiracy’ to overturn 2020 election
The final report released by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is photographed Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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What’s the debate over releasing Trump’s taxes?
FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday voted to release former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, raising the potential of additional revelations in the coming days related to the finances of the longtime businessman who broke political norms by refusing to voluntarily make public his returns as he sought the presidency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Trump paid no income tax in 2020, reported losses in office, records show
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote Tuesday, Dec. 20, on whether to publicly release years of Trump’s tax returns — returns that Trump has tried desperately to shield. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Trump lawyers in court for sealed hearing in Mar-a-Lago case
FILE - An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Lawyers for Donald Trump were in court Friday, Dec. 9, for sealed arguments as part of the ongoing investigation into the presence of classified information at the former president's Florida estate. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Supreme Court approves handover of Trump tax returns to Congress
Former President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 in Palm Beach, Fla. Earlier in the day Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at Trump's Florida estate and aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Elon Musk starts Twitter poll on whether to reinstate Trump’s account
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on May 31, 2017 shows Elon Musk (L) listening to US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2017; and US President Donald Trump during the Holocaust Memorial Museum's National Days of Remembrance at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. - Musk on November 18, 2022, said he had reinstated certain banned accounts on his site, but said no decision was made on welcoming back Donald Trump. Musk tweeted that the accounts of comedian Kathy Griffin, psychologist Jordan Peterson and conservative parody site Babylon Bee "have been reinstated," but that the "Trump decision has not yet been made." (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM and Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM,BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Special counsel in Trump cases vows independent judgment
FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he pauses while speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel on Friday to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6 insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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The return of Donald Trump, the candidate to weaken the West
Campbell Clark
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Trump wants the presidency back, but the midterms show America has already moved on
Lawrence Martin
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Highlights from key races in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections
MADISON, WI - NOVEMBER 08: A voter casts their ballot at the Hillel Foundation on November 8, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin. After months of candidates campaigning, Americans are voting in the midterm elections to decide close races across the nation. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
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Trump-linked stocks rally on possible 2024 presidential run
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in support of the campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition on Sunday in Miami.
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Trump Organization trial jury: Eight men, four women, and a few opinions
FILE - Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022. It’s taken just three days to seat a jury of 12 people in the tax fraud trial of Donald Trump’s company — surprising even some people involved in the case who thought it would take at least a week to find an impartial panel in heavily Democratic New York City. Five of the jurors were sworn in Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 joining seven who were picked Tuesday. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool, File)
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Proud Boys member pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy for U.S. Capitol attack
FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge. Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob's attack on the U.S. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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U.S. Justice Department seeks expedited ruling in Trump special master case
FILE - This photo shows an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate has spawned a parallel special master process that this month slowed down a criminal investigation and exposed simmering tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and lawyers for the former president. The probe into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago continues. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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U.S. judge does not require Trump to attest that FBI’s list of seized records is accurate
FILE - President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen from the media van in the presidential motorcade in Palm Beach, Fla., March 24, 2018, en route to Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate has spawned a parallel special master process that this month slowed down a criminal investigation and exposed simmering tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and lawyers for the former president. The probe into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago continues. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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U.S. Justice Department asks appeals court to lift judge’s Mar-a-Lago probe hold
FILE - An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 31, 2022. A federal judge has appointed Raymond Dearie, a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter and review records seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's home last month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Judge rules for Trump, blocks review of seized classified records
FILE - An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 31, 2022. A federal judge has appointed Raymond Dearie, a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter and review records seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's home last month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit
Former President Donald Trump gestures while playing golf at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Evening Update: U.S. federal court unseals more documents stemming from FBI search of Trump’s Florida home
A detailed property inventory of documents and other items seized from former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen after the document was released to the public by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
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U.S. judge signals willingness to appoint special master in Trump search case
This photo shows an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The Justice Department says classified documents were "likely concealed and removed" from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)