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Ghislaine Maxwell was a friend of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, who was a former friend of Presidents Trump and Clinton.

If it were possible to transport the Supreme Court's tax rulings back to the most fiery days of the confirmation battle over Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, it's likely that Trump would not be the only person surprised.

Trump blamed China for not stopping the spread of the coronavirus, according to reporters who were traveling with the president on Air Force One.

"Dr. Fauci's a nice man, but he's made a lot of mistakes," Trump said in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday.

Stone has asked a federal appeals court to delay the start of his 40-month prison sentence for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction.

In a series of tweets, Trump said too many universities and school systems are about "Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education."

Michael Cohen was taken into custody as he prepared to release in coming months a book about working as lawyer and fixer for President Trump.

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals after balking at a demand that he agree not talk to the media.

The former vice president said Donald Trump has been too focused on the stock market during his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The message Biden laid out in opening remarks echoes ideas from progressive Democrats, who have pushed for Biden to use the moment to rewrite rules with drastically wider social safety nets and much higher taxes on the wealthy.

Signum Global Advisors told clients Thursday that it isn't convinced Joe Biden will be as progressive as some might hope if he becomes president.

Pentagon leadership said Thursday that a process is underway to evaluate the potential removal of Confederate symbols from U.S. military installations.

Judge Emmet Sullivan's lawyer asked for a so-called en banc review of the decision of the appeals court, which would involve all active judges on the court rehearing the Flynn case.

Stone had asked the Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit to delay his scheduled surrender date until at least Sept. 3.

The Supreme Court said a huge swath of Oklahoma is Native American land for certain purposes, siding with a Creek Nation man who challenged his rape conviction by state authorities.

The Supreme Court delivered split opinions in two cases over whether President Trump can shield his tax records from investigators, handing a win to the Manhattan district attorney but rejecting efforts by Democrats in the House.

Mnuchin said the White House backs another direct payment and a change to the enhanced unemployment benefit in the next coronavirus relief bill.

The decisions handed a win to the Manhattan district attorney but rejected parallel efforts by Democrats in the House of Representatives.

"If we had higher wages and more public investment, we wouldn't need to lean on philanthropy quite as much as we do," Pete Buttigieg told CNBC on Thursday.

The defense industry has become a major player in the domestic homeland security market, estimated to be worth more than $20 billion in goods and services. Their contributions play a major role in maintaining a steady flow of militarized equipment to local law enforcement agencies. However, lack of oversight has created some deadly consequences.