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Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek …

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters during a stop at the Front Street Pub & Eatery, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Biden calls reports of Hamas raping Israeli hostages ‘appalling,’ …

President Joe Biden walks to board Air Force One for a trip to Boston to attend campaign fundraisers, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FBI chief makes fresh pitch for spy program renewal and …

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens during a hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

How to watch the fourth Republican presidential debate …

FILE - Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, arrive on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. A two-hour Republican presidential primary debate will start at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Trump’s defense at civil fraud trial zooms in on Mar-a-Lago, …

FILE - An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Former President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial has turned to one of the topics that has vexed him most — the disputed value of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Palm Beach luxury real estate broker Lawrence Moens took the stand for Trump's defense Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Lawyer picked to prosecute Army sexual assault is fired …

This photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Brig. Gen. Warren Wells. Wells, lawyer selected to be the Army's first top prosecutor of sexual assaults under an overhaul of the military justice system has been fired because of an email he sent 10 years ago appearing to belittle victims' assault allegations. (U.S. Army via AP)

Senate approves hundreds of military promotions after …

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to media after a Senate Democratic policy luncheon, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border …

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to media after a Senate Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

At COP28, John Kerry unveils nuclear fusion strategy …

Workers, foreground, stand Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in an area that features a life-sized representation, behind, of a device that will use magnets to create the conditions for fusion to happen, at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, in Devens, Mass. Commonwealth is trying to create fusion inside what's called a tokamak. Nuclear fusion, which would be a new source of carbon-free energy, melds two hydrogen atoms together to produce a helium atom and a lot of energy. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

With George Santos out of Congress, special election …

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. The special election for the Santos' former House seat is set for Feb. 13, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday, Dec. 5. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Voting experts warn of ‘serious threats’ for 2024 …

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021, image taken from Coffee County, Ga., security video, Cathy Latham, center, is seen in the local elections office in Douglas, Ga., while a computer forensics team was there to make copies of voting equipment. Latham was the county Republican Party chair at the time. (Coffee County, Georgia via AP, File)

US made offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul …

FIle - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2023. The Biden administration says its made a new and significant offer aimed at securing the release of American detainees Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, but Russia has rejected the offer. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose at …

FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor poses for a photo in 1982. O'Connor who joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice, has died at age 93. (AP Photo, File)

Federal Trade Commission is investigating ExxonMobil’s …

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to media after a Senate Democratic policy luncheon, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)