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Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after attending a hearing before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Appellate judges air doubts about Trump’s claim of sweeping immunity

Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday were skeptical of former President Donald Trump's claim of absolute presidential immunity from charges that he conspired against the U.S. in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, a case with huge implications for his landmark prosecution and status as the front-runner for the Republican Party nomination.

January 9, 2024
A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. The Indian manufacturer of more than two dozen varieties of eyedrops subject to a U.S. safety warning officially recalled the products, which were sold by CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid and other national retailers. Kilitch Healthcare India issued the recall on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, and the FDA published the notice Wednesday, Nov 15. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Florida gets OK to import drugs from Canada

The Food and Drug Administration is authorizing a plan to let Florida buy medication in bulk from Canada, making it the first state to gain regulatory approval for mass drug imports.

January 5, 2024
Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at New York Supreme Court, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. Lawyers for Trump say he may testify at a mid-January trial set to decide how much he owes columnist E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she said he sexually abused her three decades ago in a Manhattan department store. The lawyers filed papers in Manhattan federal court late Thursday, Dec. 29, 2023, to request that Trump's October 2022 deposition transcript in the case not be shown to the jury because Trump has been named as a witness likely to testify at the trial. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Trump aims to dominate courtroom campaign in 2024

A New York judge is set to decide the fate of former President Donald Trump's business empire in a civil case that accuses the Trump Organization of rampant fraud, kicking off a wild 2024 that will force Mr. Trump to split his time between the courtroom and campaign trail.

January 4, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes the stage during a Meet and Greet at VFW Post 788 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. DeSantis and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, spoke to community members and held a question and answer session. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

DeSantis calls for congressional term limits, enthusing Iowa voters

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said members of Congress should face term limits so they're forced to live as civilians under the laws they pass, drawing applause from Iowa voters he's desperate to sway in the sprint to the Jan. 15 caucuses.

December 21, 2023