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Trump's lawyers to argue appeal in "hush money" case

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More than two years after President Trump was convicted of 34 felonies tied to a 2016 "hush money" payment to an adult film star, his lawyers are set to argue their appeal Thursday in New York.

Mr. Trump's attorneys in the case have changed — one former defense attorney, Todd Blanche, is now U.S. attorney general, and another, Emil Bove III, is a federal judge — but his new team of personal lawyers has continued in filings to echo the arguments he made throughout the trial in 2024.

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Hoax bomb threats affect at least 25 European flights in a week

British authorities dismissed threats to about seven flights earlier this week as hoaxes, but the number of impacted journeys soared to at least 25 on Thursday, meaning significant disruption for thousands of passengers and raising concerns about a possible coordinated effort to impact travel on the continent. So far, it remains unclear who, if anyone, is behind any such coordinated action, and no authorities have confirmed a link between any of the threats.

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Democrats prepare to take Congress as GOP grapples with stunning losses

ABC News' Jon Karl posted on X on Thursday morning that he had spoken to President Trump, who told him "I have every intention" of keeping Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Karl said Mr. Trump said "I get these calls, you know, about him. I don't understand why." But Karl said Mr. Trump also acknowledged that it would be easier to get a new defense secretary confirmed by the Senate before the Democratic majority takes over in January.

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‘Revenge of the nerds’: US midterms deliver a win for science – and a rebuke of Maha

The wins for Democrats come after years of cuts and upheaval to US health and science infrastructure A political organizations behind a wave of Democratic doctors and scientists winning elections up and down the ballot is calling the stunning rebuke of Trumpism the “Stem swing” and “revenge of the nerds”. The wins come after years of cuts and upheaval to US health and science infrastructure, as Democrats spent big on health-related ads and as voters rejected the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement.

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