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Police, Secret Service mum after new incident at Mar-a-Lago

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

Palm Beach police records show officers were called to Mar-a-Lago on Monday night to assist the Secret Service but most of the report is redacted, including the name of the individual who was contacted.

In Pelosi-McConnell standoff over Trump Senate trial, who has the upper hand?

There is still no official word on when a Senate impeachment trial of President Trump might begin. The lack of forward movement is due to an ongoing impasse between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. To…

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Court freezes woman’s defamation suit against Trump

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

The decision, by a midlevel state appeals court, holds off further proceedings and evidence-gathering — including sworn pretrial questioning of Trump — in Summer Zervos' defamation case.

California Rep. Duncan Hunter announces resignation

By Julie Watson, Associated Press

Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter submitted his resignation Tuesday, leaving one of the GOP's few remaining House seats in heavily Democratic California.

Warren’s new bankruptcy plan could spark a clash with Biden

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

The Massachusetts senator on Tuesday unveiled a plan she said would make the process of declaring bankruptcy easier and cheaper for many Americans with debts they can’t pay. It also would largely undo a 2005 law that was backed by…

Trump retreats from threat to attack Iranian cultural sites

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his threats to target Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliates against the U.S. for killing one of its top generals.

In 2020, watch for these blockbuster Supreme Court cases

By Marcia Coyle

Here's what to keep your eye on as the Supreme Court begins the second half of a potentially historic term, plus a few cases you may have missed in 2019.

WATCH: Trump pressed to explain motivation for Iran general’s killing

President Donald Trump and his top advisers are under pressure to disclose more detail about the intelligence that led him to order the killing of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, which has greatly heightened tension with Tehran.

WATCH: GOP will start impeachment trial and delay witnesses, McConnell says

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he has secured the Republican votes needed to start President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses or documents that Democrats want.

WATCH: Biden says Iran escalation shows Trump ‘incapable of world leadership’

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s escalation of tensions with Iran proves him to be “dangerously incompetent” and puts the U.S. on the brink of war.