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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political fallout of the Trump verdict

By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the political fallout of the Trump verdict, how the Biden campaign is reacting to the conviction…

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Sen. Menendez of New Jersey to seek independent reelection bid amid federal corruption trial

By Mike Catalini, Associated Press

Menendez was charged last year by federal prosecutors in New York along with his wife and three associates of running a scheme in which Menendez promised to use his office to help the businessmen in return for goods and money.

Iran's hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the top figure in the presidential vote

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf is the most-prominent candidate from within its Shiite theocracy in the race to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi after a helicopter crash that killed him and seven others.

Zelenskyy visits Philippines to promote peace summit, which he says China and Russia are trying to undermine

By Jim Gomez, Associated Press

Zelenskyy arrived unannounced and under heavy security in Manila late Sunday after speaking over the weekend at the Shangri-La defense forum in Singapore.

Biden prepares executive order that would shut down asylum after 2,500 migrants arrive a day

By Seung Min Kim, Stephen Groves, Colleen Long, Associated Press

The impact of the 2,500 figure means the border could be closed to migrants seeking asylum effectively immediately, because daily figures are higher than that now.

Prospective jurors in Hunter Biden's firearms case questioned on gun rights, addiction, politics

By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long, Randall Chase, Associated Press

Prospective jurors in the federal firearms case against Hunter Biden are being questioned on their thoughts about gun rights and addiction.

'State of Palestine' applies to join South Africa's UN court case accusing Israel of genocide

By Associated Press

Palestinian officials have applied on behalf of the "State of Palestine" at the top U.N. court for permission to join South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.

WATCH: Fauci testifies on COVID-19 origins and response in GOP-led House hearing

A Republican-led subcommittee has spent over a year probing the nation’s response to the pandemic and whether U.S.-funded research in China may have played any role in how it started.

'I am the President, but I am also a Dad': Biden affirms support for son Hunter as gun case starts jury selection

By Randall Chase, Associated Press

Hunter Biden, who spent the weekend with his parents, has been charged in Delaware with three felonies stemming from a 2018 firearm purchase when he was, according to his memoir, in the throes of a crack addiction.

Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice system after guilty verdict in New York

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution as the GOP runs to reclaim the White House.