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Supreme Court poised to limit police power to seize property

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court left little doubt Wednesday that it would rule that the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help an Indiana man recover the $40,000 Land Rover police seized when they arrested…

Democrats nominate Pelosi for House speaker

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Pelosi entered the closed-door caucus election in an unusual position -- running unopposed despite the clamor by some Democrats for new leadership.

Durbin says testimony on Khashoggi killing ‘not persuasive’ without CIA director

By Associated Press

Senators are expressing disappointment that officials from the intelligence community were not present at a closed-door briefing over the U.S. response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Powell says U.S. economy healthy and rate hikes aren’t automatic

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cast a bright picture of the U.S. economy Wednesday and appeared to suggest that the Fed might consider a pause in its interest rate hikes next year to assess the impact of its credit tightening.

WATCH: Pompeo says there’s no ‘direct’ connection between Khashoggi murder, Saudi crown prince

By Associated Press

Pompeo urged senators to continue to support U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen and maintain strong ties to Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S. ally.

2 Iranian hackers charged for U.S. ransomware extortion scheme

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The computer hackers are accused of creating ransomware known as SamSam that encrypted data on the computers of more than 200 victims, including the cities of Atlanta and Newark, New Jersey.

Senators grill U.S. officials over response to Khashoggi killing

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Susannah George, Associated Press

A briefing Wednesday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis could determine how far Congress goes in punishing the longtime Middle East ally.

Kremlin says it expects Putin-Trump meeting to go ahead

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The Kremlin said Wednesday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned despite a suggestion from Trump that it could be canceled.

Groups demand end to info-sharing on asylum-seeking children

By Frank Bajak, Associated Press

Earlier this year, the federal agency tasked with caring for asylum-seeking children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border officially took on a new, little heralded role: helping to deport relatives of the young migrants.

Manafort’s cooperation with Mueller has dissolved. Now what?

By Chad Day, Associated Press

Special counsel Robert Mueller loses a witness in his Russia probe. But it's a potentially bigger loss for Paul Manafort come sentencing time. And it raises important questions about the state of the Russia investigation.