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FILE - Tourists visit the Supreme Court, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court has overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. The high court on Wednesday sided with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company after prosecutors said he steered about $1 million worth of city contracts their way. Snyder has maintained his innocence, saying the money was payment for consulting work. Snyder is a Republican.

Supreme Court overturns ex-mayor’s bribery conviction, narrowing scope of public corruption law

FILE - Tourists visit the Supreme Court, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court has overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. The high court on Wednesday sided with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company after prosecutors said he steered about $1 million worth of city contracts their way. Snyder has maintained his innocence, saying the money was payment for consulting work. Snyder is a Republican.

June 26, 2024, 8:30am Politics

The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. Read story

FILE - President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1984.

Laugh (or cringe) at these history-making moments from presidential debates

FILE - President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1984.

June 25, 2024, 2:00pm Latest News

It could be a well-rehearsed zinger or an offhand, too-loud sigh. Read story

Climbers With Palestine, a rock climbing activist collective, hang a banner reading &quot;Stop the genocide&quot; from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2024.

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety, UN officials say

Climbers With Palestine, a rock climbing activist collective, hang a banner reading &quot;Stop the genocide&quot; from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2024.

June 25, 2024, 9:11am Nation & World

Senior U.N. officials have warned Israel that they will suspend the world body's aid operations across Gaza unless Israel acts urgently to better protect humanitarian workers, two U.N. officials said Tuesday. The ultimatum is the latest in a series of U.N. steps demanding Israel do more to safeguard aid operations from… Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks before signing into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 25, 2022. More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under new firearms trafficking and straw purchasing laws that are part of the landmark gun safety legislation President Joe Biden signed two years ago Tuesday. Some of the people were linked to transnational cartels and organized crime. That&#039;s according to a White House report obtained by The Associated Press.

More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks before signing into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 25, 2022. More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under new firearms trafficking and straw purchasing laws that are part of the landmark gun safety legislation President Joe Biden signed two years ago Tuesday. Some of the people were linked to transnational cartels and organized crime. That&#039;s according to a White House report obtained by The Associated Press.

June 25, 2024, 7:45am Latest News

More than 500 people — some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings — have been charged with gun trafficking and other crimes under the landmark gun safety legislation President Joe Biden signed two years ago Tuesday. Read story

FILE - Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during an Archewell Foundation panel discussion in New York City, Oct. 10, 2023. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Murthy, the nation&#039;s top doctor, declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by a growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory came as the U.S. grappled with another weekend marked by mass shootings that left dozens of people dead or wounded.

US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health emergency

FILE - Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during an Archewell Foundation panel discussion in New York City, Oct. 10, 2023. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Murthy, the nation&#039;s top doctor, declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by a growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory came as the U.S. grappled with another weekend marked by mass shootings that left dozens of people dead or wounded.

June 25, 2024, 7:41am Health

The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. Read story

Abortion rights activists and Women&rsquo;s March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions Monday outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

Dems blame Trump for worsening health care

Abortion rights activists and Women&rsquo;s March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions Monday outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

June 24, 2024, 5:10pm Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. Read story

FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Feb. 5, 2016. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with U.S. and return to Australia

FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Feb. 5, 2016. Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga over the publication of a trove of classified documents.

June 24, 2024, 5:06pm Latest News

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents, according to court papers… Read story

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Planned Parenthood, March. 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November&rsquo;s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats. It will initially target eight states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Montana, New Hampshire and New York.

Planned Parenthood announces that it will spend $40 million ahead of November’s election

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Planned Parenthood, March. 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November&rsquo;s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats. It will initially target eight states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Montana, New Hampshire and New York.

June 24, 2024, 1:40pm Nation & World

Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November’s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats, betting that voters angry at Republican-led efforts to further restrict access to abortion can be the difference in key races around the country. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump holds up Tic Tacs as he discusses inflation at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Is Trump shielded from criminal charges as an ex-president? A nation awaits word from Supreme Court

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump holds up Tic Tacs as he discusses inflation at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2024.

June 24, 2024, 1:38pm Latest News

In the coming days, the Supreme Court will confront a perfect storm mostly of its own making: a trio of decisions stemming directly from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read story

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 25, 2024, in Washington.

Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 25, 2024, in Washington.

June 24, 2024, 1:37pm Politics

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read story