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LONDON — (AP) — Facebook parent Meta's quasi-independent oversight board said Tuesday that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul. The report by the Oversight Board, which was more than a year in the making, said the system "is flawed in key areas which the company must address." Among its 32 recommendations, the board said Meta “should prioritize expression that is important for human rights, including expression which is of special public importance." “If users included due to their commercial importance frequently post violating content, they should no longer benefit from special protection," the board said. But it said the company failed to mention the cross-check system in its request for a ruling.

Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board says an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul.

He was lauded for his major donations to Democrats, but now he says he was secretly giving to Republicans in roughly equal measure.

"The Late Show" host has had enough of Hunter Biden's laptop.

Giuliani testifies in hearing of D.C. Bar, which has accused him of inappropriately filing lawsuits challenging the presidential election in Pennsylvania.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin swept into office as a Republican revelation with a fresh formula for victory as the GOP contemplated its future beyond Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden is going to the building site for an Arizona computer chip plant to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.

USCP Chief Tom Manger says problems that led to the Capitol riot have been addressed, and he is focusing on expanding field offices to be better prepared for rising threats to congressional members.

The case of Moore v. Harper, about to be argued before the Supreme Court, has been said to have the potential to end democracy as we know it. That’s wrong, legal scholars say. But bad actors in a state legislature could try to overturn election results even if the law clearly says they cannot.

The case of Moore v. Harper, set to be argued Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court, has been said to have the potential to end democracy as we know it. The case in question, revolving around a dispute in North Carolina between the Republican-controlled state Legislature and the state Supreme Court, deals with drawing boundaries for congressional districts. The Constitution clearly forbids state legislatures to do this, they say, and there’s no real disagreement over this point. So people should stop arguing that this case could give rogue state legislatures authority they don’t have now and won’t have in the future, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules in Moore v. Harper. "While sowing the seeds of panic about a conservative Supreme Court might make for good politics, it actually makes a constitutional crisis more likely in 2024."

After a tumultuous two years of 'stop the steal,' former President Trump has called for a termination of the U.S. Constitution in his latest bad PR blunder.

Trump recently said that the Constitution should be terminated. We review how his view of the document has waxed and waned over the years.

To recognize the hundreds of officers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the medals will be placed in four locations — at U.S. Capitol Police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Capitol and the Smithsonian Institution. Awarding the medals will be among House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's last ceremonial acts as she prepares to step down from leadership. Two police officers died by suicide in the days that immediately followed, and a third officer, Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, collapsed and later died after one of the rioters sprayed him with a chemical. The Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress can bestow, has been handed out by the legislative branch since 1776. Signing the bill at the White House last year, Biden said the officers' heroism cannot be forgotten.

Top House and Senate leaders will award law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with Congressional Gold Medals on Tuesday, presenting them with the highest honor that Congress can bestow.

Georgia voters are deciding the final Senate contest in the country.

Reaction to Prince Harry and Meghan's new documentary dominates some of Tuesday's front pages.

Bolton called it "un-American" for Trump to "challenge the Constitution" when he suggested it could be terminated in order to put him back in the White House.

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said he is “prepared” to run for the White House if other GOP candidates do not “repudiate” former President Trump.

The payments are legal, and a defense lawyer for the witnesses says they are not problematic. But some outside legal experts say they could pose a conflict.

Deliberations are spilling into a second day Tuesday as jurors weigh charges that the Trump Organization helped executives dodge personal income taxes on perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars. THE ALLEGATIONSProsecutors charged the Trump Organization in July 2021, seeking to hold the company accountable for the actions of some of its most loyal, longest-serving executives. Other executives were also accused of avoiding taxes on company perks, but no one else was charged. THE CHARGESTechnically speaking, it’s not the Trump Organization, but two subsidiary entities that are charged. The Trump Organization case is the only trial to arise from the three-year investigation.

A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government was arrested Monday on charges of money laundering and representing a foreign government without registering.

The polling trends we saw over the course of 2022 appear to have accelerated after a disastrous midterm election for Trump.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday attempted to clarify his call for the “termination” of rules and regulations in the U.S. Constitution to allow himself to return to the White House, after drawing rebuke from other Republicans.

Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn star Stormy Daniels against Donald Trump, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Trump’s incoherent constitutional philosophy summed up: The Constitution provides a first option, but if for some reason he doesn’t like it, he’s happy to discard it.

Two bipartisan groups of senators are working to strike immigration deals as they stare down the end of another congressional term with no action.

On this week's 'Fox News Sunday,' host Shannon Bream welcomed national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin, Fox News contributor Karl Rove and more.

It's not just Trump calling for the termination of the Constitution. And it's been a long time coming, with little pushback from his party.

PHOENIX — (AP) — Arizona's top officials certified the midterm election results Monday, formalizing victories for Democrats over Republicans who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged. Election results have largely been certified without issue around the country, but Arizona was an exception. "Arizona had a successful election," Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, said before signing the certification. Doug Ducey, Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Chief Justice Robert Brutinel, a Ducey appointee. County officials say everyone was able to vote and all legal ballots were counted.

Arizona’s top officials have certified the midterm election results.

Arizona's top officials certified the midterm election results Monday, formalizing victories for Democrats over Republicans who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged. The certification opens a five-day window for formal election challenges. Republican Kari Lake, who lost the race for governor, is expected to file a lawsuit after weeks of criticizing the administration of the election.

One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II.

This claim is largely based on a highly dubious poll from a right-wing organization. But it also makes no sense on the merits.

The deliberations follow a monthlong trial that featured testimony from seven witnesses, including longtime Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg and Senior Vice President and Controller Jeffrey McConney. An outside accountant who spent years preparing tax returns for Trump and the company also testified. Prosecutors charged the Trump Organization in the form of two subsidiaries, Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corporation. Trump Organization lawyers argue Weisselberg acted on his own, without Trump or the Trump family’s knowledge. The Trump Organization case is the only trial to arise from the Manhattan district attorney’s office’s three-year investigation of Trump and his business practices.

Jurors in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial will continue deliberating for a second day on Tuesday as they weigh charges that former President Donald Trump’s company helped executives dodge personal income taxes on perks.

But he's perhaps never confronted a probe as perilous as the Mar-a-Lago investigation, an inquiry focused on the potential mishandling of top-secret documents. It's impossible to predict how much longer the investigation will last or whether the Justice Department will take the unprecedented step of indicting a former president and current candidate. By that point, Justice Department officials say they'd developed probable cause to believe crimes had been committed related to the retention of national defense information as well as obstruction. Smith is also overseeing key aspects of a separate Justice Department investigation related to efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election. Yet, legal experts expect the Justice Department to weigh more than just the strength of evidence in deciding whether to proceed with a case.

The former presidents' nonsensical calls to be reinstated aren't new. But the current moment is unique in several ways.

As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal investigations yet emerged from the legal scrutiny time and again with his public and political standing largely intact.

As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal investigations yet emerged from the legal scrutiny time and again with his public and political standing largely intact. The sense of vulnerability has been heightened in recent weeks not only by the Justice Department's appointment of a special counsel with a reputation for aggressiveness but also by the removal of a Trump-requested independent arbiter in the case and by judges' unequivocal rejection of his lawyers' arguments. It's impossible to predict how much longer the investigation will last or whether the Justice Department will take the unprecedented step of indicting a former president and current candidate.

Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a U.S. vice president, will host an event focused on the rise of antisemitism in the United States and efforts to combat hate in the country.

Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican lawyer with close ties to former President Donald Trump, is weighing a run for chair of the Republican National Committee.

The comedian killed with a Borat riff on Ye's antisemitism as President Joe Biden and the Kennedy Center honorees looked on.

Republicans have been forced to respond after former President Donald Trump called for the “termination” of parts of the U.S. Constitution. Robert Costa reports.

Trump failed to disclose the loan, which was paid off months after he took office, Forbes reported.

Also in today’s edition … What Georgia’s past two Senate contests tell us about the runoff ... The fight over what to include in the annual defense policy bill … What we’re watching: The Supreme will hear oral arguments in the latest conflict between free speech and gay rights. And how Republicans will react to Trump’s suggestion the Constitution should be suspended for him.

The extended Senate campaign in Georgia gives Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker a second chance to persuade voters to send them to Washington.

Fox News host Mark Levin questions the qualifications of the special counsel appointed to investigate former President Trump after he declared his candidacy for 2024.

Trump "says a lot of things," noted Ohio Rep. David Joyce, who insisted he "can't be chasing every one of these crazy statements."

True, the U.S. Senate is still in the hands of the godless Democrats who want to destroy America, but the House now belongs to Republicans.

Donald Trump's comment is now putting some self-proclaimed constitutional conservatives in the hot seat over their support for him.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday condemned former President Trump as “an enemy of the Constitution” after he called for terminating the document over unfounded claims of mass electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election. “Donald Trump believes we should terminate ‘all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the Constitution’ to overturn the…

Lachlan Murdoch, head of Fox News' parent company, is scheduled to be deposed Monday in Dominion's $1.6 billion lawsuit against the company.

Trump’s posts represent an escalation in his attacks on American institutions — one that scholars say must be heeded as a sign of how far he is willing to go to regain power.

Former President Donald Trump has denied knowing that Weisselberg and other executives were dodging taxes.

Benjamin Netanyahu told NBC "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd that he wasn't going to step on his "landmine" of a question about seeing Donald Trump as president again.

The decision could suggest the conservative-leaning channel is distancing itself from the former president's 2024 campaign.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. will not shrink from its unwavering support for Israel despite stark differences with Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu and concerns the Biden administration may have about members of his incoming right-wing government.

As Elon Musk is finding out, running a global social media platform requires more than a few good algorithms.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faced rebuke Sunday from officials in both parties after calling for the "termination" of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump, who announced last month that he is running again for president, made the claim over the weekend on his Truth Social media platform. “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” he wrote. They include the probe into classified documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago, and ongoing state and federal inquiries related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. “Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation."

Former President Donald Trump is facing rebuke from both parties after calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

Former President Donald Trump faced rebuke Sunday from officials in both parties after calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump, who announced last month that he is running again for president, made the claim over the weekend on his Truth Social media platform. “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” he wrote.

Former Vice President Mike Pence told "Fox News Sunday" about a private meeting he and former President Donald Trump had five days after the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021.

The January 6th Committee will soon release a sweeping report about the violent attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Will the report urge the Justice Department to prosecute the former president?

President Biden's White House condemned former President Trump for calling for the termination of parts of the U.S. Constitution this week. Trump faced attacks from all sides.

The justices have grabbed headlines by overturning precedent in major cases. Less noticed is their quiet attack on the executive branch.

The Biden administration is toughening its language toward NATO ally Turkey.

Voters with no religious affiliation supported Democratic candidates and abortion rights by staggering percentages in the 2022 midterm elections.

A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol spread by celebrities is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence.

Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.

Distaste for Herschel Walker appears to be bolstering Democratic enthusiasm for Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia's Tuesday runoff.

The Colorado Secretary of State has ordered a recount in Colorado’s congressional race where Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert led Democrat Adam Frisch by just 550 votes in an unexpectedly tight race.

Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.

Prosecutors have resumed their closing argument in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial, promising to share previously unrevealed details about Donald Trump’s knowledge of a tax dodge scheme hatched by one of his top executives.

Florida’s top lawmakers are considering changes to a law to clear the path for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president without giving up his post.

A federal appeals court has halted an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top-secret government information.

A prosecutor says Donald Trump “knew exactly what was going on” with top Trump Organization executives who schemed for years to dodge taxes on company-paid perks.

A House investigations panel says financial technology firms “abdicated” their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open and keep workers employed during the pandemic.

Emboldened by the results of November’s midterms, abortion rights supporters say they are preparing for even bigger fights in state legislatures and pivotal elections to come.

Barack Obama is urging Georgia Democrats to keep pushing voting turnout for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

The Treasury Department says it has complied with a court order to make former President Donald Trump’s tax returns available to a congressional committee.

Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has been interviewed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A former elections manager who prosecutors say assisted in a security breach of voting equipment in a Colorado county has pleaded guilty under a plea agreement that requires her to testify against her former boss.

The seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another leader in the far-right extremist group show that jurors are willing to hold accountable not just the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but those who schemed to subvert the 2020 election.

The long-rumored memoir-policy book by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is coming out next year.

A judge says Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer can't share lawyers with 10 other fake electors in matters related to a special grand jury probing possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is holding fundraisers for future political activity at events where the Republican is expected to talk about his eight years as governor, as well as plans for the future.

New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been elected House Democratic leader and will become in the new year the first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress.

President Joe Biden is pledging to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs.

Democrats gathering to consider shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential primary are waiting on President Joe Biden.

Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and not a single one is based on any problems with the accuracy of the results.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley says she would take the Christmas holiday to mull a possible 2024 presidential bid.

The United States isn’t seeking to sever economic ties with China — even as it takes steps to protect America’s technological and military prowess from Beijing.

Closing arguments slated for Thursday in The Trump Organization’s tax fraud case could clock in at seven hours, or more.

Donald Trump is betting he can win his way back to the White House by reviving the outsider appeal that fueled his success in 2016.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been convicted of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden's election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

The Democratic San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to allow police to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations.

The Republican National Committee is moving forward with a new post-election audit designed to examine the GOP’s underwhelming performance in the recent midterms and the party’s broader struggles since former President Donald Trump rose to power.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to interview former Secret Service agent Tony Ornato on Tuesday about Donald Trump’s actions on the day of the insurrection.

President Joe Biden says he hopes lawmakers can work together to fund the government, boost spending for Ukraine and avert a crippling rail strike.

House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they assume the majority next year.