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Hunter Biden faces nine new federal criminal charges. The President’s son is accused of failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019, instead spending his money on drugs, escorts, pornography, and luxury hotels. Plus, instead of being on the campaign trail yesterday, Trump voluntarily chose to be in court for his New York civil fraud trial, and is set to take the stand in his own defense there on Monday. And, three university presidents face growing calls to resign over their testimony on how they are dealing with antisemitism across their campuses. Also this morning: police find a target list from the UNLV shooting suspect, Russia fires missiles at Ukraine after a 79-day pause, and the US is poised to approve the first gene-editing treatment.
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Haley, DeSantis, Christie, and Ramaswamy spar during the fourth GOP presidential debate over donor loyalty, foreign policy, the culture wars, and January 6 conspiracy theories. Plus, new details on the mass shooting at the University of Las Vegas Nevada campus, including the Professor suspect. And, the University of Pennsylvania President backtracks on Jewish genocide comments she made to Congress. Also this morning: the funding fight over Ukraine aid intensifies, and Biden is criticized for delaying a menthol cigarette ban over politics.
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Trumps says of a potential second-term that he would not be a dictator “except for day one” - what he would do in his first 24-hours of presidential power. That, as a former Trump official is openly saying in interviews: We’ll come after government and media “conspirators”. Plus, Biden tells a room full of donors “I’m not sure I’d be running” if Trump wasn’t. And, a Senate meeting on Ukraine aid turns into a shouting match about border funding. Also this morning: federal prosecutors are to use Trump’s embrace of January 6 rioters at his trial, US officials say the Gaza ground operation could end by January, and DHS Secretary Mayorkas on the surge in border crossings. 
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Six weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses and one day until the next Republican primary debate. Once again, Republican front-runner Trump is skipping. That, amid growing alarm about a Trump second-term in a flurry of headlines this week; including Trump abandoning the NATO alliance, using the DOJ to punish his political enemies, and dismissing the criminal charges against him. Plus, a top UN official says the situation in Gaza is getting more apocalyptic and that “nowhere is safe to go”, as the IDF intensifies its offensive. Also this morning: George Santos has has a new hustle, and a new study suggests traders knew in advance about the Hamas attack on Israel. 
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The Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread to a wider conflict as the IDF expands its ground assault to the entire Gaza Strip, Israel takes mortar fire from Hezbollah, and a US Navy Destroyer rescues three commercial ships in the Red Sea that were attacked by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Plus, former US Rep. Liz Cheney warns America is in danger of “sleepwalking into a dictatorship” if Trump wins in 2024. And, a disinformation scholar alleges Harvard pushed her out to protect its funding relationship with Mark Zuckerberg. Also this morning: a man reveals a 50-year-old bank robbery secret to his daughter on this death bed, and the New York Times reports that some air traffic controllers are drinking and sleeping on the job.
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The truce between Israel and Hamas is over. Once again, explosions rock Gaza as the IDF enters the next stage of its offensive against Hamas. Plus, Rep. George Santos faces his expulsion vote. And, Ron DeSantis debates Gavin Newsom during a presidential primary. Also this morning: the rise of antibiotic resistant infections causes concern, Felicity Huffman speaks out about her college admissions scandal, and hostage negotiations continue as combat resumes in Gaza.
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