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2023 saw a record number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue is front and center in the Republican presidential campaigns. (Image credit: Ash Ponders/Ash Ponders/NPR)

The United States finds itself in a defensive crouch and at odds with even staunch allies like France, Canada, Australia and Japan.

A Los Angeles deputy shot Niani Finlayson who police said had been threatening her boyfriend for allegedly harming her daughter. A lawyer for her family says Finlayson was a domestic violence victim. (Image credit: Tracie Hall)

Health officials are keeping an eye on a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus, known as JN.1.

Smith had pressed the Supreme Court to intervene over concerns that the legal fight over the issue could delay the start of Trump’s trial, now scheduled for March 4, beyond next year’s presidential election.

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The court denied special counsel Jack Smith’s petition without offering a reason for its decision. (Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The main focus of the trial involved the Holy See’s 350 million-euro ($386 million) investment in converting a former Harrod’s warehouse into luxury apartments.

Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump, had urged the justices to move with extraordinary speed, bypassing a federal appeals court.