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Donald Trump Stung by Legal Filing Hours Before New Year’s Eve  Newsweek

Special counsel Jack Smith pushes back on Trump’s immunity claim  CNN Special counsel urges appeals court to reject Trump immunity defense  NBC News Trump doesn’t have immunity from Jan. 6 civil suit brought by U.S. Capitol Police officers, appeals court says  CBS News

If states block Trump from the GOP primary ballot, can he still run for president?  CBS News Trump expected to challenge removal of name from states’ primary ballots  The Guardian US Trump fears Supreme Court may back Colorado, take him off ballot  Business

Criminal charges set Trump up for the big house — or the White House  NBC News

Former aides warn Trump re-election could ‘end US democracy as we know it’  The Guardian US Former Trump White House insiders call possible 2nd term a threat to American democracy  ABC News Former Trump aides warn of serious threats if he wins

Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod that killed 24 people Saturday “would not go unpunished.”

Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of Belgorod that killed 24 people Saturday “would not go unpunished.”

At a time when support for peace is at a low, conversations at Israel’s Hand in Hand schools about the Oct. 7 attack and the war in Gaza sound different than they do elsewhere.

John Pilger, an Australia-born journalist and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 84.

A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the