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Chinese property giant Evergrande and its biggest foreign creditors are negotiating an 11th-hour deal to prevent a liquidation of the company’s offshore businesses on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump can be sued for Jan. 6 riot, judges rule  The Washington Post Trump may be sued over Jan. 6 incitement claims, appeals court panel rules  POLITICO Appeals court rules Trump doesn’t have immunity from civil suits over Jan. 6 riots  The Hill

WASHINGTON — The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting campaign donations for his own use. He was just the sixth

The vote to expel was 311-114.

Sandra Day O’Connor, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who died Friday at the age of 93, secured the first line for her obituaries back in 1981, when she became the first woman ever appointed to that position. Today, however,

Whether the public’s waning support for the death penalty and the declining number of executions and death sentences will ultimately result in the abolition of capital punishment in the U.S. remains uncertain, experts said.

Trump doesn’t have presidential immunity from lawsuits over January 6, appeals court rules  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News

Since most Americans don’t think much about Lewis and Clark beyond elementary school, it often comes as a surprise to learn that Meriwether Lewis died by suicide in 1809. It was just three years after the end of the cross-country

In a fire-and-brimstone kicking off of Friday’s parade of VIPs, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders, “you can prevent planetary crash and burn.”

Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public health crises like the ones