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When she sat for a taped deposition in front of members of Congress investigating her father's attempts to overturn election results, Ivanka Trump revealed that she "accepted" that his false claims were, in fact, false.
Clips from her eight-hour-long testimony to the House select committee, replayed on large screens filling a crowded room inside the Capitol, directly undermined Donald Trump's persistent lie, one that continues to fuel his ambitions for his return to the White House in 2024.
On 8 November, Ivanka Trump will testify in an open courtroom in another case, one that could land a significant blow against her family's business and vast real-estate empire as part of a trial stemming from a lawsuit targeting her father and brothers.
Her testimony inside a lower Manhattan courtroom arrives two days after Mr Trump's, whose verbal outbursts from the witness stand this week unloaded on the case, the presiding judge and the attorney general suing him for fraud. Read the latest here |
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| Democrats and Republicans are watching several states for signs of Biden's weakness |
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| As the court hears arguments about case concerning domestic abusers' ability to possess guns, value of protective orders is under question, reports Kelly Rissman |
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| Conflicting witness accounts of the interaction between Kessler and the suspect have forced the police to seek photos or video of the encounter writes Graig Graziosi |
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| Dr Robert Goldstein, a witness for Graham Chase Robinson, testified that De Niro's ex-assistant exhibited symptoms of 'generalised anxiety disorder' after quitting the actor's production company |
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The third Republican primary debate will take place on 8 November, broadcast by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. To qualify, candidates need to reach at least four per cent in two national polls, or four per cent in one national poll and four per cent in two early primary states. They also need 70,000 individual donors, including 200 donors in 20 states, according to the requirements set by the Republican National Committee (RNC). Read the latest here |
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Joe Biden has announced the latest funding to modernise key portions of the Amtrak, the US's busiest rail corridor that stretches from Boston to Washington, DC. Read more |
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"Tonight, Americans once again voted to protect their fundamental freedoms – and democracy won." |
President Joe Biden declared shortly after voters in Ohio chose overwhelmingly to enshrine a right to reproductive freedom, including protections for the practice of abortion, into the state constitution on Tuesday. Read more |
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