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Former VP Pence would consider testifying if asked; CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes | Top headlines for Aug. 17 & 18, 2022
Former Vice President Mike Pence said he'd give “due consideration” if asked to testify before the House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “It would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on Capitol Hill, but as I said, I don’…
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Trump foe Cheney loses Wyoming GOP primary; Murkowski, Palin advance in Alaska; filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen dies | Top headlines for Aug. 16 & 17, 2022
Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, lost a GOP primary. Cheney fell Tuesday to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in a rout, reinforcing Trump's grip on the party’s base. Cheney told supporters their work "is far from over” and she'll “do whatever it takes …
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Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant; Cheney braces for primary loss; Giuliani is target of election probe | Top headlines for Aug. 15 & 16, 2022
The Justice Department is rebuffing an effort to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida. In court papers Monday, prosecutors argue the investigation “implicates highly classified material” and the affidavit contains sensitive in…
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China announces new drills as U.S. delegation visits Taiwan; Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed | Top headlines for Aug. 15, 2022
China has announced more military drills around Taiwan as the self-governing island’s president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation. The announcement threatened to renew tensions between Beijing and Washington just days after a similar visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi an…
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Two music legends die, Serena Williams plans her future and the NBA will honor an icon | Bonus sports & entertainment episode
In this bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment. It was another sad week as music icon Olivia Newton-John, who also starred in the musical “Grease,” died. Sam Gooden, a founding member of The Impressions…
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Investigations into former President Trump, the state of the economy and the war in Ukraine | ICYMI for Aug. 12, 13 & 14, 2022
It was a complicated week for former President Donald Trump. The FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday as part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery of classified White House records that had been moved to Florida. The former president was then in New York on W…
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Trump calls for 'immediate' release of Mar-a-Lago warrant; Anne Heche on life support, survival of crash 'not expected' | Top headlines for Aug. 11 & 12, 2022
Former President Donald Trump is calling for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate. In messages posted late Thursday on his Truth Social platform, Trump writes, “Release the documents now!” The Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the wa…
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Gas prices dip below $4; FBI's Wray denounces threats; lower prices offer slight reprieve; Trump says he took the Fifth | Top headlines for Aug. 10 & 11, 2022
U.S. gas prices have dipped under $4 a gallon for the first time in more than five months. AAA says the national average is $3.99 for a gallon of regular. That's down 15 cents in just the last week, and 68 cents in the last month. Russia is using billboards to urge men to join the military and aut…
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FBI investigation into former President Donald Trump | Bonus episode
In this episode, we are looking at the FBI investigation into former President Donald Trump. According to The Associated Press, the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, as part of a probe into whether he took classified records from the White House…
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Trump to be questioned in New York civil case unrelated to FBI search; Nebraska woman charged with assisting in daughter's abortion | Top headlines for Aug. 9, & 10, 2022
Former President Donald Trump says he will be questioned under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul. The New York civil investigation is being led by Attorney General Letitia James and involves allegations that …
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