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By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he does not agree with the criminal charges brought against former U.S. President Donald Trump. “Supposedly legal issues should not be used for electoral, political purposes,” Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference. “That’s why I don’t agree with what they are doing to ex-President Trump.” Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts […]

By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he does not agree with the criminal charges brought against former U.S. President Donald Trump. “Supposedly legal issues should not be used for electoral, political purposes,” Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference. “That’s why I don’t agree with what they are doing to ex-President Trump.” Trump was charged on Tuesday with 34 felony counts […]

(This April 4 story has been refiled to correct a typographical error in paragraph 9) (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump was charged in court on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, as prosecutors accused him of paying two women to suppress their accounts of sexual encounters with him. Here are some highlights from the indictment and statement of facts released by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s […]

(This April 4 story has been refiled to correct a typographical error in paragraph 9) (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump was charged in court on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, as prosecutors accused him of paying two women to suppress their accounts of sexual encounters with him. Here are some highlights from the indictment and statement of facts released by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s […]

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A Planned Parenthood affiliate and two doctors on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Idaho authorities from punishing healthcare providers for referring patients to get abortions in other states. Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, a Republican, said in a legal opinion last week that the state’s near-total abortion ban, enacted last August, “prohibits an Idaho medical provider from … referring a woman across state lines […]

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A Planned Parenthood affiliate and two doctors on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Idaho authorities from punishing healthcare providers for referring patients to get abortions in other states. Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, a Republican, said in a legal opinion last week that the state’s near-total abortion ban, enacted last August, “prohibits an Idaho medical provider from … referring a woman across state lines […]

By Tyler Clifford, Heather Timmons and Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s surrender on criminal charges Tuesday was marked by clashes between his fans and foes outside a downtown Manhattan courtroom, and a now-familiar cycle of name-calling and outrage from lawmakers and Trump himself. But many Americans who say they are watching this case and other Trump investigations play out aren’t looking for political point-scoring […]

By Tyler Clifford, Heather Timmons and Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s surrender on criminal charges Tuesday was marked by clashes between his fans and foes outside a downtown Manhattan courtroom, and a now-familiar cycle of name-calling and outrage from lawmakers and Trump himself. But many Americans who say they are watching this case and other Trump investigations play out aren’t looking for political point-scoring […]

By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – Senior Indigenous leaders on Thursday criticised Australia’s main opposition party’s “Judas betrayal” for declaring it would campaign against a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country’s Aboriginal and Torres Island people. Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton announced on Wednesday the party would campaign against a national vote to enshrine an Indigenous consultative body in the constitution, dashing hopes of bipartisan support on the issue. Noel […]