FILE – Asylum-seekers walk to a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California’s border with Mexico, as they await processing. Congress is discussing changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Hunter Biden lashed out at Republican investigators who have been digging into his business dealings, insisting outside the Capitol he will only testify before a congressional committee in public. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Argentina’s newly sworn-in President Javier Milei, left, and his sister Karina arrive to the Colon Theater for a gala event in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
FILE – Demonstrators march and gather near the Texas state Capitol in Austin following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, to let her terminate the pregnancy, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
FILE – Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorney’s Christopher Kise, left, and Alina Habba, at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool, File)
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A sign warns motorists as they approach a sobriety checkpoint on State Route 4 in Fairfield, Ohio June 15, 2007. U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, that it is starting the process to put a new federal safety standard in place requiring the technology in all new passenger vehicles. /The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, File)
Part of a haul of 11 tons of cocaine is displayed in the patio of a police station in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Spanish authorities say that they have confiscated 11 tons of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two different operations against the smuggling of the illegal drugs inside shipping containers. Investigators believe that the criminal organization was using a frozen seafood company as a front to bring the drug from South America.(AP Photo/Paul White)
Former U.S. Rep George Santos leaves the federal courthouse with his lawyer in Central Islip, N.Y. on, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
President Joe Biden speaks a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to reporters as he leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The trial will determine how much Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers who he falsely accused of fraud while pushing President Donald Trump’s baseless claims after he lost the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell responds to questions during the MLB winter meetings on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (George Walker IV, AP)
FILE – Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. A judge ordered Prince Harry on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, to pay nearly 50,000 pounds (over $60,000) in legal fees to the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid for failing to knock out its defense in a libel lawsuit. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
FILE – Salmon fisherman stack their nets on June 22, 2023, in Kodiak, Alaska. A group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska introduced a proposal Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, that says a federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks last week in Washington about Manuel Rocha, the former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, being charged with serving as a secret agent for Cuba’s intelligence services.
Hundreds of migrants gather along the border after breaking through gaps in the border wall Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lukeville, Ariz. The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes, with hundreds of migrants from faraway countries like Senegal, Bangladesh and China being dropped in the remote desert area in Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. Speaking Saturday night, Dec. 9, during the Gridiron Club’s winter dinner, Manchin teased a potential third-party run for the White House, joking that the nation could use someone slightly younger than the leading contenders.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts during his interview with The Associated Press in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. On Friday, Dec. 8, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Zelenskyy bought two luxury yachts, named Lucky Me and My Legacy, through proxies for more than $75 million.
President Joe Biden greets China’s President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., last month on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. According to the author, China has consistently invested in the foundation of its innovation economy and is reaping the benefits. The United States must do the same, or risk being left behind. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Emma Stone in a scene from “Poor Things.” (Yorgos Lanthimos/Searchlight Pictures via AP)
Bulls forward Patrick Williams scores against the Spurs on Friday in San Antonio. Williams scored 20 points, matching a season high. (Eric Gay, AP)
FILE – Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas waits for results after swimming the women’s 200 freestyle final at the NCAA swimming and diving championships, Friday, March 18, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Republican governors of two states this week vetoed legislation to ban transgender players from girls’ sports, but their decisions to buck the party’s conservative wing could prove short-lived against a fired-up GOP base. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
FILE – Tatum O’Neal, left, a cast member in “The Runaways,” and her father, actor Ryan O’Neal, pose together at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Ryan O’Neal, who was nominated for an Oscar for the tear-jerker “Love Story” and played opposite his precocious daughter Tatum in “Paper Moon,” has died. O’Neal’s son Patrick said on Instagram that his father died Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
The funeral procession of Shane MacGowan makes its way through the streets of Dublin, ahead of his funeral in Co Tipperary, in Ireland, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He was 65.
File – Mechanic David Stoliaruk works on the engine of a car at IC Auto in Philadelphia, May 2, 2023. On Friday, the U.S. government issues its November jobs report. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting...
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting...