A binder full of Russian intelligence went missing during Trump's final days in office. His allies are looking for it, too.

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President Donald Trump sits at the Resolute Desk in May 2020.

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Israel says it thought 3 hostages were threats and killed them, the latest friendly fire incident in Gaza

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An Israeli tank near Gaza City during a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas on November 27, 2023.

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Sidney Powell's apology was only 13 words, but it doesn't legally matter if she's sorry

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Sidney Powell.

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Former head of Facebook DEI efforts, Barbara Furlow-Smiles, admits she embezzled $4 million from the company

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Former Facebook DEI employee Barbara Furlow-Smiles, seen here in 2020.
Barbara Furlow-Smiles, seen here in 2020, has pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from Meta.

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Disney is about to lose its decades-long battle to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain

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"Steamboat Willie" Mickey Mouse (left) and modern-day Mickey (right).

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A woman took an at-home DNA test and learned her mom's fertility doctor is secretly her father: lawsuit

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A 23andme DNA test kit.
A fertility clinic founder has been accused in a new lawsuit of secretly impregnating a patient. Her daughter figured it out after taking a DNA test, the lawsuit alleges.

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Man accused in toddler's accidental gun death abandoned and burned the car where it happened: prosecutor

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Prosecutors allege a man already charged in a child's shooting death tried to destroy evidence by burning the car in which the toddler was killed.

U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan

The Supreme Court may hand Donald Trump and January 6 rioters a legal lifeline

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Donald Trump (left) and scenes from the January 6 riot at the Capitol in 2021.
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a charge brought against Donald Trump and January 6 rioters.

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Another country Russia invaded is worried a new naval base is going to drag it into the Ukraine war

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023.

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Alabama is going to use gas to execute someone, but corrections officials warned it could hurt other people in the room

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Kenneth Smith in an undated Alabama corrections photo.
Kenneth Smith, seen here in an undated Alabama corrections photo, is due to be executed with nitrogen gas in January.

AP

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