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Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance predicts that the gag order in the hush money case involving former President Trump will probably be expanded, following Trump’s recent criticisms of the New York judge and his daughter. “Judges usually don’t defend themselves because they don’t feel the need to,” Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District…

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Seven passengers were hospitalized Friday after a Newark-bound flight from Israel experienced turbulence and high winds. United Flight 85, headed to Newark, N.J. from Tel Aviv, was diverted to Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y., Friday due to the dangerous winds, officials said, according to The Associated Press. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said…

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An appeals court in Texas upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking the state from investigating parents who allow their kids to receive gender-affirming care. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered state agencies in 2022 to open probes into the parents of transgender minors after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) issued an opinion claiming certain…