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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Claremont, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

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US sanctions financial network tied to Iranian oil sales

FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The U.S. on Wednesday imposed a new round of sanctions on a group of 20 people and firms allegedly involved in a financial facilitation network for the benefit of the Iranian military. The Treasury Department sanctions impact firms and people spanning from Hong Kong to the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden targets GOP Rep. Boebert in her district in a fresh …

President Joe Biden greets Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, front, as he arrives on Air Force One at Denver International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, …

A video of President Donald Trump recording a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House on Jan. 6 is played as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, July 21, 2022. Trump's lawyers have suggested their strategy in his election interference case in Washington involves distancing their client from the horde of U.S. Capitol rioters, whom the former president has embraced on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Blinken seeks a new extension of the Gaza cease-fire as …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference following the Nato Foreign Ministers meeting on Ukraine at Nato Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

A conservative attack on government regulation reaches …

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen at near sunset in Washington, on Oct. 18, 2018. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates. …

FILE - Delegates are seated for the first day of the Republican National Convention, Aug. 24, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates. But how does the process work? (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, Pool)

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Heavy winds knock over Christmas tree in front of …

In this image made from video, the National Christmas Tree hangs from a crane in front of the White House as a crew works to lift it back up after it fell, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, amid high winter winds. (AP Video)

Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network …

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Bluffton, S.C. Haley is among a cluster of Republican candidates competing for second place in a GOP Republican primary thus far largely dominated by former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Lawmakers move to force a vote this week on expelling …

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters outside the Capitol, in Washington, May 17, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found “substantial evidence” of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Argentina’s president-elect tells top Biden officials …

Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei poses for a photo on the steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus after a meeting with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal …

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. A court in Moscow on Tuesday, Nov. 28, extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until Jan. 30, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Lawmaker helping lead impeachment of Philadelphia’s …

FILE - Pennsylvania state House of Representatives' impeachment manager Rep. Craig Williams, reads the articles of impeachment against Philadelphia's Democratic district attorney, Larry Krasner, in the Senate chamber at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Williams announced Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, that he is running for Pennsylvania's attorney general. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Banker involved in big loans to Trump’s company testifies …

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Claremont, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)