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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks from a witness stand in front of Fulton Superior Judge Scott McAfee during a Feb. 15 hearing about whether Willis' office should be disqualified from the Georgia election interference case. Alyssa Pointer/Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Wade resigns after judge makes it a condition for Fani Willis to remain on Trump case

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A general view shows Judge Juan Manuel Merchan's courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump will become the first former U.S. president to face criminal trial when jury selection begins. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Trump's New York trial is delayed until mid-April

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In this file photo, then-President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Nov. 2, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Mich., with then-Vice President Mike Pence. Despite running with him twice, in 2016 and in 2020, Pence will not endorse Trump in 2024. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey, a former Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player, tosses a baseball to supporters at his election night watch party on March 5 in Palm Desert, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Former LA Dodger Steve Garvey aims for the wall in U.S. Senate race

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Former President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he leaves federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Fla., on Thursday. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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Judge denies motion to dismiss charges against Trump in documents case

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Vice President Harris speaks to reporters after her visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Saint Paul, Minn. on March 14. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Harris visited an abortion clinic, a first for any president or vice president

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The House passed a bill Wednesday that would require ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban on U.S. devices. The legislation's fate is unclear in the Senate. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption

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Why the House voted to ban TikTok and what could come next

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Alabama's state capitol in Montgomery, Ala. earlier this year. Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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How 'fetal personhood' in Alabama's IVF ruling evolved from fringe to mainstream

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U.S. President Bill Clinton presides over the 1993 peace accords signed at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The aim was a negotiated deal ending decades of conflict between the two sides. But no agreement was reached. Today there's talk about recognizing a Palestinian state first and then negotiating the details afterward. Ron Edmonds/AP hide caption

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A radical Mideast proposal: What if the U.S. recognized a Palestinian state now?

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Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides in court during a hearing in the Georgia election interference case. Alex Slitz/Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Judge in Georgia election interference case quashes some charges against Trump

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Conservative attorney Cleta Mitchell, seen here at a South Carolina Republican Party event in 2022, has been circulating a memo laying out "the threat of non-citizen voting in 2024." Gerard Albert III/Myrtle Beach Sun News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption

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Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally in Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2023. Both Kennedy's campaign and a super PAC supporting him are working to get the conspiracy theorist on state ballots around the country. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images hide caption

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to get on the ballot in all 50 states. It won't be easy

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally March 9 in Rome, Ga., just one day after Republicans met in Houston to elect new leadership for the party. All of the candidates were hand-selected by Trump. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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President Biden speaks to reporters about the special counsel report on his handling of classified documents in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Feb. 8. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Interview transcript shows more nuance on Biden's memory than special counsel report

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