Hunter Biden Rebuffs Republicans’ Invite to Appear for Public Hearing

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WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden on Wednesday rejected an invitation from Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to appear for a public hearing next week alongside former business associates, an inquiry his attorney dismissed as a “carnival side show.”  In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Abbe Lowell, the president’s son’s attorney, blasted Republicans’ efforts to bring his client before a public hearing after he sat for a nearly seven-hour deposition last month.  “Your latest step — this March 6 invitation — is not a serious oversight proceeding,” Lowell said in the letter. “It is your attempt to resuscitate yourmore

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Judge in Georgia Election Case Dismisses Some Trump Charges

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but many other counts in the indictment remain.  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in an order that six of the counts in the indictment must be quashed, including three against Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee.  But the order leaves intact other charges, and the judge wrote that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.  The six charges are about soliciting elected officials to violate their oaths of office. Thatmore

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Japan Private Rocket Explodes Just After Launch

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Tokyo — A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on Wednesday, with public broadcaster NHK showing footage of the fiery failure. Tokyo-based startup Space One had been aiming to become the first Japanese private firm to successfully place a satellite into orbit. Its 18-meter solid-fuel Kairos rocket blasted off from the startup’s own launch pad in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, carrying a small government test satellite. But seconds after the launch, the rocket erupted into a ball of flame, with black smoke filling the launch pad area. Burning debris was seen falling onto the surrounding mountainmore

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