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Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was indicted on 10 new federal charges Tuesday after previously pleading not guilty to 13 charges in May, which collectively could send the freshman lawmaker to prison for decades, as prosecutors allege he orchestrated a wide-ranging fraudulent fundraising scheme. Conspiracy to Commit Offenses Against the U.S.: Santos was charged with one count of violating 18 U.S.

A federal judge has struck down a Texas law requiring age verification and health warnings to view pornographic websites and blocked the state attorney general’s office from enforcing it. In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Ezra agreed with claims that House Bill 1181, which was signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in June, violates free speech rights and is overbroad and

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. — The active search has ended for a 9-month-old boy swept away in a flash flood that killed his 2-year-old sister and mother as well as four other people in southeastern Pennsylvania earlier this month, authorities said Wednesday. Divers found no sign of Conrad Sheils’ body when they searched the last remaining areas where the flooded creek enters the Delaware River.

“Several” Americans are dead and others possibly taken hostage in a large-scale offensive by Hamas militants against Israel. The combined death toll surged to over 1,100 as of early Monday and is expected to rise, according to U.S. officials, as a report says Iranian security officials helped plan the attack. “We’ve got reports that several Americans are among the dead,” Secretary of State