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Gunna performs during the event "A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop" on Nov. 08, 2023, at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, Calif. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption

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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to former President Donald Trump, and attorney Danya Perry leave his apartment building on his way to Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Trump's New York criminal trial could head to jury deliberation as soon as next week

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the CFPB is funded. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court upholds funding structure for consumer watchdog agency

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The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing broke a deferred prosecution deal with the government following a pair of fatal 737 Max crashes more than five years ago. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption

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DOJ says Boeing broke deal that avoided prosecution after 2 fatal 737 Max crashes

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The girls excitedly raise their hands during an activity at Girl Scout Troop 6000's weekly meeting at the Row Hotel on Wednesday evening. Lexi Parra/NPR hide caption

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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., vice president hopeful and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, House Speaker Mike Johnson, former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., joined the former president in court Tuesday morning. Curtis Means/Daily Mail/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption

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A line forms Monday outside the courthouse for a chance to sit in on the 16th day of former President Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan, N.Y. José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption

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These people waited hours to see the Trump hush-money trial up close. Here's why

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Michael Cohen arrives at New York Supreme Court for former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial on Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. Prosecutors are expected to call Cohen to testify this week. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption

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Michael Cohen leaves his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court on Monday. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption

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Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-fixer, testifies about hush money payment to Stormy Daniels

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Justice Clarence Thomas poses for a photo at the Supreme Court building in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced "nastiness and lies" over the last several years. He also decried Washington, D.C., as a "hideous place." J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Bannon speaks to journalists after leaving federal court in Washington, D.C., after being sentenced in 2022. Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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