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Before investigating Hunter Biden, prosecutor worked with brother Beau

As acting U.S. attorney in Delaware, David C. Weiss once collaborated with the state attorney general, Beau Biden.

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The efforts to effectively auction off leisure time to those seeking to influence state policy created a special pathway of access for big donors that is striking in the way that it was documented in writing, ethics experts said.

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Spain and England played quality soccer. That should be enough.

For Spain and England at the women’s World Cup, the soccer shined, but the battles remain.

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As the president prepares to visit Maui on Monday to survey the damage and console distraught residents, both his government’s response and his personal reaction to the disaster are under intense scrutiny.

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