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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor paved a path for women …

FILE - In this photo released by the White House, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the Supreme Court, is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger in the court's conference room in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. Justice O'Connor's husband John holds two family Bibles. O'Connor, who joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice, has died at age 93. (AP Photo/The White House, File)

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Pentagon forges new high-tech agreement with Australia, …

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin takes a closer look at the device used to control a swarm of drones that lifted off from a parking area at the Defense Innovation Unit in Mountain View, Calif, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Austin is in California for meeting with defense ministers from Australia and the United Kingdom, but took some time to see several projects under development at DIU. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

Lawsuits against Trump over Jan. 6 riot can move forward, …

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Nov. 18, 2023, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Trump's lawyers have suggested their strategy in his election interference case in Washington involves distancing their client from the horde of U.S. Capitol rioters, whom the former president has embraced on the campaign trail.(AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave, File)

Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal …

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump stands on the field during halftime in an NCAA college football game between the University of South Carolina and Clemson Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Trump attorney says trial during campaign would be ‘election …

Steve Sadow, attorney for Donald Trump, speaks in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge Scott McAfee as part of the Georgia election indictments on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 in Atlanta. (John David Mercer/USA Today via AP, Pool)

5 takeaways from AP’s Black attorneys general interviews …

Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota, answers a question during an interview at the State Attorneys General Association meetings , Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in Boston. In exclusive sit-down interviews with The Associated Press, several Black Democrat attorneys general discuss the role race and politics plays in their jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Blinken sees goals largely unfulfilled in Mideast trip, …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media prior to departure from Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emorates, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. The United States remains "intensely focused" on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the resumption of the Israel-Hamas war after a week-long truce, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

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House Republicans reiterate their demand for Hunter …

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, flanked by Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters about efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Another top official leaves a super PAC backing Ron …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks during an event for his GOP presidential campaign as his wife Casey DeSantis looks on, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Prosperity, S.C. DeSantis is making a daylong swing through South Carolina, which holds the first southern Republican presidential primary of the 2024 campaign. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

AP Exclusive: America’s Black attorneys general discuss …

Aaron Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, answers a question during an interview at the State Attorneys General Association meetings , Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Boston. In exclusive sit-down interviews with The Associated Press, several Black Democrat attorneys general discuss the role race and politics plays in their jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

DeSantis says Florida GOP chair should resign amid …

Republican Party of Florida chairman Christian Ziegler, left, greets former president Donald Trump at the RPOF Freedom Summit on Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. Ziegler is the subject of a rape investigation, though no charges have been filed and police are providing little information on the accusation. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

GOP businessman Sandy Pensler joins crowded field …

Excerpts of Supreme Court opinions by Sandra Day …

FILE - President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sandra Day O'Connor, Aug. 12, 2009. O'Connor, who joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice, has died at age 93. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

India-US ties could face their biggest test in years …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks with President Joe Biden before Biden speaks to the Canadian Parliament, Friday, March 24, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada. The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors on Wednesday, Nov. 29, accused an Indian official of orchestrating an alleged assassination plot in New York City. It's the second such accusation in months, following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that the Indian government may have been linked to the killing of a Sikh separatist near Vancouver in June. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)