Paul Manafort's defense has rested. His lawyers called no witnesses and presented no case.

Speed Read U.S. District Judge John deGravelles ruled that a law ordering schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms was unconstitutional

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Speed Read Biden moves to expand background checks for gun buyers

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Speed Read It will allow the government to further suppress all forms of dissent

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speed read It became the first country to make abortion a constitutional right

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Speed Read Texas rejected calls for a rehearing of Ivan Cantu's case amid recanted testimony and allegations of suppressed exculpatory evidence

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Speed Read A majority of justices appeared skeptical that Texas and Florida were lawfully protecting the free speech rights of users

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Speed Read Greece becomes the first Orthodox Christian country to enshrine marriage equality in law

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Speed Read Trump's audible grousing as E. Jean Carroll testified earned him a warning he could be thrown out of court, and Habba showed she 'doesn't know what the hell she's doing'

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