Former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial waded into sensitive territory Thursday as a former tabloid executive described how he paid $150,000 to silence a Playboy model who alleged an affair with Mr. Trump but refused to pay off adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, who also shopped around a salacious story in 2016.
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After months of deadlock, the U.S. Congress has finally approved $61 billion in badly needed military aid to Ukraine. But in a painful irony, with Ukraine’s government struggling to replenish the ranks of its army, there may not be enough soldiers to man the new guns and fire the new shells.
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