Monday's Top 8 includes coverage of a new gag order in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump, the latest in the cryptocurrency fraud trial, the end of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border, elections in both Poland and Argentina, and more.
Federal judge issues gag order on Trump’s public statements in 2020 election case
The order limits statements Trump can make about potential witnesses and court personnel, but it is not yet clear what punishments could follow if Trump violates the order.
An anti-Trump protestor sitting next to camped out members of the media outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., waiting for Donald Trump's arraignment for charges related to the Capitol riot. (Kelsey Reichmann/Courthouse News Service)
Representative Jim Jordan claws for GOP support ahead of speaker vote
FILE - In this Monday, June 18, 2018 file photo, Akemi Vargas, 8, cries as she talks about being separated from her father during an immigration family separation protest in front of the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. District Court building in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
International
In Poland, pro-EU parties on track to end reign of hard-right nationalists
Mexico City police injure 10 in attempt to evict activists from government offices
Police can clearly be seen using force on elderly women and adolescent girls in a video of the operation, which was conducted in the middle of the night.
Paramedics tend to the wounded after a midnight raid on occupied government offices in Mexico City on Oct. 16, 2023. (Cody Copeland/Courthouse News)
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