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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for a former Houston police officer charged with murder in connection with a deadly drug raid decried the publicity the case has generated and suggested Wednesday that newly discovered evidence could undermine prosecutors' claims that the couple who lived at the home were unfairly targeted. But during a court hearing, prosecutors reiterated that the pair were not drug dealers. They said former Officer Gerald Goines’ actions during the raid were part of a long history of misconduct and lies that resulted in multiple convictions and cases tied to him being overturned or dismissed. Goines faces two murder charge s as well as other counts in state and federal court stemming from the raid he led in January 2019, in which Dennis Tuttle, 59, and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, 58, were killed. The families of Tuttle and Nicholas have filed federal civil rights lawsuits … [Read more...] about Defense decries publicity in trial over deadly Houston raid

WASHINGTON - House Republicans' years-long pledge to kick Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) off the Foreign Affairs Committee is facing head winds as concern from within the conference has made it unclear if, but not unlikely, such a motion could pass. The debate has emerged after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday unilaterally removed Reps. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from the House Select Committee on Intelligence. That action fulfilled part of a pledge he made after Democrats took the unprecedented step last Congress of removing Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) from their committees. The vote on Omar's standing remains on hold for one obvious reason: Democrats have yet to officially name which lawmakers will serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee, preventing Republicans from formally introducing a resolution to remove Omar. But Republicans face another problem: a slim majority that allows them to lose only four … [Read more...] about McCarthy faces narrow path in trying to oust Omar from committee