macneil: Good evening. The Roman procurator in Jerusalem is trying to decide whether a man regarded by many as a saint should be put to death. Pontius Pilate is being urged by civil libertarians to ...

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Portion of Republicans who say that it would be a good idea to let Trump be a dictator for the first day of a second term ...

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