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The Manhattan district attorney's office has asked the judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump. The Manhattan district attorney's office has asked the judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump to prevent him from publicizing evidence obtained during discovery. In a new motion, prosecutors said Trump's defense attorneys "will not consent to a protective order " so they asked the judge to impose one. Prosecutors said they want to make sure the material is used by Trump solely to prepare a defense and not for posting on social media. MORE: Timeline: Manhattan district attorney case against Donald Trump "Defendant Donald J. Trump has a longstanding and perhaps singular History of attacking witnesses, investigators, prosecutors , trial jurors, grand jurors, judges, and others involved in legal proceedings against him, putting those individuals and their families at considerable safety risk,"...

The U.S. has reached an agreement with Qatar to halt the release of $6 billion in Iranian oil assets amid scrutiny over Iran’s relationship with Hamas. The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement to prevent Iran from accessing $6 billion recently unfrozen as part of a prisoner swap, the deputy secretary of the Treasury Department told lawmakers on Thursday, sources confirmed to ABC News. Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo told House Democrats in a closed-door briefing that the money "isn't going anywhere anytime soon," sources said. The agreement comes as the U.S. is scrutinizing Iran's role in backing Hamas, the terrorist group behind the unprecedented attacks on Israel over the weekend. Though there has been no evidence that Iran played a direct role in the assault, the White House has said Iran is complicit given its decades of support for Hamas. The administration has faced calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to re-freeze the funds in the wake of the v...