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A final floor vote is expected this morning on President Trump's domestic spending agenda. House Republicans have been working through the night to get members of their own party to vote for the massive spending bill. The overnight vote to begin final debate was 219-213, moving the bill to just one more vote away from landing on Trump's desk.        New court documents claim Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten and tortured while being held in an El Salvador prison. The 30-year-old El Salvador native was living in Maryland when he was deported earlier this year in a move that sparked controversy. New details of his prison stay came out Wednesday as part of a lawsuit filed by his wife against the Trump administration.        Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs has been found guilty of transporting people for prostitution. The verdict was delivered Wednesday at a federal courthouse in New York City. Combs was found not guilty of the most serious charges against him, including racketeering and sex trafficking. He's expected to be sentenced in October.        The FAA is investigating after 15 people were injured in the crash of a New Jersey skydiving plane. The Cessna went off the runway and crashed at Cross Keys Airport in Gloucester [[ GLOSS-tur ]] County yesterday. Three of the injured are in critical condition.        A new study suggests there's no safe amount of processed meat. In a report published this week, researchers said they looked at data from over 60 previous studies on the relationship between health and processed meats, and found that "habitual consumption" of even a small amount of processed meat is linked to poor health.        Los Angeles Dodger Clayton Kershaw is now a member of the three-thousand strikeout club. Kershaw struck out three Chicago White Sox at Dodger Stadium last night. He reached the milestone when Vinny Capra took a called strike three on a slider in the sixth inning. Kershaw is only the 20th pitcher to ever record three thousand strikeouts.       

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