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Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to charges he lied in testimony to Congress five years ago.

Experts expect Comey's attorneys to argue the Justice Department's case amounts to a vindictive prosecution.

In the latest example of President Trump's brazen calls for his opponents to be prosecuted, Trump posted on social media Wednesday that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed for failing to protect ICE officers.

Trump didn't give details but both opposed his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.

Authorities have charged 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht with starting a fire that killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood last January.

President Trump's top adviser for the Middle East and other key U.S. officials have joined the third day of peace talks between Israel and Hamas taking place in Egypt.

This week marked two years since the war began.