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Michael Cohen hush-money trial testimony: day two at a glance
Catch up on latest news out of Donald Trump’s criminal trial for hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels
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Trump's vice presidential contenders show their support — and loyalty — in court
Former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential prospects, like JD Vance and Doug Burgum, have turned his New York trial into a proving ground.
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Prosecutors ask judge to order Steve Bannon to report to prison
Federal prosecutors requested U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols order former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to begin serving his four-month prison sentence after an appeals court last week upheld his conviction on contempt of Congress charges.
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Trump's former lawyer Giuliani stumbles in bid to appeal defamation ruling
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected Rudy Giuliani's attempt to appeal a $148 million defamation judgment won by former Georgia election workers, saying Donald Trump's former lawyer should focus on his own stalled bankruptcy case. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane agreed with creditors, including defamed election workers Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who complained that Giuliani had made no progress on selling his assets or resolving his debts.
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New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: With Trump's trial underway, most Americans now believe he falsified records to hide hush money payment
The survey also shows a dip in the former president’s favorable rating — from 45% in March to 41% today.
4 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Biden promised normal. Do voters want his version of it?
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has argued for years that he is the politician to restore normalcy to U.S. politics. But for almost as long, a subset of American voters, frustrated by everything from the economy to immigration policy, have argued that they do not want his version of it. The latest New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll in battleground states, released Monday, showed that most voters still wanted to “bring politics in Washington back to normal.” But nearly 70% o
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Why states are suddenly making it a crime to sell lab-grown meat
Lab-grown meat isn’t on grocery store shelves in the United States and it isn’t coming anytime soon, but two states have already banned it and others are weighing similar moves. The restrictions are a sign that traditional meat producers fear losing market share to these new products, but they’ve also been divisive. Some in the livestock industry question the precedent of these actions in GOP-led states, fearing they could embolden blue states to further regulate meat production, including how c
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Melania Trump still hasn't shown up at the hush-money trial, but a long list of GOP elites have visited her husband in court
Donald Trump has praised Republican allies for supporting him "very beautifully" in Manhattan's grimy criminal courthouse.
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday's Trump hush money trial takeaways
Donald Trump's attorneys started grilling prosecutors' star witness in his hush money trial Tuesday, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who's determined to see the former president behind bars. Cohen endured intense questioning by defense attorney Todd Blanche after providing pivotal testimony tying the presumptive Republican presidential nominee directly to the hush money scheme at the heart of the case. Trump's former fixer will return to the witness stand Thur
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18 states sue the Biden administration over transgender worker protections
Eighteen Republican-led states sued the Biden administration late Monday over new federal guidance that aims to protect transgender Americans from workplace discrimination.
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Ben Carson calls for making divorce harder
Ben Carson, who is often named as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, is out with a new book in which he calls for an end to no-fault divorce laws in the United States.
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Biden Shades Trump As Presidential Rivals Clash Over China Tariffs
“We need more of this unapologetic President Biden," one social media user declared.
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Both Biden And Trump Want Tariffs on Chinese Imports — But Biden's Are More Focused
While penalties for some items would be high, only electric vehicle batteries are a major import item on Biden’s list.
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Vermont Legislature passes one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country
The Democrat-controlled Vermont legislature has passed one of the strongest data privacy measures in the country aimed at cracking down on companies' use of online personal data, which would let consumers file civil lawsuits against companies that break certain privacy rules. The bill prohibits the sale of sensitive data, such as social security and drivers’ license numbers, financial or health information. It also sets meaningful limits on the amount of personal data that companies can collec
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Kindergarten court: Trump lawyer grills Michael Cohen on insulting ex-president as a 'Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain'
Donald Trump's lead attorney, Todd Blanche, kicked-off his cross-examination of Michael Cohen by rehashing the former fixer's social media rants.
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Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, President Biden during commencement address
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month along with President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his stance on abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. The three-time Super Bowl champion delivered the roughly 20-minute address Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts school in Atchison, Kansas, which is located about 60 miles north of Kansas City.
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Mike Johnson, Holding Vigil For Police, Hasn’t Bothered With Plaque Honoring Jan. 6 Officers
Congress enters National Police Week having blown a deadline to set up a small memorial for police who fought Donald Trump’s mob.
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New Alabama Law Punishes Union-Friendly Employers
The Republican-backed measure strips economic development incentives from companies that voluntarily recognize unions. It could face a court challenge.
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The US is wrapping up a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea. But danger and uncertainty lie ahead
In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock — the length of five U.S. football fields — into a beach in northern Gaza. For President Joe Biden, the Pentagon's new floating pier and causeway are a gamble, an attempted workaround to the challenges of getting aid into Gaza from intensifying war and the restrictions its ally Israel has placed at land crossings since Hamas' deadly attacks on Israel launched the conflict in Oct
7 min read - BusinessReuters
Biden hikes US tariffs on Chinese imports
President Biden has directed Ambassador Tai to establish an exclusion process for some solar manufacturing equipment. This is something that domestic module producers have been advocating for, because it is difficult to source this machinery from outside of China.
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
US suggests possibility of penalties if production of Chinese electric vehicles moves to Mexico
The Biden administration is suggesting the possibility that additional penalties could be put in place if the Chinese makers of electric vehicles try to move their production to Mexico to avoid newly announced import taxes. President Joe Biden on Tuesday directed the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to impose a total tariff in excess of 102% on Chinese EVs, as well as directing new tariffs on other products including steel, aluminum, computer chips and solar cells. Asked at the White Ho
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Tennessee governor OKs bill allowing death penalty for child rape convictions
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions, a change the Republican-controlled Statehouse championed amid concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned capital punishment in such cases. The new Tennessee law, which goes into effect July 1, authorizes the state to pursue capital punishment when an adult is convicted of aggravated rape of a child. Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted a similar bill nearly a year ago.
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Judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to delay his June trial on federal gun charges
Hunter Biden's federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president's son to delay the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden's request to push the trial in Delaware until September, which the defense said was necessary to line up witnesses and go through evidence handed over by prosecutors. President Joe Biden’s son is accused of lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he k
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In a split with Trump, Ben Carson calls for a national abortion ban
Ben Carson, who is often talked about as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, is out with a new book in which he calls for a federal ban on abortion — a notable difference from the former president.
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Speaker Mike Johnson assails Trump's felony trial in remarkable visit outside courthouse
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the hush money case against Donald Trump Tuesday as an illegitimate “sham,” becoming the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court, embrace the former president's claims of political persecution and attack the U.S. system of justice. It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker amplifying Trump's defense and turning the Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. governm
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Speaker Mike Johnson Joins Trump At His Criminal Hush Money Trial
Johnson, a devout evangelical Christian, is the latest Republican to make a public show of support for the first ex-president to face criminal charges.
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Top US and Chinese officials begin talks on AI in Geneva
Top envoys from the U.S. and China huddled in closed-door talks in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss ways to ensure that emerging artificial intelligence technologies don't become existential risks. The talks, which Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed to launch in last 2023, are meant to open up bilateral dialogue between the world’s two biggest economies — and increasingly, geopolitical rivals — on a fast-moving technology that already has consequences for trade, lifestyles, culture, politic
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Michael Cohen testifies in Trump trial and orcas sink yacht off Spain: Morning Rundown
Michael Cohen could face cross-examination today in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.
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Congress blew the deadline for a plaque honoring Jan. 6 officers by over a year
Congress has missed a deadline to put up a plaque honoring law enforcement who fought to defend the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, by more than a year.
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House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson joins Trump in court, echoes criticisms
(Reuters) -The leading Republican in Congress, Mike Johnson, joined Donald Trump at the former president's hush money trial on Tuesday, and echoed his assertions that the four criminal cases against Trump are a disgrace meant to undermine his bid to reclaim the White House. "It's impossible for anybody to deny, that looks at this objectively, that the judicial system in our country has been weaponized against President Trump," Johnson said. The three other cases charge Trump with trying to ove
3 min read - WorldReuters
India's Modi denies stoking divisions to win election, files nomination
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended himself against criticism that he is stoking divisions between Hindus and Muslims to win national elections as he filed his nomination on Tuesday for re-election from one of Hinduism's holiest cities. India began voting April 19 in the seven-phase election in which Modi, 73, is seeking to be the second prime minister to win a third straight term since independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru. Although Modi began his campaign by showcasing his economic r
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Addresses Reports On His Wife Running To Succeed Him
The Florida Republican won't be able to run for reelection in 2026 due to term limits.
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Planned Parenthood announces latest outside spending plan in California congressional races
California could determine control of Congress, which is why Super PACs on both sides of the aisle plan to spend millions of dollars here.
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U.S. orders Chinese-backed crypto miner to sell land near nuclear missile base
President Joe Biden ordered a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining company to sell land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, citing national security concerns.
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Biden moves ahead on tariff hikes for numerous Chinese goods
President Joe Biden will announce Tuesday that his administration is raising tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese exports, including electric vehicles, as the White House tries to fight what it says are unfair trade practices by its global competitor.
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Trump's lawyers assail estranged fixer Michael Cohen's credibility at hush money trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen faced aggressive questioning on Tuesday from the Republican presidential candidate's defense lawyers, who sought to undermine Cohen's testimony that Trump was intricately involved in a scheme to buy a porn star's silence. Trump attorney Todd Blanche used Cohen's own words to paint a picture of a turncoat who went from revering the former president to reviling him, even calling Trump a "dictator douchebag," a "boorish cartoon misogyni
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US trade chief recommends higher tariffs to address China's 'unfair' practices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Tuesday recommended higher tariffs on a range of Chinese goods and called for expanded enforcement to address China's continued technology transfer actions that harmed U.S. workers and manufacturers. Tai's office released a long-awaited four-year review of tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump which concluded they had been effective in encouraging China to address some issues, but further action was needed. "Instead of
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Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump
President Joe Biden slapped major new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment on Tuesday, taking potshots at Donald Trump along the way as he embraced a strategy that's increasing friction between the world's two largest economies. The Democratic president said that Chinese government subsidies ensure the nation's companies don’t have to turn a profit, giving them an unfair advantage in global trade. “American workers can out
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Ex-Ukrainian president says US delay in war aid was 'colossal' waste, let Putin inflict more damage
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said the long delay by the U.S. Congress in approving military aid for his country was “a colossal waste of time,” allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to inflict more suffering in the 2-year-old invasion and prolonging the war. The severe lack of ammunition, which forced outgunned Ukrainian forces to surrender village after village on the front lines, also sowed concern among Ukraine’s other Western allies about Kyiv's prospects in repelling th
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Harry Dunn, former US Capitol police officer, running in competitive Maryland congressional primary
Harry Dunn, a former police officer who defended the U.S. Capitol against rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, is running in a crowded Maryland Democratic primary along with several state legislators including state Sen. Sarah Elfreth in a competitive race for an open seat in Congress. Dunn's celebrity has helped draw national attention to the 22-candidate primary to replace outgoing Rep. John Sarbanes.
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Primaries in Maryland and West Virginia will shape the battle this fall for a Senate majority
Voters across Maryland and West Virginia will decide key primary elections Tuesday with big implications in the fight for the Senate majority this fall. At the same time, Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump hope to project strength in low-stakes presidential primaries, while further down the ballot, two congressional candidates on opposite sides of the 2021 Capitol attack serve as a stark reminder that the nation remains deeply divided over the deadly insurrection.
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Check stubs, fake receipts, blind loyalty: Cohen offers inside knowledge in Trump's hush money trial
It wasn't until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump. The complicated break led to a 2018 guilty plea to federal charges involving a payment to the porn actor Stormy Daniels to bury her story of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump and to other, unrelated crimes. Defense attorneys tried to draw attention to Cohen's social media
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North Carolina congressional runoff highlights Trump's influence in GOP politics
A Republican primary runoff for a North Carolina congressional district on Tuesday could demonstrate yet again the strong influence former President Donald Trump has on GOP politics across the country. Voters will choose between attorneys Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott in the runoff for the reconfigured 13th Congressional District. Daughtry finished first, and Knott second, in the March 5 primary.
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Airlines are trying to stop Biden from enforcing ‘junk fees’ rule
Several of the country’s largest airlines are challenging a new Biden administration rule that would force them to disclose certain fees as part of the upfront cost of airfare. The government describes these charges, which are added for luggage and changes to reservations, as “surprise junk fees.” In a petition filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the trade group Airlines for America and six airlines asked for the ancillary fee rule to be vacated because they say it is
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Wonderful Co. sues California over law aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize
One of California's most influential agricultural companies filed a lawsuit Monday against the state to stop a contentious law to help farmworkers unionize that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom reluctantly signed two years ago after pressure from the White House. The action by the Wonderful Co. comes as it battles the United Farm Workers over a newly formed UFW local of 640 workers at one of its businesses. The $6 billion company founded by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who have donated to President
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Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas, AP sources say
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for former President Donald Trump in the coming weeks, putting into action the commitment he made at a meeting with Trump last month to help his former rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to two people familiar with the matter. DeSantis is taking concrete steps toward a political reconciliation with Trump, who for months taunted his GOP opponent as “DeSanctimonious" as the Florida governor argued Trump's time had
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'The benefit of Mr. Trump': Longtime fixer Cohen testifies in hush money trial. What you missed on Day 16.
Donald Trump’s longtime fixer and lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified Monday that he was acting at Trump's behest when he made hush money payments to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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White House sends official to Morehouse to address concerns ahead of Biden's speech
A senior White House official met with a small group of Morehouse College students and faculty at Morehouse College, amid some objections on campus to having President Joe Biden deliver the commencement address there this weekend, according to a White House official and a Morehouse administration official.
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Mississippi Governor Signs Transgender Bathroom Ban In Public Schools
“It’s mind blowing that this is what Joe Biden’s America has come to,” Gov. Tate Reeves said.
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Trump turns to his allies to ramp up trial attacks: From the Politics Desk
Former President Donald Trump, who is under a gag order, is leaning on allies to attack Michael Cohen and the New York criminal hush money trial in general.
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