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Joe Biden’s ‘red line’ is an invasion of Rafah. So what happens if Israel attacks?
It’s a moment of truth for Biden’s policy on Israel and the Palestinians – and at the least will make continued prevarication harder to disguise
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Here is what Stormy Daniels testified happened between her and Donald Trump
Porn performer Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the historic hush money case against former president Donald Trump, who looked on as she detailed their alleged sexual encounter and the payment she got to keep it quiet. Prosecutors allege Trump paid Daniels to keep quiet about the allegations as he ran for president in 2016. Trump denies having sex with Daniels, and his lawyers unsuccessfully pushed for a mistrial midway through her testimony.
5 min read - PoliticsReuters
Biden compares Hamas attack to Holocaust in antisemitism warning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that the threat of antisemitism is growing in the United States, including on college campuses, as his support for Israel's assault on Gaza divides Democrats and alienates some young voters. In a speech honoring the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, Biden joined a heated American debate about Jewish security, Zionism, free speech and support for Israel, in the country with the largest Jewish population after Israel. Address
5 min read - USAssociated Press
New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don't know what a computer is
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. Hochul, a Democrat, made the extemporaneous comment Monday while being interviewed at a large business conference in California to discuss expanding economic opportunities in artificial intelligence for low-income communities.
2 min read - PoliticsABC News
Marjorie Taylor Greene backs off threat to oust Johnson as speaker
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on Tuesday to be backing off her threat to force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson this week, though she signaled that she'll preserve her threat indefinitely -- keeping Johnson on a tight leash as he navigates a one-vote majority in the chamber. The development comes after Greene and Johnson met on Tuesday afternoon -- their second meeting in as many days. The meetings came after Greene said she would force a vote to remove Johnson from the le
3 min read - WorldThe New York Times
Inside the White House Scramble to Broker a Deal in Gaza
WASHINGTON — Over the course of a few hours, the news from the Middle East came into the White House Situation Room fast and furious. Israel orders 100,000 civilians out of Rafah in prelude to invasion. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Hamas “accepts” cease-fire deal, potentially precluding invasion. Israel conducts strikes against Rafah, possibly opening invasion. The war-is-on-off-on-again developments Monday left White House officials scrambling to track what was hap
8 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Gaza Isn’t Root of Biden’s Struggles With Young Voters, Polls Show
Young Americans’ outrage over the Israel-Hamas war has dominated the political conversation for weeks. Democratic and Republican lawmakers have made pilgrimages to Columbia University and other campuses to offer support to demonstrations in solidarity with the Gaza Strip or to denounce them, and President Joe Biden addressed the upheavals in remarks Thursday. But these headlines are not reflective of young voters’ top concerns this election year, according to recent polls. Surveys taken in recen
6 min read - PoliticsNBC News
What to watch as the battle for the GOP's future heads to Indiana
In Indiana, open races for governor and Senate as well as some key House primaries are on tap Tuesday.
5 min read - USReuters
Biden welcomes peaceful protests at college commencements, White House says
U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes peaceful protests at college commencement ceremonies where he and other administration officials will speak, the White House said on Tuesday as pro-Palestinian protests spread around the country. Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of unrest roiled the Ivy League college's campus, but it will still hold smaller, school-based events. The protests at Columbia have inspired similar demonstrations at dozens of universiti
2 min read - USNBC News
Biden condemns antisemitism at Holocaust remembrance ceremony
President Joe Biden is set to condemn acts of antisemitism in a keynote speech this morning at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
4 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
'You hate Donald Trump!' Stormy Daniels accused of vendetta in scorching cross-examination in hush-money trial
During a fiery cross-examination in the hush-money trial, Stormy Daniels fought back against accusations that she has a vendetta against Donald Trump.
2 min read - USReuters
US revokes some export licenses for China's Huawei
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Tuesday said it revoked some licenses that allow companies to ship goods, such as chips, to sanctioned Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies. The move comes after the release last month of Huawei's first AI-enabled laptop, the MateBook X Pro powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 9 processor. The laptop launch drew fire from Republican lawmakers, who suggested the Commerce Department had given the green light to Intel to sell the chip to Hu
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Biden hosts Romanian leader at the White House to celebrate NATO partnership
President Joe Biden hosted Klaus Iohannis, the president of Romania, on Tuesday at the White House, with the two leaders celebrating their joint cooperation on issues including international security, the economy and continued support for Ukraine. The meeting in the Oval Office was meant to mark Romania's two decades as a NATO member, according to the White House. At the start of the meeting, Biden joked he advocated for NATO accession for Romania when he was a senator “180 years ago” and said
2 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Biden brags about his environmental record to win young voters, but most have no idea what he's done to fight climate change
A recent CBS News/YouGov poll showed that 59% of respondents aged 30 or younger knew "nothing at all" or "not much" about Biden's climate actions.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Speaker Johnson search for offramp as vote on his ouster simmers
Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson and far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene met for a second day at the Capitol Tuesday, political adversaries trying to engineer an off-ramp from the escalating standoff over her threat for a vote to oust him from office. Greene, a top ally of Donald Trump, faces her own potentially embarrassing setback if her motion to vacate the speaker fizzles, as is expected. In a brazen move, Greene has forced her way to the negotiating table and outlined four demands —
5 min read - WorldReuters
US holds up some arms to Israel, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been holding up certain Boeing-made arms shipments to Israel, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in what two of them said was an apparent political message to the close U.S. ally. The shipments, which have been delayed for at least two weeks, involved Boeing-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions, which convert dumb bombs into precision-guided ones, as well as Small Diameter Bombs. The White House and Pentagon dec
2 min read - BusinessLA Times
TikTok sues U.S. government, saying ban violates 1st Amendment
Congress last month passed a law that would ban the popular social video app in the United States unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells it.
4 min read - PoliticsReuters
TikTok, ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance sued in U.S. federal court on Tuesday seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it. The companies filed their lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, arguing that the law violates the U.S. Constitution on a number of grounds including running afoul of First Amendment free speech protection
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Noting campus protests, Democrats are preparing for intense action at their summer convention
As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden 's handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer's Democratic National Convention could be hit by protests and scenes of chaos that undermine his reelection campaign. Already, 65-plus organizations in Chicago and elsewhere have formed a coalition to “March on the DNC" when it opens there on Aug. 19. Activists have sued in federal court, alleging First Amendment violations be
6 min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Mark Levin Urges Trump To Reject VP Prospects Who Won't Appear On His Show
The Fox News and radio host made the eyebrow-raising request as the GOP candidate considers his list of possible running mates.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
'Words matter': Titles, Trump and what to call a former president
As for the guy currently serving in the White House, they call him Biden, or maybe just Joe. In pro-Trump ads, Trump is still “President Trump," even though he left the White House three years ago. “Words matter,” said Jennifer Stromer-Galley, the Syracuse University professor who led the research.
4 min read - PoliticsReuters
Stormy Daniels offers unflattering testimony about sex with Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Porn star Stormy Daniels described her 2006 encounter with Donald Trump in unflattering terms at his criminal trial on Tuesday, testifying she tried not to think about the sex while it took place and feared it would become public. For several hours Daniels, 45, offered riveting details on the witness stand about her encounter with Trump, 77, and the hush-money deal she reached to stay quiet about it ahead of the 2016 election when he won the White House. "Who do you underst
4 min read - PoliticsLA Times
How a drilling project and Israel-Hamas overshadow Biden's climate record for young voters
Many young voters don't know much about Biden's climate record. And many activists who helped fuel his 2020 victory are angry about Gaza and a drilling project.
8 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
China's footprint in global supply chains will grow no matter who wins the US presidential election: analysts
A research group doesn't expect either Biden's or Trump's trade policies to reduce China's role in global production networks significantly.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a “ferocious surge” in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. Biden said that on Oct. 7, Hamas “brought to life” that hatred with the killing of more than 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, and warned that, already, people are beginning to forget w
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Ukraine-born House member who opposed aiding her native country defends her seat in Indiana primary
A Ukrainian-born congresswoman who recently opposed sending aid to her war-torn country is defending her seat Tuesday against a fellow Republican who has outpaced her in spending and fundraising. U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz is the first and only Ukrainian-born House member and previously backed support for the country. More broadly, the race is a barometer of whether support for Ukraine is a powerful issue among GOP voters.
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Bernie Sanders says Gaza may be Joe Biden's Vietnam. But he's ready to battle for Biden over Trump
In April, Bernie Sanders repeatedly stood shoulder to shoulder with President Joe Biden, promoting their joint accomplishments on health care and climate at formal White House events while eviscerating Donald Trump in a widely viewed campaign TikTok video. Then just last week, Sanders was bluntly warning that the crisis in Gaza could be Biden's “Vietnam" and invoking President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision not to run for reelection as the nation was in an uproar over his support of that war. Su
5 min read - USAssociated Press
Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
With Donald Trump sitting just feet away, Stormy Daniels testified Tuesday at the former president's hush money trial about a sexual encounter the porn actor says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later. Jurors appeared riveted as Daniels offered a detailed and at times graphic account of the encounter Trump has denied. Trump stared straight ahead when Daniels entered the courtroom, later whispering to his lawyers and shaking
7 min read - PoliticsNBC News
What you missed on Day 12 of Trump's trial: Another gag order ruling and details on how Michael Cohen was paid
Two new witnesses took the stand Monday on the 12th day of Donald Trump’s hush money trial, shortly after the judge overseeing the case again cited the former president for violating the gag order he imposed last month.
5 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Rich people are spending more than ever to run for Congress. A big test is coming in Maryland.
Wealthy office-seekers plowed more of their own money than ever into runs for Congress last year. Now, the biggest one of all is facing an important hurdle.
6 min read - USAssociated Press
For a Louisiana lawmaker, exempting incest and rape from the state's abortion ban is personal
For Louisiana Rep. Delisha Boyd, the uphill battle she faces to exempt pregnancies that are the result of rape and incest from Louisiana’s strict abortion ban is not just morally right — it’s also personal. With a GOP-dominated legislative committee set to debate and vote on Boyd's exemption bill Tuesday, the Democratic New Orleans lawmaker has decided to publicly share her own story to underscore the importance of letting rape and incest survivors decide their own fates. If the bill advances,
4 min read - PoliticsNBC News
The courtroom for Trump's trial becomes a test of power for an ex-president and a judge
A striking aspect of Donald Trump’s criminal trial is Judge Juan Merchan’s no-nonsense approach and the degree to which he — and he alone — controls the proceedings.
3 min read - USBusiness Insider
Jurors in Trump's hush-money trial finally see the 34 allegedly falsified documents in accounting-heavy day of testimony
Prosecutors allege former President Donald Trump falsified records to cover up hush-money reimbursements to Michael Cohen.
5 min read - PoliticsNBC News
House Republicans plan to move forward with contempt action against Attorney General Merrick Garland
The House Judiciary Committee plans to prepare a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.
2 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Georgia's former lieutenant governor backs Biden in high-profile defection from GOP
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Jeff Duncan says he’s voting for President Joe Biden in 2024, and he's urging other Republicans to do so, too.
4 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Rep. Henry Cuellar's indictment has the GOP comparing him to George Santos. Here's what to know about the Texas Democrat's bribery scandal.
Prosecutors are accusing the Texas Democrat of expecting roughly $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank.
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
House Republicans are ready to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden audio
House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over the unredacted audio of an interview that was conducted as part of the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. The House Judiciary Committee is set to convene on May 16 to advance contempt charges against the Cabinet official, according to a person familiar with the matter who was granted anonymity to discu
3 min read - PoliticsYahoo News
Trump trial updates: Trump fined again for gag order violations, jury hears testimony about Cohen reimbursement payments
After Judge Juan Merchan fined former President Donald Trump an additional $1,000 for gag order violations, the jury heard testimony Monday from two Trump Organization employees about payments Trump made to his lawyer Michael Cohen.
3 min read - USAssociated Press
New York sues anti-abortion groups for promoting false treatments to reverse medication abortions
New York is suing an anti-abortion group and almost a dozen pregnancy counseling centers for promoting an unproven method to reverse medication abortions, Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday. James, a Democrat, sued Heartbeat International and 11 pregnancy centers in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, arguing the groups violated laws around making false or misleading advertisements.
1 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Could Donald Trump really go to jail for gag order violations?
If Donald Trump keeps trying the patience of the judge presiding over his hush money trial, the former president could wind up back in his home New York City borough of Queens — specifically the prison on Rikers Island, experts said Monday.
5 min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Trump Says Abortion 'Not That Big Of An Issue,' GOP Is 'Party Of Fertilization'
In a bizarre interview, the Republican presidential hopeful also said that “every" legal scholar "all over the world” supported overturning Roe v. Wade.
4 min read - USReuters
Conservative US judges boycott Columbia grads over campus Gaza protests
A group of 13 conservative U.S. federal judges said on Monday that they would not hire law students or undergraduates from Columbia University in response to its handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The judges, all appointees of former U.S. President Donald Trump, called the Manhattan campus an “incubator of bigotry” in a Monday letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and Law Dean Gillian Lester. "Both professors and administrators are on the front lines of the campus disruptions,
2 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Former exec describes his role in hush money payments as Trump's criminal trial begins fourth week
A former top executive at the Trump Organization took the witness stand in Donald Trump's criminal trial Monday to describe his role in the payments the former president made that led to charges he falsified business records, while jurors got to see the Trump-signed checks at the heart of the case.
6 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Who will be Trump’s VP? A shortlist
Who are the candidates to be Trump’s running mate in the 2024? Here’s who might be on the shortlist for vice-president – including Greg Abbott, Tucker Carlson and Ron DeSantis – and what to know about each Republican hopeful
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Auditors can't locate former St. Louis circuit attorney to complete state audit
A state examination of the office that handles criminal prosecutions in St. Louis is being delayed because auditors can’t find former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said Monday. Fitzpatrick said in a news release that auditors have tried for several months to contact Gardner, including trying to serve her with a subpoena. “This is a pattern of behavior with Kim Gardner, who hasn’t shown a willingness to be transparent or accountable,” Fitzpatrick, a Republican
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
GOP secretary of state who spoke out against election denialism wins JFK Profile in Courage Award
Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized “for expanding voting rights and standing up for free and fair elections despite party opposition and death threats from election deniers.” Adams — whose signa
3 min read - WorldHuffPost
U.S. Reportedly Suspended A Weapons Shipment To Israel With Rafah Invasion Imminent
The stunning diplomatic shift would appear to be the first instance of the Biden administration withholding U.S. arms from Israel since Oct. 7.
4 min read - WorldNBC News
Biden speaks to Netanyahu amid cease-fire talks and evacuation of Rafah
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning as a potential ground assault in Rafah looms and as negotiations over a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel moved closer to an agreement.
4 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Judge finds Trump further violated gag order and again threatens him with jail 'if necessary'
Judge Juan Merchan on Monday again cited former President Donald Trump for violating the gag order he imposed on the trial and warned he could face jail "if necessary" for continuing to ignore it.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Biden warns Netanyahu against major Rafah offensive as divide between the 2 leaders grows
President Joe Biden on Monday urgently warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against launching an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the divide between the two leaders continues to grow along with the mounting Palestinian death toll. The call between Biden and Netanyahu came as Israel appeared to be moving closer to a major military operation to root out Hamas militants in Rafah — something that Biden and his top aides have repeatedly told Israeli officials will only lea
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