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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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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.
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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.
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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 - 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 - PoliticsAssociated Press
Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric
Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, wielding the clashes on colleges campuses over the war in Gaza as a campaign issue. The latest example came over the weekend, when Trump — accusing the White House of having a role in his multiple state and federal criminal prosecutions — told Republican donors gathered for a private retreat at his Florida resort that Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” referring to the secret police force of Nazi Germany.
5 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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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.
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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 - PoliticsThe Guardian
Judge threatens Trump with jail for contempt: the hush-money trial so far
Here’s what you need to know Donald Trump’s criminal trial, at a glance
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 - 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 - PoliticsThe Guardian
From the economy to the climate crisis: key issues in the 2024 US election
Much is at stake as Republicans and Democrats vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, and a Biden and Trump rematch looms
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Trump privately tells donors Kristi Noem 'is somebody that I love' after she bragged about killing her dog
Donald Trump offered praise for all of his potential running mates that showed up to a key fundraiser. But his words for Noem come at a critical time.
2 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Trump hit with 10th gag violation and a warning: next time, jail
The judge in Donald Trump's New York hush-money trial found the former president violated his gag order a tenth time and warned he could face jail.
4 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Witness in Trump Trial Links Former President to Hush-Money Payoff
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan has reached the third week of testimony, and there are only a few key witnesses who have yet to take the stand. There is Stormy Daniels, the porn actor who accepted hush money in the waning days of the 2016 presidential campaign to keep silent about her story of having had sex with Trump a decade earlier. There is Michael Cohen, the Trump fixer who made that payment and is expected to be crucial for the prosecution. And there are several empl
7 min read - LifestyleThe New York Times
How to Know When a Good Dog Has Gone Bad
Since late last month, Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota has been the subject of fierce bipartisan attacks for her decision to shoot and kill her family dog, a 14-month-old German wirehaired pointer named Cricket. Noem has repeatedly defended her actions, which are detailed in her forthcoming memoir, in which she says the dog was “aggressive,” “untrainable” and “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with.” On Sunday, she suggested that President Joe Biden should have considered killing his own
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Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate
Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party defending twice as many Senate seats as Republicans this year. In Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, GOP Senate candidates are being pressed on whether they live in the state.
7 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
House set to vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove Mike Johnson
Far-right congresswoman has spearheaded effort to oust fellow Republican as speaker but motion to vacate widely expected to fail
4 min read - BusinessLA Times
L.A. influencers, businesses live or die on TikTok's algorithm. Now they fear for the future
After President Biden signed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S., experts say the economic ramifications could be significant.
6 min read - USAssociated Press
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US Capitol
When Arkansas lawmakers decided five years ago to replace the statues representing the state at the U.S. Capitol, there was little objection to getting rid of the existing sculptures. The statues that had stood there for more than 100 years were obscure figures in the state's history. “I remember giving tours to constituents from Arkansas, to young people, and I would point out the two representatives in Statuary Hall in our United States Capitol from Arkansas,” said former Gov. Asa Hutchinson
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Kristi Noem, who told a bizarre story about shooting her pet dog Cricket, suggests Biden's bitey dog Commander should have met a similar fate
Noem said in her memoir that the first thing she'd do if elected president would be to make sure Biden's dog is "nowhere on the grounds."
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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations could send him to jail. The testimony from former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney provided a mechanical but vital recitation of how the company reimbursed payments that were allegedly meant to suppress embarrassing stories from surfacing during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and then logged them as legal expenses
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What to know about Trump strategist's embrace of AI to help conservatives
Brad Parscale was the digital guru behind Donald Trump's surprise victory in the 2016 election and was promoted to manage the 2020 campaign. Parscale says his company, Campaign Nucleus, can use AI to help generate customized emails, parse oceans of data to gauge voter sentiment and find persuadable voters.
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Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in politics. “You’re going to see some of the most amazing new technology in artificial intelligence that’s going to replace polling in the future across the country,” said Brad Parscale in a dimly lit promotional video accentuated by hypnotic beats. Parscale, the digital campaign operative who helped engineer Trump’s 2016 presidential victory, vows that his
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Jon Stewart says Biden is so old he 'shouldn't be president'
"When you watch him on television, you're nervous, aren't ya?" Stewart said of President Joe Biden, 81.
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Donald Trump Echoes Mitt Romney's Comment About People Automatically Voting Democrat
In 2012, then-Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said that 47% of Americans automatically vote Democrat because "these are people who pay no income tax."
2 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Clyburn hits out at Trump over Gestapo comment: ‘Incredible but not surprising’
Democrat says country is going off track after Trump compares Biden administration to Germany’s fascist secret police
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Tim Scott Refuses To Say If He'll Accept 2024 Election Results Regardless Of Who Wins
Scott told MSNBC he's sure Donald Trump will emerge victorious, so why worry.
1 min read - PoliticsWashington Post
Divided Trump campaign weighs joining TikTok, the app he tried to ban
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is weighing whether to join TikTok, the wildly popular video app he once tried to ban, and the decision has sparked discussion among his advisers in recent weeks, according to four people familiar with the matter. In 2020, the then-president said the app was a threat to national security because its parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, and he called for TikTok’s forced sale or a nationwide ban as part of an executive order that was ultimately overtur
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Sen. Mark Kelly: Kari Lake's rhetoric 'could result in people getting hurt or killed'
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona on Friday blasted Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake for her recent violent rhetoric, saying on NBC News' "Meet the Press" that Lake's comment could result in people "getting hurt or killed."
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Trump says Biden is running a 'Gestapo' administration. It's his latest reference to Nazi Germany
Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” the latest example of the former president employing the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The remarks Saturday at Mar-a-Lago were described by people who attended the event and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private session. The “Gestapo” comment, one person said, came as Trump renewed his complaint that Biden’s White House is
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Ro Khanna: Biden ‘should and will get out’ to campuses where protests are happening
Biden has condemned the protests, saying there isn’t a right “to cause chaos.”
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'There's vote-buying going on at a scale like we have never seen before'
Gov. Doug Burgum cited President Joe Biden's efforts to forgive some student loan debt.
2 min read - PoliticsReuters
Trump accuses Biden of running 'Gestapo administration'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of running a "Gestapo administration" in a private address to donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved in his criminal indictments, according to a recording heard by U.S. media outlets. Trump, whose own rhetoric has drawn accusations of fascist tendencies from civil rights groups and other critics, made the comparison with the Nazi police in Germany's World War Two regi
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Trump accuses Biden of ‘running a Gestapo administration’ during private donor retreat
The former president railed against prosecutors and Biden at an event in Palm Beach, Florida.
4 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
What happens if a US presidential candidate dies?
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the two oldest candidates in US history. If either needs to be replaced, what next?
11 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Gallows Humor and Talk of Escape: Trump’s Possible Return Rattles Capital
WASHINGTON — It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens? Portugal, says a former member of Congress. Australia, says a former agency director. Canada, says a Biden administration official. France, says a liberal columnist. Poland, says a former investigator. They’re joking. Sort of. At least in most cases. It’s a gallows humor with a dark edge. Much of official Washington is bracing for the possibility that former Pr
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