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In bid to oust Speaker Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene reveals her demands
Ahead of her meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shared her list of demands for the speaker amid her push to oust him from the House's top job. Greene's four requests -- which she said were "simple and easy for Mike Johnson to follow" in a post on X -- include a return to the "Hastert Rule," which means no legislation is brought to a vote without the support of the majority of the majority party; no more funding for Ukraine; defund the special co
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
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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What to watch as the battle for the GOP's future comes to Indiana
In Indiana, open races for governor and Senate as well as some key House primaries are on tap Tuesday.
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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 - 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
10 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Key takeaways from Stormy Daniels' testimony in Trump hush money trial
Donald Trump paid porn actor Stormy Daniels for her silence before the 2016 election. Now he's forced to confront her testimony about their alleged sexual encounter in the midst of another presidential campaign. Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in his hush money criminal trial, putting the presumptive Republican presidential nominee face-to-face with the woman whose story he tried to bury years ago.
5 min read - WorldAssociated Press
TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it’s sold to another company, arguing that it violates the First Amendment. The widely expected lawsuit filed on Tuesday may be setting up what could be a protracted legal fight over TikTok's future in the United States. The popular social video company alleged the law, which President Joe Biden signed as part of a larger $95 billion foreign aid package, is so “obvi
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
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Biden to condemn antisemitism in speech at Holocaust Memorial Museum
President Joe Biden is set to condemn acts of antisemitism in a keynote speech this morning at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
2 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 - PoliticsNBC News
Stormy Daniels expected to take the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial
Testimony in Donald Trump's hush money case is set to resume Tuesday morning at what could be the midpoint of the first criminal trial against a former president.
4 min read - OpinionLA Times
Goldberg: What happened to the Republican war on 'woke' — and what we should have learned from it
Democrats' far-left excesses are collapsing under their own weight. Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump and other culture warriors had little to do with it.
4 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 - 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 - PoliticsAssociated Press
Testifying in hush money trial, porn actor Stormy Daniels describes first meeting Trump
Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump's hush money trial, describing for jurors a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had with him in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later. Jurors appeared riveted as Daniels, over the repeated objections of defense lawyers and occasional admonitions from the judge, offered a detailed and at times graphic account of an encounter Trump has denied. Trump stared straight ahe
6 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 - 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.
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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.
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 - 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.
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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
4 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
5 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
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
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
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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