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The Bob Menendez trial is starting. Why his Senate colleagues don't want to talk about it
The senior senator from New Jersey is accused of taking bribes in exchange for helping businessmen and foreign governments.
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Biden celebrates ‘Infrastructure Week’ — and hopes voters are listening
The White House is sending senior officials across the country this week — Infrastructure Week — to ensure they’ve heard about billions of investments being pumped into every state.
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Blinken, Sanders and Graham offer differing takes on latest State Dept. report on Israel's possible humanitarian violations in Gaza
Antony Blinken and Bernie Sanders praise Biden for withholding military aid to Israel. Lindsey Graham calls it the 'worst decision.'
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'Gloves are off': Trump attacks Biden, sweeping criminal charges at raucous New Jersey rally
Trump held a large rally on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, and claimed the deep blue state is in play.
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Sullivan: Pause in military aid doesn’t mean Biden will ‘abandon Israel’
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan maintained Sunday that President Biden’s threat to withhold offensive weapons from Israel does not mean the U.S. intends to “abandon” the country. Sullivan, speaking with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, warned of “significant” civilian casualties in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The interview comes days after Biden…
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Gold bars, basement carpeting and more. Here’s what prosecutors say bought off a US senator
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces his second, distinct bribery and corruption trial in seven years starting Monday.
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GOP VP hopefuls in Congress burnish their credentials while currying favor with Trump
Potential picks are using the opportunities afforded to them in Congress to burnish their credentials to appeal to Trump.
6 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Trump Has Long Been Known as a Micromanager. Prosecutors Are Using It Against Him.
At Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial, his lawyers have insisted he had “nothing to do” with any of the felony charges against him. But testimony from prosecution witnesses over the past several weeks has called that argument into question, underscoring that Trump can be obsessive about two all-important aspects of his work: Anything having to do with the media, and anything having to do with his money. The 34 documents at the heart of the prosecution’s case relate to both obsessions. Sign u
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Top Trump allies J.D. Vance, Lindsey Graham say they will accept 2024 election results
Senators J.D. Vance and Lindsey Graham say they will accept the 2024 election results, a position that separates them from other top Republicans
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Election deniers: West Virginia voters must pick from GOP candidates who still dispute 2020 outcome
When West Virginia Republicans vote in Tuesday's primary, they will have a hard time finding a major candidate on the ballot in any statewide race who openly acknowledges that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Embracing or skirting the line on election denialism has become an unspoken checkoff among Republicans running for governor and Congress in one of the states most loyal to former President Donald Trump. What is spoken — almost constantly — is praise for the party's presumptive W
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Column: What a surly California governor's race can — and can't — tell us about the Biden-Trump rematch
No two elections are alike. But there can be striking similarities, like the parallels between a bitterly fought California governor's race and the Biden-Trump rematch. History says not to count Biden out.
5 min read - PoliticsThe Hill
Greene: Johnson is ‘owned by the Democrats’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of being “owned by the Democrats” in a Sunday interview. Asked why she thinks Johnson would not “defund Jack Smith,” referring to the special counsel who brought two indictments against President Trump, Greene said, “Mike Johnson is owned by the Democrats, and that proved to…
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With Trump under a gag order, allies step up attacks on his hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump risks a trip to jail if he attacks witnesses in his New York hush-money trial. But his allies aren't covered by the gag order and are helping him out.
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Top Biden official doubts Israel can achieve 'total victory' in Gaza
The Biden administration does not see it likely or possible that Israel will achieve "total victory" in defeating Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Monday. While U.S. officials have urged Israel to help devise a clear plan for the governance post-war Gaza, Campbell's comments are the clearest to date from a top U.S. official effectively admitting that Israel's current military strategy won't bring the result that it is aiming for.
2 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Trump’s hush-money trial: here’s what’s happened in the case so far
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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Biden blocks Chinese-backed crypto mining firm from land ownership near Wyoming military base
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base. The order forces the divestment of property operated as a crypto mining facility near the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. It also forces the removal of certain equipment owned by MineOne Partners Ltd., a firm that is partly owned by the Chinese state.
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US energy panel approves rule to expand transmission of renewable power
Federal energy regulators on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050. The rule, under development for two years, is aimed at boosting the nation's aging power grid to meet surging demand fueled by huge data centers, electrification of vehicles and buildings, artificial intelligence and other uses. The increase
5 min read - WorldPolitico
Israel’s ‘total victory’ in Gaza is unlikely, top US official says
It’s the bluntest articulation yet from a Biden administration official that Israel can’t succeed at its goal of wiping out Hamas.
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What to know about Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen's pivotal testimony in the hush money trial
Once Donald Trump's loyal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen pointed the finger at his former boss Monday in pivotal testimony about hush money payments at the center of the first criminal trial of a former American president. Cohen provided jurors with an insider's account of payments to silence women's claims of sexual encounters with Trump, saying the payments were directed by Trump to fend off damage to his 2016 White House bid. Cohen is expected to be on the witness stand for several days,
7 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot
U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process. The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will vigorously defend the rule against what it called “hidden junk fees.” American, Delta, United and three other carriers, along with their industry trade group, sued the Transportat
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Donald Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial
With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him. “The thing that the president is prevented from saying, which is a disgrace, is that every single person involved in this prosecution is practically a Democratic political operative,” U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio said outside the courthouse Monday during a morning break. Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen took the stan
4 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden in five key battleground states, new polls show
Surveys put ex-president up in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Georgia and Nevada as Biden campaign brushes off significance
4 min read - WorldAssociated Press
China and US envoys will hold the first top-level dialogue on artificial intelligence in Geneva
High-level envoys from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva on Tuesday for talks about artificial intelligence, including the risks of the fast-evolving technology and ways to set shared standards to manage it. The meeting, billed as an opening exchange of views, is the first under an intergovernmental dialogue on AI agreed upon during a multi-faceted meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November. Both the U.S. and China
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'A big family': At trial, Michael Cohen recalls when he and Trump arranged hush-money as co-conspirator besties
Back before the two men hated each other, Michael Cohen and Donald Trump were co-conspirator besties, the former "fixer" told a New York jury.
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Major airlines sue Biden administration over fee disclosure rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Major U.S. airlines are suing the U.S. Transportation Department over a new rule requiring upfront disclosure of airline fees, the latest clash between air carriers and the Biden administration. Lobbying group Airlines for America, along with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways , Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines, filed suit against the department (USDOT) in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana late on Friday, according
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US overhauls electric grid to make way for more renewables
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first major electric transmission policy update in over a decade that aims to speed up new interregional lines to move more clean energy to meet growing demand amid the explosion of electric vehicles, data centers and artificial intelligence. Approved in a 2-1 vote, the new rule is also the first time the FERC has ever squarely addressed the need for long-term transmission planning, playing a key role in
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump to stump in Minnesota, a traditionally blue state he insists he can win. Is it really in play?
Former President Donald Trump's planned campaign visit to Minnesota on Friday will mark his return to a traditionally Democratic state that he has long argued he could carry. Trump will take a break from his hush money trial in New York to speak at the Minnesota GOP's annual Lincoln Reagan fundraising dinner. Tickets start at $500, ranging up to $100,000 for a VIP table for 10 with three photo opportunities with Trump.
6 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump hush money trial: A timeline of key events in the case
The events at the center of former President Donald Trump’s hush money case date back almost two decades, with new dates coming to light as the trial plays out in a Manhattan courtroom. January 2005: Trump marries his current wife, Melania. September 2005: Trump is recorded bragging to “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush about grabbing women’s genitals without asking for permission.
7 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Battleground Polling Shows Ticket-Splitting Pattern
We have a new set of polls for you in the battleground states, including New York Times/Siena College polls of Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona and the inaugural Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll in Pennsylvania. The results in the presidential race would have been surprising a year ago, but it’s hard to call them surprising anymore. Former President Donald Trump leads in five of the six states among likely voters, with President Joe Biden squeaking out a lead among likely vote
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J.D. Vance Claims He'll Accept The 2024 Election Results On 1 Condition
The Ohio senator is reportedly high on Donald Trump's vice-presidential shortlist.
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How the right is weaponizing pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US
Republicans are using a narrative of chaos and ‘philosophical divisions on Israel’ among Democrats to sink Biden’s campaign
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Fuel industry group targets Biden and Democrats in key states over emissions standards
A fuel industry group is launching a new $6.6 million ad buy criticizing President Joe Biden and Democratic Senate candidates in key swing states over the administration’s new emissions standards that are expected to lead to dramatic cuts in the production of gas-powered cars.
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Democratic ad campaign tries to chip away at Trump support among rural swing voters in 3 key states
A Democratic group is rolling out a new $140 million ad campaign that aims to chip away at Donald Trump's support among one of his most loyal voting blocs: rural voters. The ads, from American Bridge 21st Century, will begin airing Monday in the northern battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. “We should compete everywhere," said American Bridge co-founder Bradley Beychok, who said Democrats have too often shied away from rural counties as they have focused on turning out
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US Senator Robert Menendez goes on trial for corruption, no jurors chosen
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jury selection began in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez on Monday, with a judge excusing dozens of prospective jurors in a case that could affect the Democrat's political future and the makeup of the U.S. Senate. Menendez, who is New Jersey's senior senator, faces 16 criminal charges including bribery, fraud, obstruction and acting as a foreign agent. He is being tried alongside New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana and Fred Daibes in Manhattan federal court
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Florida is a prime example of Trump’s vise grip on state Republican parties
With Trump family members as state delegates, as well as national party co-chair, GOP lawmakers fall in line to support ex-president
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Meet Laura Friedman, the pool-playing assemblywoman who'll likely succeed Adam Schiff
Facing off against a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic district in November, Friedman is on a glide path to Congress.
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Star witness Michael Cohen directly implicates Trump in testimony at hush money trial
Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer said Monday in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s hush money trial. “Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off,” said Michael Cohen, Trump's fixer-turned-foe and the prosecution's star witness in a case now entering its final, pivotal stretch. In hours of highly anticipated testimony, Cohen placed Tru
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Corruption trial for Sen. Bob Menendez underway with jury selection
Sen Bob Menendez, a Democrat, went on trial in Manhattan federal court Monday, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would help three New Jersey businessmen. Menendez, 70, sat with his lawyers and listened as Judge Sidney H. Stein told several dozen prospective jurors about the charges against Menendez and two of the businessmen. After he warned them that the trial was expected to last up to seven weeks, Stein let jurors raise their hands if
3 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an 'army.' The migrants tell another story
It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood. It would be another day without a job since he crossed the southern U.S. border illegally in February. The daily struggle of Chinese immigrants in Flushing is a far cry from the picture former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint of them as a coordinated group of “military-age” men who have come to the United States to bu
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The 5 biggest bombshells of Trump's hush-money trial so far
The unprecedented first criminal trial of a former President Donald Trump has delivered several stunning moments so far.
7 min read - WorldThe Guardian
‘Strategic and moral mistakes’: US politicians step up condemnation of Israel
Democrat warns Hamas could become stronger if Israel wages all-out Rafah assault, while Blinken offers more measured comments
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Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant “a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians” but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters and could drive a lasting insurgency. In a pair of TV interviews, Blinken underscored that the United States believes Israeli forces should “get out of Gaza,” but also is waiting to see credible plans from
4 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Michael Cohen Was Paid to Fix Trump’s Problems. Now He’s One of Them.
Donald Trump has always surrounded himself with lawyers — all types of lawyers. There are the television-friendly talking heads. The polished criminal practitioners. The pit-bull litigators, the corporate suits and the legal advisers with their own legal troubles. And then there was the singular Michael D. Cohen, lawyer by trade and enforcer by nature. With the loyalty of a surrogate son, he kept Trump’s secrets and cleaned up his messes. He was the fixer. This week, however, Cohen is poised to
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken declines to identify 'red line' for aid to Israel
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday declined to identify the Biden administration’s “red line” with Israel, despite President Joe Biden’s comments earlier this week that the U.S. will withhold certain military assistance if Israel launches an offensive on Rafah.
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Trump asked top oil execs for $1 billion campaign cash in exchange for environmental policy rollbacks, report says
Trump offered oil execs a $1 billion campaign contribution "deal" in exchange for dismantling Biden's environmental agenda, a report says.
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From senators to a dog killer: A power ranking of Trump's potential vice presidents
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina leads our early rankings of Donald Trump's potential running mates.
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Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial
He once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump. Now Michael Cohen is prosecutors' biggest piece of legal ammunition in the former president's hush money trial. There is his tortured history with Trump, for whom he served as personal attorney and problem-zapper until his practices came under federal investigation.
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Trump leads his supporters in vulgar chants at Jersey Shore rally
Donald Trump attacked his hush money trial prosecutor and judge at a New Jersey rally. He claimed he was being indicted on "bullshit" charges.
3 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
One path for Biden to lure blue-collar voters – find the economic villains: ‘You have to pick fights’
Experts say Biden can win back working-class Americans if he hammers home the message that he is helping them on pocketbook issues
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Migrants, real and imagined, grip US voters, 1,500 miles north of border
Few residents of this Wisconsin small city have seen a migrant but some are blaming Biden for an ‘invasion’ regardless and elsewhere in the state an influx of foreigners is not all it seems
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