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Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, May 27, 2024

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Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The testimony in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is all wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses, meaning the case heads into the pivotal final stretch of closing arguments, jury deliberations and possibly a verdict.

It’s impossible to say how long all of that will take, but in a landmark trial that’s already featured its fair share of memorable moments, this week could easily be the most important.

























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Air quality alerts issued in Canada and US as wildfires continue to burn

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Wildfire smoke degrades air quality in swaths of Ontario, with Toronto ranking among the worst in the world on Monday.
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Emmys 2025: Severance and The Penguin scoop top nominations

  • News source: BBC News - World
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See which shows and actors are up for the TV industry's most prestigious awards in Los Angeles.
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Trump 'not encouraging killing' by asking Ukraine about Russia strikes, White House says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Trump asked Ukraine's Zelensky if he could strike Moscow and other Russian targets, the Financial Times reported.
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Aid workers 'executed' in Ethiopia's Tigray war, charity says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A Spaniard and two Ethiopians were shot dead during the conflict in northern Ethiopia, MSF says.
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Bondi ousts Justice Department's top ethics official

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Attorney General Pam Bondi last week ousted the senior ethics attorney at the Justice Department who advised her and other senior officials on employee ethics, the latest firing that has come amid an ongoing purge of department employees.

Joseph Tirrell, who was director of the Departmental Ethics Office, wrote in a post on LinkedIn that he received a letter signed by Bondi on Friday informing him that he had been removed from his position. The letter stated that his employment with the Justice Department "is hereby terminated, and you...
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ICE says many in immigration detention no longer qualify for bond hearings

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration has dramatically curtailed the ability for those facing deportation to be released from immigration detention, its latest effort to expand the scope of its sweeping immigration crackdown, sources briefed on the policy change told CBS News.

By reinterpreting an immigration law from the 1990s, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now instructing officials to argue in immigration court that detainees facing deportation are not eligible to be released on bond if they entered the U.S. illegally.

Previously, ICE's mandatory...
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Republican leading House Budget Committee looks ahead after passing Big Beautiful Bill

  • News source: FOX News
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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, was praised for the role he played in the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill. However, the congressman says this is the beginning, not the end, of spending reforms.

"We will never be able to get a balanced budget or even put our country on a path to a balanced budget and a sustainable fiscal trajectory in one reconciliation bill," Arrington told Fox News Digital. "We're too far down the broken road of bad and irresponsible fiscal behavior. We're too deep in the debt hole for one bill to...
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Senate GOP braces for test vote on Trump's $9.4B clawback package

  • News source: FOX News
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Senate Republicans are gearing up to advance a multibillion-dollar clawback package from President Donald Trump, but dissent among the ranks threatens to stymie the process.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., intends to put Trump’s $9.4 billion rescissions package, which would scrape back congressionally approved funding for a variety of so-called "woke" programs that fund foreign aid and public broadcasting.

'GUT CHECK TIME': DISSENT AMONG SENATE GOP RANKS THREATENS TO REDUCE TRUMP'S SPENDING CUT DEMAND

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Anthony Bernal: Who is Jill Biden's top aide ordered to testify about alleged cover-up?

  • News source: FOX News
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House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Anthony Bernal, who served as chief of staff for first lady Jill Biden and as an assistant to President Joe Biden, to testify at a deposition Wednesday.

Bernal refused to appear for a transcribed interview on June 26 as part of the Oversight Committee’s investigation into the alleged cover-up of Biden’s mental decline and potentially unauthorized use of autopen for pardons and other executive actions.

He had previously confirmed he would appear for the interview, but when the White House...
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Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, governor says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Israeli military said it had struck a number of military compounds belonging to the armed group Hezbollah.
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Fourteen people arrested after anti-migrant riots in southern Spain

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Clashes were sparked after an alleged attack on a man in his 60s by three Moroccan men.
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From military ruler to democrat - ex-Nigeria President Buhari's life in pictures

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Muhammadu Buhari’s life tracked dramatic changes over decades – and he was often at the centre of events.
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Two dead after flash flooding in New Jersey and New York City

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The New Jersey governor has declared a state of emergency as some roads are blocked and subways delayed.
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Hegseth abruptly pulls Pentagon officials from 'globalist' Aspen conference

  • News source: FOX News
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Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled senior Defense Department officials from the Aspen Security Conference for promoting the "evil of globalism."

Military commanders were set to speak at the conference, which begins on Tuesday, as has been tradition through Republican and Democratic administrations.

But Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson told Just the News the secretary’s office believes the conference "promotes the evil of globalism, disdain for our great country, and hatred for the President of the United States."

Wilson added that DoD "has no...
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RNC Chair Michael Whatley claims Zohran Mamdani is the 'face of the new Democratic Party'

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE – Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's stunning Democratic Party primary victory in the nation's most populous city appears to be the gift that keeps on giving for Republicans aiming to paint Democrats as extreme radicals.

When asked if Mamdani is giving the GOP extra ammunition in their messaging battle, Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley answered "absolutely."

"I mean, this is the face of the new Democratic Party," Whatley said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.

Whatley argued that "everybody who wants...
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