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Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president’s historic hush money trial. “This was a planned, long-running conspiracy to influence the 2016 election, to help Donald Trump get elected through illegal expenditures to silence people who had something bad to say about his behavior,” prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said. “It was election fraud, pure and simple.”
Prosecutors at hush money trial say Trump led 'porn star payoff' scheme to 'corrupt' 2016 election
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker was called as the prosecution’s first witness following opening statements from both sides.
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House GOP blame game erupts after Johnson forces through $95B Ukraine, Israel aid plan
House Republicans are blaming each other after their latest bid to pass border security measures failed over the weekend.
Trump's $175 million bond in New York civil fraud judgment case is settled with cash promise
New York state lawyers and an attorney for former President Donald Trump have settled their differences over a $175 million bond that Trump posted to block the collection of a large civil fraud judgment while he pursues appeals.
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Congress seems poised to pass potential TikTok ban in US. How would it work?
The measure sailed through the House as part of a foreign aid package.
Supreme Court prepares to debate Trump immunity claim in election interference case
The high court will hold arguments Thursday morning in what could determine Donald Trump's personal and political future
With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court weighs bans on sleeping outdoors
The case is considered the most significant to come before the high court in decades on homelessness, which is reaching record levels in the United States.
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Trump trial: Prosecution say hush money was 'pure election fraud'
But the defence says the former president committed no crimes and calls star witness an admitted liar.
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Not a winning strategy: Four times House GOP all-or-nothing politics has cost it - Washington Examiner
In the 118th Congress, House Republicans have been riddled with party infighting and chaos since being sworn into office earlier in 2023.
www.washingtonexaminer.comSupreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here's what's next
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences. The high court will consider whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Top 4 takeaways from Day 5 of Trump's hush money trial
Here are the top takeaways from the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York.
Trump says it's a "very, very sad day in America" as historic hush money trial starts
For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public.
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Biden offers qualified condemnation of antisemitic protests at Columbia - Washington Examiner
President Joe Biden delivered a qualified denunciation of anti-Israel protests on college campuses.
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'No place to go': Supreme Court debates cities' leeway to crack down on homeless camps
The Supreme Court sounded as if they think cities are in a better position than the federal courts to decide how to address homeless encampments.
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Few have heard about Biden's climate policies, even those who care most about issue — CBS News poll
Those who prioritize climate change feel somewhat unsatisfied — more of them feel Biden has done too little.
www.cbsnews.comSupreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns.
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Trump hush money trial: Prosecutors allege 'election fraud,' while defense says Trump is 'innocent'
Follow the latest developments in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial in New York.
Israel yet to back up ‘terrorist’ claims against UNRWA, report finds
Independent review of UN agency for Palestinians says Israel yet to provide evidence for allegations against its staff.
Analysis: Polls show substantial support for candidates like RFK Jr. How much of it is real? | CNN Politics
Historical precedent suggests the election performances of third-party and independent candidates rarely live up to their pre-election polling.
www.cnn.comReview of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff
A review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency found Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it received since 2011.
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NY vs Trump: The evidence prosecutors can present if former president testifies
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may bring up E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit and Attorney General Letitia James' case should former President Trump take the stand, the judge presiding over the trial ruled Monday.
Supreme Court conservatives skeptical of challenge to Oregon city's crackdown on homeless
The case, concerning ordinances in Grants Pass, raises questions under the Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment.
www.nbcnews.comStock market today: Wall Street climbs to kick off a big week for earnings reports
U.S. stocks have clawed back some of their losses from last week. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% Monday to recover more than a quarter of last week's rout.
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After the police moved in, many protesters relocated to a location on West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village, not...
Continue reading...Police moved in on an encampment in Gould Plaza near the Stern School of Business just after 8:15 p.m. and started taking down tents and making arrests. Chopper 2's Dan Rice reported at least two dozen demonstrators being taken to four police buses. While that was happening, protesters started throwing objects in the direction of police officers.
After the police moved in, many protesters relocated to a location on West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village, not...
U.S. program has resettled 187,000 Ukrainian refugees with little controversy
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Asked if she feels safe in America, Yana said, "Yeah."
Roughly two years ago, Yana and her family had their lives suddenly upended by Russia's invasion of their native country. Olena Kopchak...
Continue reading..."I like the flowers here," Yana said in English, which she has learned remarkably quickly. "People aren't, like, being mean to anybody. They're being nice to everybody."
Asked if she feels safe in America, Yana said, "Yeah."
Roughly two years ago, Yana and her family had their lives suddenly upended by Russia's invasion of their native country. Olena Kopchak...