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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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Lies, loyalty and a gag order upheld: Tuesday’s Trump hush money trial takeaways


NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s attorneys started grilling prosecutors’ star witness in his hush money trial Tuesday, portraying former attorney Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who’s determined to see the former president behind bars.

Cohen endured intense questioning by defense attorney Todd Blanche after providing pivotal testimony tying the presumptive Republican presidential nominee directly to the hush money scheme at the heart of the case.
























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Air Force pilot dies after aircraft ejection seat goes off while on the ground

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An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said.
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House GOP pushes bill to force Biden to continue transfer of weapons to Israel

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The House plans to vote on a GOP bill to force the Biden admin to continue the transfer of weapons to Israel and to condemn its decision to pause a bomb shipment.
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'Child predator': Illegal immigrant with past sex conviction captured in border state

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An illegal immigrant who was nabbed in Arizona by Border Patrol last week is a "child predator" with a conviction for child sex abuse, officials announced.

Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens announced Border Patrol agents in Douglas, Arizona, arrested a Mexican national and "child predator" with a previous conviction for felony aggravated criminal sex abuse with a victim under 13 years old.

Border Patrol agents have encountered nearly 8,800 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions so far this fiscal year, which began in October. That compares to...
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Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ukraine says it has moved troops to "advantageous positions" as Russia intensifies its attacks on the region.
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Witherspoon 'so excited' for Legally Blonde prequel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A new prequel TV series, titled Elle, is currently in development at Amazon Prime Video.
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How AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A YouTuber falls victim to generative AI on Chinese social media, but the ramifications stretch beyond China.
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An Afghan military helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills at least 1, the Taliban say

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The Taliban say a military helicopter crashed in Ghor province in western Afghanistan, killing at least one person
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8 teens taken to hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during school field trip

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Eight teenagers got "acutely ill" after ingesting marijuana edibles during a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, authorities said.
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Still trapped on Baltimore ship, months after bridge collapse

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Morale is low for the Dali's crew members, stranded on board by ongoing investigation into tragedy.
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China’s spy threat is growing, but the West has struggled to keep up

  • News source: BBC News - World
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For years, Western spy agencies have talked of a need to pivot to focus on China, but senior officials say the threat has been taken seriously enough.
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Trump's lawyer attacks Cohen in hush-money trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The defence team questioned the credibility of Trump's former lawyer, who said he lied for the ex-President.
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Who won the Kendrick Lamar v Drake beef?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Fans have been captivated by a mind-boggling, escalating song-based conflict between two modern rap titans.
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How MSNBC’s Leftward Tilt Delivers Ratings, and Complications

  • News source: Jim Rutenberg and Michael M. Grynbaum
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MSNBC placed a big bet on becoming comfort TV for liberals. Then it doubled down.

Time slots on the cable network once devoted to news programming are now occupied by Trump-bashing opinion hosts. The channel has become a landing spot for high-profile alumni of President Biden’s administration like Jen Psaki, who went from hosting White House press briefings to hosting her own show. On Super Tuesday, when producers aired a portion of a live speech by former President Donald J. Trump, Rachel Maddow chastised her bosses on the air.

The moves have been...
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Seventeen Percent of Voters Blame Biden for the End of Roe

  • News source: Claire Cain Miller, Ruth Igielnik and Margot
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Nearly one in five voters in battleground states says that President Biden is responsible for ending the constitutional right to abortion, a new poll found, despite the fact that he supports abortion rights and that his opponent Donald J. Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who made it possible to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Trump supporters and voters with less education were most likely to attribute responsibility for abortion bans to Mr. Biden, but the misperception existed across demographic groups. Twelve percent of Democrats hold Mr. Biden...
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Biden district Republican says this critical issue will define 2024 elections

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A House Republican who represents a district President Biden won by more than six points is arguing "security" will be the deciding factor in races like his across the country come November.

"It’s an irrational thing for a voter not to want security," Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital in an interview.

Garcia is the only Republican in the House of Representatives who represents part of the Los Angeles metro area. He’s also one of 17 House GOP lawmakers in districts Biden won in 2020 and is a prime target for Democrats in trying to...
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