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Trump’s lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution’s first witness in hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility of prosecutors’ first witness in his hush money case on Friday, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme to bury negative stories to protect the Republican’s 2016 presidential campaign. On the witness stand for a fourth day, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker was grilled about his memory and past statements as the defense tried to poke holes in potentially crucial testimony in the first criminal trial of a former American president.
3 big takeaways from Day 8 of Trump's hush money trial
The first week of arguments in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial concluded Friday with testimony from Trump's longtime assistant and Michael Cohen's former banker.
Analysis: John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now? | CNN Politics
During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. But the cagey chief justice made some points abundantly clear.
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Trump challenges Biden to debate 'any time he wants' as he leaves the NY courthouse for the week
As he left the courthouse for the week, Donald Trump declared again that his hush money case is politically motivated and challenged President Joe Biden to debate "any time he wants," even Friday night or at the White House.
apnews.comPresident Joe Biden says he's 'happy to debate' Donald Trump. Trump says he's ready to go
Biden's comment Friday is the most definitive he's been on whether he would debate his presumptive Republican opponent.
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Here are all the gag order violations Trump is accused of making
As Trump awaits a ruling on whether he will be held in contempt for violating a gag order, prosecutors on Thursday accused him of making four more violations.
Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package
The $6bn package includes air defence munitions but not the missile systems Ukraine says it badly needs.
www.bbc.comPlanning for potential presidential transition underway as Biden administration kicks it off
President Joe Biden’s administration has formally begun planning for a potential presidential transition, aiming to ensure continuity of government no matter the outcome of November’s general election.
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Trump trial highlights: Former Trump assistant testifies about Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal
Latest news and live updates on Day 8 of the Trump hush money trial as testimony about the former president continues.
www.nbcnews.com
Anti-Israel agitators: Signs of 'foreign assistance' emerge in Columbia, NYU unrest
An education expert tells Fox News Digital that matching tents at NYU anti-Israel protests and Columbia training sessions with terror sympathizers suggest "foreign assistance."
Trump trial sees new witnesses on the stand to close out first week of testimony
Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York called two new witnesses to the stand on Friday, rounding out the first week of testimony.
www.cbsnews.com
Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of China attempting to influence upcoming US elections | CNN Politics
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has seen evidence of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming US elections, despite an earlier commitment from leader Xi Jinping not to do so.
www.cnn.com
Yemen’s Houthis launch attacks on US, Israeli vessels as warships defend
New attack comes two weeks after Iran-aligned group said it targeted three vessels and a US warship.
Blinken says China helping fuel Russian threat to Ukraine
The US Secretary of State was speaking to the BBC at the end of a three-day trip to China.
www.bbc.comCharges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case
Authorities have revealed the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges that were filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case.
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Cyberattack forces Georgia county to sever connection to state voter registration system | CNN Politics
Georgia’s Coffee County suffered a cyberattack this month that forced the county to sever its connection to the state’s voter registration system as a precautionary measure, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
www.cnn.comThese people were charged with interfering in the 2020 election. Some are still in politics today
As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.
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In private, Biden shifts from frustration to confidence that he'll beat Trump
The president's mood has been buoyed by recent polling and his visits to battleground states, as Trump sits in a Manhattan courtroom for his criminal trial.
www.nbcnews.com
Secretary Buttigieg and Black mayors preview transportation projects designed to heal historic inequities | CNN Politics
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday joined Black mayors from across the nation to preview the work his department is doing to bring transportation projects to their communities to correct historic wrongs.
www.cnn.com
GOP rebels pushing to boot Speaker Johnson mum after Trump defends him
The three conservative rebels trying to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson have not addressed former President Trump coming out in support of the House GOP leader.
Image of Iraqi rockets was taken during 2015 launch against Islamic State | Fact check
The image does not show rockets being fired at U.S. targets. It dates back to 2015 and shows Iraqi rockets headed toward Islamic State targets.
www.usatoday.com
Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions
Several amateur Wall Street investors have made tens of millions of dollars by betting that the stock price will keep dropping.
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Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to "immense" feedback, Biden administration says
The White House had been due to decide on the menthol cigarette rule in March.
www.cbsnews.com
Senators renew scrutiny of border officers' authority to search Americans' phones
Border officers have broad authority to search travelers' electronic devices without a warrant or suspicion of a crime.
www.cbsnews.comJudge upholds disqualification of challenger to judge in Trump’s Georgia election interference case
A judge upheld the disqualification of a candidate who had had planned to run against the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s 2020 Georgia election interference case.
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Continue reading...White House condemns Columbia student remarks about 'murdering Zionists': 'A wakeup call'
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Columbia junior Khymani James expressed "regret" early Friday after a video of him previously suggesting people should be "grateful" he wasn't "murdering Zionists" went viral online.
Without explicitly mentioning what they were, James made the inflammatory comments that were first reported by
Continue reading...Columbia junior Khymani James expressed "regret" early Friday after a video of him previously suggesting people should be "grateful" he wasn't "murdering Zionists" went viral online.
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Continue reading...Trump accuses RFK Jr. of being a 'Democrat plant' and 'wasted protest vote'
Former President Donald Trump is speaking out aggressively against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he claims is a Democratic Party "plant."
Trump made the accusations on Friday night via his proprietary social media platform, Truth Social.
"RFK Jr. is a Democrat "Plant," a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected," Trump wrote.
RFK JR 'DISTURBED' BY 'WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT' AGAINST TRUMP, VOWS TO...
Continue reading...Trump made the accusations on Friday night via his proprietary social media platform, Truth Social.
"RFK Jr. is a Democrat "Plant," a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected," Trump wrote.
RFK JR 'DISTURBED' BY 'WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT' AGAINST TRUMP, VOWS TO...
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Continue reading...Protest leader sorry for 'kill Zionists' comments
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Continue reading...'I thought just kill me quickly': Gaza hostage's 54 days in captivity
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Continue reading...'Nobody will take my voice anymore' - Israeli hostage
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Continue reading...How a police raid on Columbia protest ignited campus movement
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