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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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Here are all the restrictions Biden's team demanded in their Trump debate offer

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President Biden and former President Trump on Wednesday made their plans to officially debate, but the offer from the Biden team came with several strings attached.

Trump gave Biden an open invitation to debate anytime, anywhere, and Biden rose to the challenge, telling Trump to "make my day" in a heavily edited video on social media. Alongside Biden's announcement came a letter from his campaign to the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), and that letter revealed a few critical limits that Biden's team was placing on any debate between him and...
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RFK Jr. explains change on full-term abortion stance: 'Basically killing a child'

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says learning about the rates of elective late-term abortions convinced him to change his position on the issue.

Kennedy reflected on his evolving position regarding abortion on Tuesday during an interview with comedians Shane Gillis and Matt McCusker after the duo praised him for his willingness to change his platform based on new information.

"There's no way you can change my mind by calling me names or criticizing me or by marginalizing or vilifying me," Kennedy told the comedians. "But...
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‘Afraid I would win’: RFK Jr. accuses opponents of ‘colluding’ to exclude him from debates

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New Jersey state Senate cancels hearing on bill condemning antisemitism due to 'safety' concerns

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The New Jersey Senate has canceled a hearing on a bill that would define antisemitism in the state due to alleged "safety and security concerns."

The hearing, which was originally scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, was marked "canceled" on the state legislature's website. No additional details as to why it was canceled were provided online.

"The NJ Senate cited safety and security concerns as the reason for cancelling the committee hearing that would have voted on codifying the IHRA definition of antisemitism in the state of New Jersey," Jason M...
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Biden's DHS promotes ways for visa holders to stay in US after losing work amid major layoffs

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is reminding some visa holders that there are options for staying in the country after getting laid off or fired.

"When H-1B or other noncitizen workers are laid off, they may not be aware of their options and may wrongly assume that they have no choice but to leave the country within 60 days," USCIS said on X Tuesday, along with a link to the guidance.

The guidelines, which were updated last month, offer several options to individuals on work visas who have lost their jobs "either voluntarily...
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Watchdog group sues Biden agency for records as lawmaker calls its voter work 'a slap in the face'

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Dem mocked after failed Senate bid cost him millions

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A Democratic congressman who spent millions of his own money on a failed Senate bid is being mocked as a "loser" and "pathetic" after getting trounced by his closest rival.

Rep. David Trone, D-Md., a wealthy co-founder of Total Wine & More, lost his state's Democratic Senate primary to Prince George's County Executive
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Biden and Trump agree to two presidential debates

  • News source: BBC News - World
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There will be no live audience at June's Atlanta event, which will mark the pair's first on-stage clash in four years.
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David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lawyers for the illusionist say the allegations are "false and scurrilous".
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Swiss court jails Gambia ex-minister for 20 years

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ousman Sonko is convicted of crimes against humanity, including killing and torture, committed in The Gambia.
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'Unprecedented' hunt for escaped French prisoner

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Hundreds of police officers are deployed in the search for Mohamed Amra and the men who freed him.
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Biden Seeks to Curb Flow of Migrants From Nicaragua With New Restrictions

  • News source: Katie Rogers
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The Biden administration will issue visa restrictions against 250 people and sanctions against three organizations that support the Nicaraguan government, whose authoritarian leader officials say has profited off people trying to reach the United States.

Senior administration officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday to preview the plans, said that the Nicaraguan government, led by President Daniel Ortega, had created a system to profit from large numbers of migrants by charging them visa fees upon arrival in the country’s...
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Biden Trails Polls of Arizona and Georgia Despite Billions in Investments

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President Biden’s economic policies have helped spur billions of dollars in new investments in Arizona and Georgia, two crucial battleground states in the 2024 election. Yet so far, Mr. Biden’s policies appear to have done little to lift his support in either region.

Arizona and Georgia have been major beneficiaries of the Biden administration’s key policy initiatives — the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Arizona has become one of the top states for new semiconductor investments, which have...
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Barge hits a bridge in Texas, damaging the structure and causing an oil spill

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Officials say a barge has hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a small island
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2nd teen pleads guilty in rock-throwing spree that killed 20-year-old woman

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A second teenager has pleaded guilty in a rock-throwing spree that claimed the life of 20-year-old driver Alexa Bartell in Colorado.
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