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What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

NEW YORK (AP) — One political party is holding urgent news conferences and congressional hearings over the topic. The other says it’s a dangerous distraction meant to seed doubts before this year’s presidential election.

In recent months, the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a leading election-year talking point for Republicans. They argue that legislation is necessary to protect the sanctity of the vote as the country faces unprecedented levels of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

























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What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky-high again in latest survey of federal employees

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like everyone else, and an agency that has struggled with low morale is showing improvement
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Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

  • News source: Jon Gambrell | Associated Press
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died. He was 63.

Raisi's sudden death, along with Iran's foreign minister and other officials in the helicopter crash Sunday in northwestern Iran, came as Iran struggles with internal dissent and its relations with the wider world. A cleric first, Raisi once kissed the...
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Senior Republican criticizes Biden in speech to Israeli parliament

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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5/19: The Takeout: Reporter Craig Whitlock on his new book about the "Fat Leonard" scandal

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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For this edition of "The Takeout," Major Garrett sits down with author and Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock. His new book details the rise and fall of former contractor "Fat Leonard," and his role in one of the most controversial scandals in U.S. military history.
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Schumer says Senate to take up border bill again this week

  • News source: FOX News
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How should countries deal with falling birth rates?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As the UK and US continue to see falling birth rates, options to deal with the issue are limited.
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Minnesota House passes equal rights constitutional amendment with protections for abortion rights, LGBTQ Minnesotans

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — After delays due to prolonged debates on other legislation, the Minnesota House early Sunday approved an amendment that would enshrine equal rights in the state constitution, including protections for LGTBQ Minnesotans and abortion rights.

The equal rights amendment states that "the state shall not discriminate against any person in intent or effect on account of" race, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity. It also protects "making and effectuating decisions about all matters relating to...
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US security adviser urges Netanyahu to connect war to 'political strategy'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Jake Sullivan's visit comes as Israeli forces continue military operations in Gaza, including in Rafah.
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Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 7
Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war.
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Biden calls for cease-fire in Morehouse commencement address

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Speaking at Morehouse College's commencement ceremony on Sunday, President Biden called for a cease-fire in Gaza. Nikole Killion has more.
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Morehouse defends students, faculty who turned their backs during Biden speech: ‘We are proud’

  • News source: FOX News
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Morehouse College is praising its students and faculty after at least seven graduates and one faculty member sat with their backs turned to
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Top moments from Biden's Morehouse commencement address

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday, his first appearance on a college campus amid widespread unrest and anti-Israel protests.

Biden's speech touched on everything from his history serving as vice president under
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WATCH: Comet lights up the sky over Spain and Portugal

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A bright comet fragment lit up the skies in a spectacular display visible over parts of Spain and Portugal late Saturday night, according to the European Space Agency.
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Texas crime victims liaison pleads guilty to human smuggling with county vehicle

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. and Europe Move Closer to Using Russian Assets to Help Ukraine

  • News source: Alan Rappeport
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The United States and Europe are coalescing around a plan to use interest earned on frozen Russian central bank assets to provide Ukraine with a loan to be used for military and economic assistance, potentially providing the country with a multibillion-dollar lifeline as Russia’s war effort intensifies.

Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said in an interview on Sunday that several options for using $300 billion in immobilized Russian assets remained on the table. But she said the most promising idea was for Group of 7 nations to issue a loan to...
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