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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, May 21, 2024

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Donald Trump’s lawyers have rested their defense in the former president’s New York hush money trial, bringing the case one step closer to final arguments. (AP Video: John Minchillo)

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Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money criminal trial, moving the case closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate.


























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Cornel West joins DC reparations protest against Wells Fargo Bank

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Unaffiliated presidential candidate Cornel West joined a group of protesters picketing in front of Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon – bolstering their demands for reparations. West, who was initially running under the People's Party banner before electing to run as an Independent, spoke to Fox News Digital after stopping by to offer support for the protesters.

West's interaction with the assembled demonstrators suggested he joined the protest on a short deadline, as he said he planned to travel to...
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Biden blasted by experts for repeating 'debunked lie' to Black students at HBCU graduation: 'Factually false'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden has faced a storm of criticism on social media and by experts over the past few days for repeating what many have labeled a lie about Georgia’s election law that was implemented several years ago.

"Today in Georgia, they won't allow water to be available to you while you wait in line to vote in an election," Biden told the graduating class at Morehouse College, a historically Black university in Atlanta, over the weekend. "What in the hell is that all about?"

"It’s 2024," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office posted...
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GOP AGs ask SCOTUS to hear Mexico's lawsuit blaming US gun manufacturers for cartel violence

  • News source: FOX News
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A cohort of 27 top Republican prosecutors have filed an amicus brief at the Supreme Court, asking it to take up a case brought by the Mexican government that seeks to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for gun violence at the hands
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Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize a Palestinian state in a historic move

  • News source: The Associated Press
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Norway, Ireland and Spain recognized a Palestinian state on Wednesday in a historic move that drew condemnation from Israel and jubilation from the Palestinians. Israel ordered back its ambassadors from Norway and Ireland.

It was a lightning cascade of announcements. First was Norway, whose Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said “there cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition.”

Gahr Støre said the Scandinavian country will officially recognize a Palestinian state as of May 28. “By recognizing a Palestinian state, Norway supports...
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Zhang Zhan, imprisoned for 'provoking trouble' reporting on COVID in China, released

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist, has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China
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Michael Cohen swore he had nothing derogatory on Trump, his ex-lawyer says – another lie – as testimony ends

  • News source: FOX News
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The prosecution and defense rested yesterday, meaning, to no one’s shock, that Donald Trump did not testify.

Trump had said he would, but it would have been judicial malpractice for his lawyers to expose him to a hundred different lines of interrogation.

Michael Cohen went into the hush money trial with a well-established reputation as a convicted liar.

We all knew he would be hammered on cross-examination for lying on behalf of Trump, lying to Congress, lying to investigators and lying to the press. That was baked into the equation...
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Ireland and Norway to recognise Palestinian state, with Spain to follow

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israel's foreign ministry has warned the move will "fuel extremism and instability".
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UN halts Rafah food distribution due to shortages and hostilities

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A UN agency says its stores are inaccessible because of an Israeli operation in the south Gaza city.
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Ex-Russian army commander detained over fraud charge

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ivan Popov was fired in 2023 after criticising Russia's management of the Ukraine war in a leaked recording.
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US signals support for possible ICC sanctions over Israel warrants

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said he was "committed" to working with Congress to respond to the court.
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Fani Willis says no one above or 'beneath' the law, plans on drinking Grey Goose to celebrate re-election

  • News source: FOX News
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Fani Willis, the prosecutor in the sweeping Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, said no one is above or "beneath" the law in her victory speech, sharing that she plans on celebrating with vodka.

The Georgia district attorney has been on the receiving end of scrutiny by many Republicans in the state and nationwide for her affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, which almost got her removed from the case.

After defeating Democrat attorney Christina Wise Smith, Willis shared her vision in her victory speech on...
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Air Force veteran to take on incumbent Democrat in competitive Oregon House race

  • News source: FOX News
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An Air Force veteran who touts her national security experience has won the Republican primary in one of deep-blue Oregon's more competitive House races.

Attorney and former Air Force Col. Monique DeSpain will now take on incumbent Democrat Rep. Val Hoyle, who represents Oregon's 4th Congressional District, in the November general election as Republicans hope to increase their narrow majority in the House of Representatives.

The race is one of the few competitive ones in deep-blue Oregon, but Democrats hold a vast fundraising advantage, and...
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Crowds gather ahead of Iranian president's funeral

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The ceremony will begin with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leading prayers in Tehran.
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US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Russian satellite launched last week may be capable of attacking other satellites, the Pentagon says.
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Trump questions the fairness of Pennsylvania's election system in exclusive KDKA-TV interview

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Former President Donald Trump says Pennsylvania voters won't be swayed by the outcome of his criminal trial in New York.

In an exclusive interview Tuesday with KDKA-TV political editor Jon Delano, Trump says while the trial won't make a difference, he questions the fairness of Pennsylvania's election system.

Just before Trump entered the courtroom Tuesday morning, he talked to KDKA-TV about a host of issues that affect Pennsylvanians. He was asked about his trial, a case that is expected to go to the jury next week.

Any...
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