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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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American Airlines backtracks on filing that blamed child for being filmed in bathroom

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Sen. Rick Scott says he'll run to be next Senate Republican leader

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Judge agrees to delay Hunter Biden trial in California tax fraud case

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Washington — A federal judge in Los Angeles agreed Wednesday to postpone Hunter Biden's federal criminal trial on tax fraud charges until September.

The case was originally scheduled to go to trial on June 20, but Biden's legal team asked the court for the delay.

In court filings, his attorneys argued that a series of scheduling conflicts and pending appeals would overlap with his criminal case in Delaware, where he faces three felony gun charges and is expected to go to trial on June 3. Biden has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied...
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Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Trump

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Washington — Former presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she will vote for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, even though she has previously called him "not qualified" to lead the nation.

Haley, in her first political public appearance since suspending her campaign, announced she will be voting for Trump, despite all of her intense and extensive criticism of the indicted former president's actions and character. Haley, a former South Carolina governor, served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the Trump...
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IRS whistleblower Shapley said he 'could no longer pursue' Hunter Biden sugar brother Kevin Morris due to CIA

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IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley said he was told he "could no longer pursue" Hunter Biden "sugar brother" Kevin Morris as a witness due to
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Trump’s campaign rival decides between voting for him or Biden

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Fox News Politics: Hunter in the Crosshairs

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Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail.

What's happening?

- Obama admin blocked FBI from arresting suspected Iranian agents

- Capitol Police respond to vials of blood sent to RNC headquarters

- Biden lead in New York shrinks to single digits after Trump speech

House Republicans have obtained information they say proves "indisputably" that Hunter Biden lied under oath multiple times during his congressional deposition earlier this year.

The House...
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New poll dives into Trump-Biden rematch with one month until first debate

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With just over one month to go until they face off on the debate stage for the first time, a new national poll indicates
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Nikki Haley says she is voting Trump for president

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ms Haley was once Mr Trump's UN ambassador and was the last of his major Republican primary rivals.
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Zuma lashes out at judges after election ban

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South Africa's ex-president speaks to the BBC after being barred from standing in next week's election.
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Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Beach House Displayed ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag

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Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs.

This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent years and is now a symbol of support for former...
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Hunter Biden’s Trial on Tax Charges Is Pushed to September

  • News source: Glenn Thrush
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The judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s tax case in Los Angeles agreed on Wednesday to delay the start of his trial to Sept. 5, giving his lawyers room to prepare for a separate trial on a firearms charge in Delaware early next month.

While the move came as a relief to President Biden’s son, it pushes a trial likely to highlight Hunter’s Biden’s effort to leverage his family’s name into profit into the homestretch of the campaign season, around the time mail-in voting starts in some states.

Both of former President Donald J. Trump’s federal trials...
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Nikki Haley Says She Will Vote for Trump

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In her first public appearance since she dropped her Republican presidential bid in March, Nikki Haley, the former United Nations ambassador, on Wednesday said she would vote for former President Donald J. Trump, stopping short of an official endorsement.

Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, a conservative think tank, Ms. Haley delivered a scathing critique of President Biden and Republicans on foreign policy. During her speech, she made no mention of the elephant in the room: Mr. Trump.

But in a fireside chat afterward, the moderator...
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UNRWA suspends aid to Rafah due to 'insecurity, lack of supplies' amid ongoing war

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UNRWA said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to Rafah due to "insecurity" and "lack of supplies" amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
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Nikki Haley says she 'will be voting for Trump'

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Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she will vote for former President Donald Trump in November during her remarks in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
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