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Here’s what every key witness said at Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Closing arguments are coming

NEW YORK (AP) — After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York.

Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defense called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf.

The trial now shifts to closing arguments, scheduled for Tuesday.

After that, it will be up to 12 jurors to decide whether prosecutors have proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified his company’s business records as part of a broader effort to keep stories about marital infidelity from becoming public during his 2016 presidential campaign. He has pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing. ... Full Story - AP























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Teamsters Struggle to Unionize Amazon and FedEx Delivery Workers

  • News source: Peter Eavis
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Last year, two unions representing workers at three large automakers and UPS negotiated new labor contracts that included big raises and other gains. Leaders of the unions — the United Automobile Workers and the Teamsters — hoped the wins would help them organize workers across their industry.

The U.A.W. won one vote to unionize a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee last month and lost one this month at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Alabama. The Teamsters have made even less progress at UPS’s big nonunion rivals in the delivery business, Amazon and FedEx...
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Biden visits daughter-in-law's home ahead of her expected testimony in Hunter Biden trial

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden paid a visit to his daughter-in-law's home Sunday night, days before the ninth anniversary of the death of his son Beau Biden, who was her husband.

The president's brief visit to Hallie Biden's home also comes before she is expected to testify as a witness in
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Deadly strike on Rafah a tragic mishap, Netanyahu says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Scores were killed in the camp for displaced Palestinians which Israel says targeted "senior Hamas terrorists".
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Biden Marks Memorial Day With Message About Freedom as Trump Lashes Out

  • News source: Michael D. Shear
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President Biden paid tribute to veterans who died in America’s wars at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, hailing them as “a link in the chain of honor” who deserve recognition for protecting the nation’s democracy.

“Freedom has never been guaranteed,” Mr. Biden said in a nine-minute Memorial Day address, moments after placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

“Every generation has to earn it. Fight for it. Defend it in battle between autocracy and democracy,” he said of the nation’s veterans. “Our democracy is more than just a system of...
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Trump Elevates a Conservative ‘Warrior’ on Education

  • News source: Alexandra Berzon and Michael C. Bender
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In early 2021, Representative Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida, and his wife, Erika, took the stage at an event hosted by the Truth & Liberty Coalition, a group that pushes to inject Christianity into public schools and other institutions and whose leader has described homosexuality as Satan’s work.

The couple was warmly welcomed as allies in the cause. Ms. Donalds was singled out for opening a charter school in Florida. As a state legislator, Mr. Donalds had created a school voucher program that, in the words of one speaker, let children “get a...
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Basketball legend Bill Walton dead at 71

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Bill Walton, the legendary basketball player and sportscaster, died Monday at 71, according to the NBA.
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Libertarians pick Chase Oliver as presidential nominee, rejecting Trump, RFK Jr.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Libertarian Party on Sunday chose party activist Chase Oliver as its presidential nominee, rejecting both former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after each spoke at the party's convention over the weekend.

Third parties have rarely been competitive in U.S. presidential elections and the Libertarian candidate four years ago won 1% of the vote. But the party's decision is attracting more attention this year because of the rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden, which could hinge again on small vote margins in a handful of...
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Iran further increases its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, watchdog says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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North Korea says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Russia to build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Putin vowed to "to work effectively on Uzbekistan's (nuclear energy) market."
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Bill and Hillary Clinton to host exclusive Biden dinner fundraiser

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will host an exclusive fundraising dinner for President Biden in Virginia next month.

The June 18 event is being hosted by former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and will come just days after another fundraiser in Los Angeles that will feature
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Millions of Americans under storm alerts after deadly tornadoes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Huge storm front heads north-east a day after 21 die in tornados and high winds across four states.
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Longest-serving flight attendant dies at 88

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Bette Nash began working with the forerunner of American Airlines in 1957 and never retired from the job.
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Delhi hospital where babies died lacked licence

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A fire broke out in the hospital on Saturday, killing seven newborn babies.
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Major week looms in the Trump hush money trial. Here's what to expect

  • News source: Eric Tucker | The Associated Press
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The testimony in Donald Trump's New York hush money trial is all wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses, meaning the case heads into the pivotal final stretch of closing arguments, jury deliberations and possibly a verdict.

It's impossible to say how long all of that will take, but in a landmark trial that's already featured its fair share of memorable moments, this week could easily be the most important.

Here's what to expect in the days ahead:

Starting Tuesday morning, prosecutors and defense lawyers will have...
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