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Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
Poland rolls out plans for fortifications along its border with Russia and Belarus
Defense officials in NATO member Poland have presented a plan to strengthen surveillance and defense along its eastern border with Russia and Russian ally Belarus.
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Trump fired his boss in 2020. Now, this Gen Z candidate is up against a fake elector
Ashwin Ramaswami, who has worked in the election security industry, is running for political office in Georgia against someone who was a fake elector for Trump.
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Biden says each generation has to 'earn' freedom, in solemn Memorial Day remarks
Biden says each generation has to 'earn' freedom, in solemn Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery
apnews.comTrump tells donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests if re-elected
Presumptive Republican nominee calls demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza part of a ‘radical revolution’
Trump attorneys ask judge to reject gag order request in classified documents case and find prosecutors in contempt | CNN Politics
Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys asked a federal judge Monday to reject special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order in the classified documents case and to find the federal prosecutors who wrote the request in contempt.
www.cnn.comAt least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states
The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas.
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If Trump is convicted, what happens next?
The jury in Mr Trump's hush-money case will soon begin deliberations. So what could happen next?
www.bbc.comLibertarians nominate Chase Oliver for president, spurning both Trump and Kennedy
The Libertarian Party has nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president. The third party rejected former President Donald Trump and Robert F.
apnews.comEven as Violent Crime Drops, Lawlessness Rises as an Election Issue
WASHINGTON — In mid-2020, the country was reeling from a surge in violent crime and civil upheaval after the killing of George Floyd by the police — a knife’s-edge national crisis that President Donald Trump made a central issue in the run-up to Election Day. Trump portrayed himself as the “law...
Israel Gaza: Netanyahu vows to continue war amid air strike condemnation
At least 45 people were killed in a strike on Rafah, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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Trump responds to special counsel's effort to limit his remarks about FBI in documents case
Trump falsely claimed last week that FBI agents who searched Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 were "authorized to shoot me."
www.cbsnews.comNetanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mistake'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians.
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Papua New Guinea: Thousands feared missing after landslide
More than 2,000 people are feared to be buried alive, though the exact toll has been hard to establish.
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'You have to shed the tears': Justice shares that she cries after some Supreme Court cases
“There are days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried,” Sotomayor said.
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Trump lawyers seek sanctions against Jack Smith after ‘unconstitutional gag order’ request - Washington Examiner
Smith's request would bar Trump from saying anything that could endanger agents working on the case.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
China's threats, 'naked aggression' loom large as House lawmakers meet Taiwan's new president
House lawmakers spent their first full day in Taiwan meeting with the island's president and foreign minister, where the topic of China dominated discussion.
China has threatened trade with some countries after feuds. They're calling 'the firm' for help
The effort comes as Washington is stepping up its campaign to push back at China's global influence and tensions grow between the rivals.
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Trump says he 'would have absolutely gotten' Libertarian Party nomination if he could have run, slams RFK Jr.
Donald Trump said Sunday that, following an appearance at the Libertarian Party convention, he could not have been nominated by the party.
Next up on Trump's evolving list of potential vice-presidential nominees: Tom Cotton
Trump has expressed admiration for Cotton's military service and spoken highly of the senator's Harvard pedigree, according to The New York Times.
North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch
North Korea says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed. State media said the rocket carrying the satellite exploded after liftoff Monday evening due to a suspected engine problem.
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Rulings highlight how Trump’s classified documents case could have gone differently had it been brought in DC | CNN Politics
Before indicting Donald Trump last year for allegedly mishandling classified documents, federal prosecutors had to decide where to bring the charges: Washington, DC, or Florida.
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Israel continues to pound Rafah one day after attack on tent camp kills 45
As world condemns attack on displacement camp, Israeli bombs continue to fall on north and west Rafah, killing several.
What happens if Trump is convicted in New York? No one can really say
Trump is being tried in New York state court, where judges have broad authority to determine when sentences are handed down after convictions, says a former prosecutor.
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