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Today's Political News Compilation - Monday, May 27, 2024

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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.

























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E. Jean Carroll's lawyer responds to Trump Memorial Day post: ‘All options are on the table'

  • News source: Micah Washington,CNBC
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Donald Trump on Monday again denied rape and defamation claims against him by writer E. Jean Carroll, nabbing the attention of her lawyer.

In a post on Truth Social, the former president kicked off with 'Happy Memorial Day to All,' and quickly derailed into a tirade against Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll's claims: "TWO separate trials awarded a woman, who I never met before(a quick handshake at a celebrity event, 25 years ago, doesn't count!), 91 MILLION DOLLARS for "DEFAMATION."

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World's rarest album to go on display in Australia

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Just a single copy of the Wu-Tang Clan album exists, and only a few ears have ever listened to it.
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Kidnapped man running for mayor in Mexico found alive

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A candidate for mayor is the latest Mexican politician to be targeted amid a surge of violence.
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Netanyahu vows to continue war amid air strike condemnation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 45 people were killed in a strike on Rafah, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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Luxury perfumes linked to child labour, BBC finds

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC witnessed children picking jasmine in Egypt, a major exporter of the flowers’ oil.
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South Africans still battling ‘economic apartheid’ 30 years on

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The levels of homelessness underscore that the country has a way to go to shake off its history.
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What happens if Trump is convicted in hush-money trial?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The jury in Mr Trump's hush-money case will soon begin deliberations. So what could happen next?
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Force Russia to make peace, Zelensky urges West

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Mr Zelenksy said there needed to be "tangible coercion of Russia" into peace by Kyiv's allies.
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Newly verified Caravaggio goes on show in Madrid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Caravaggio's Ecce Homo nearly escaped attention, having initially been attributed to another 17th Century artist.
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Egyptian soldier killed in Israel border incident

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Reports say there was an exchange of fire in a rare deadly incident between the two countries.
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Trump responds to special counsel's effort to limit his remarks about FBI

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Monday evening pushed back against special counsel Jack Smith's request Friday that a federal judge in Florida modify Trump's conditions of release in the probe into Trump's handling of classified documents.

Federal prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the documents case, to modify the condition of Trump's release in order to bar him from making public statements that "pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents" who are...
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Nobody hurt after plane's engine catches fire at Chicago O'Hare airport

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Federal Aviation Administration says a commercial airliner’s engine caught fire at Chicago O’Hare International Airport
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Popular California beach closed for the holiday after shark bumped surfer off his board

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Authorities have closed a 2-mile stretch of a popular Southern California beach for the Memorial Day holiday after a shark bumped a surfer off his board the night before
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Heat-related monkey deaths climb in Mexico, as environmentalists report deaths of birds and bats

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a tragically small number of the primates treated or recovering
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Biden honors late son Beau in somber Memorial Day message: ‘The hurt is still real’

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden on Monday invoked the memory of his late son, Beau Biden, while addressing an audience at Arlington National Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony.

Sharing the pain of those whose family members have died in service, Biden noted this week marks nine years since he lost his son Beau, who served in Iraq and later died from brain cancer that the president attributes to his time stationed near toxic burn pits.

Still, the president was careful to draw a distinction between the loss of his son and those who lost loved ones on the...
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