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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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FBI arrests ‘dreaded' Jan. 6 defendant they say rammed ‘Trump' sign into police line

  • News source: Ryan J. Reilly | NBC News
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A Jan. 6 participant whose dreaded blonde locks and face tattoos made him a memorable face in the pro-Trump mob has been arrested in South Dakota, the FBI said according to NBC News, accusing him of shoving an officer during the Capitol melee after "ramming" a giant metal-framed “TRUMP” sign into a line of police officers.

William George Knight faces more than a half-dozen charges in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, including felony charges of assault on a federal officer and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder.

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Closing arguments delivered in Trump "hush money" trial

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Lawyers on both sides delivered their closing arguments in former President Trump's criminal "hush money" trial Tuesday. The jury is expected to begin deliberations later this week. Robert Costa has the latest.
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‘Potential misconduct’ behind Judge Merchan’s several Trump trial assignments, Stefanik says

  • News source: FOX News
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New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik sent a letter to New York officials on Tuesday arguing there may have been "misconduct" within the New York Supreme Court system to ensure Judge Juan Merchan
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Melinda French Gates to donate $1bn in women's rights

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates is committing $1 billion (£782.4m) to women’s causes
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Dutch ex-spy chief Dick Schoof named as PM-candidate

  • News source: BBC News - World
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After 14 years of Mark Rutte as Dutch prime minister, a former domestic spy chief is picked to replace him.
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Health Officials Tried to Evade Public Records Laws, Lawmakers Say

  • News source: Benjamin Mueller
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House Republicans on Tuesday accused officials at the National Institutes of Health of orchestrating “a conspiracy at the highest levels” of the agency to hide public records related to the origins of the Covid pandemic. And the lawmakers promised to expand an investigation that has turned up emails in which senior health officials talked openly about trying to evade federal records laws.

The latest accusations — coming days before a House panel publicly questions Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, a former top N.I.H. official — represent one front of an...
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Inside the Clash That Prompted the Alitos’ Upside-Down Flag

  • News source: Jodi Kantor
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The police in Fairfax County, Va., received an unusual phone call on Feb. 15, 2021. A young couple claimed they were being harassed by the wife of a Supreme Court justice.

“Somebody in a position of authority needs to talk to her and make her stop,” said the 36-year-old man making the complaint, according to a recording of the call reviewed by The New York Times. The officer on the line responded that there was little the police could do: Yelling was not a crime.

The couple placed the call after a series of encounters with Martha-Ann Alito, wife of...
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Israeli government facing increased condemnation over latest Rafah air strikes

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The Israeli government is facing increased condemnation, diplomatic pressure over the latest deadly Rafah air strikes.
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Mayorkas says some migrants ‘try to game’ asylum system, as border crisis remains top political issue

  • News source: FOX News
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that some migrants crossing the southern border "try to game" the U.S. asylum system – a hardening of rhetoric as the crisis at the border remains a top political issue going into the November presidential election.

"The reality is that some people do indeed try to game the system," Mayorkas told CBS News on Thursday. "That does not speak to everyone whom we encounter, but there is an element of it, and we deal with it accordingly."

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Biden White House rejects ICC sanctions proposed by lawmakers after Israel warrant requests

  • News source: FOX News
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The White House refused to support proposed sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) following its choice to request warrants for Israeli officials for alleged "war crimes" as the country fights the terrorist group Hamas.

"We don't believe that sanctions against the ICC is the right approach here, no," said National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator John Kirby during a Tuesday White House press briefing.

He reiterated that the Biden administration does not "believe the ICC has jurisdiction" and they don't support the arrest...
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The Indian state holding the key to PM Modi's re-election

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As India holds an election, all eyes are on Uttar Pradesh, a state with more people than Brazil.
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R.F.K. Jr. Denounces the Removal of Confederate Statues

  • News source: Chris Cameron
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denounced the removal of hundreds of Confederate statues and other monuments across the United States after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020.

In a podcast interview that aired live on Friday from the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, Mr. Kennedy, an independent candidate for president, portrayed the removal of statues honoring the Confederacy as “destroying history,” echoing similar comments made by former President Donald J. Trump in support of the monuments.

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Multiple people injured after explosion rocks downtown Youngstown, Ohio

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Multiple people were injured, one critically, in an explosion in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, Tuesday, hospital officials confirmed.
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No charges for former Ohio House speaker in federal probe

  • News source: FOX News
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Federal officials have notified Ohio’s former House speaker that they have closed their investigation of him and he will not face any charges.

OHIO PURGES 'NON-CITIZENS' FROM STATE VOTER ROLLS, CALLS ON BIDEN ADMIN FOR DATA AHEAD OF 2024 ELECTION

Cliff Rosenberger, a Republican from Wilmington, had resigned the post in 2018 after it went public that he was the target of a federal probe into his travel and spending practices in public office. He has long maintained that he did not commit any wrongdoing.

Kenneth Parker, the U.S. Attorney for the...
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'Too late': Trump backs challenger to Freedom Caucus chair despite receiving prior endorsement

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Trump endorsed a primary challenger against Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-Va., on Tuesday, claiming the congressman's attempts to make amends with him were "too late."

"Bob Good is BAD FOR VIRGINIA, AND BAD FOR THE USA," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Both Good and his primary challenger, Virginia state Sen. John McGuire, recently traveled to New York City to show support for the former president during his hush money trial for alleged secret payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump and his supporters...
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