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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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NY v Trump: Prosecution says they have presented 'powerful evidence' against former president

  • News source: FOX News
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New York prosecutors presented the jury with their closing argument in the case against former President Trump Tuesday, saying the case is "about a conspiracy and a cover-up," and maintained that they have presented "powerful evidence" to convict.

Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. He has pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic performer, in the lead-up to the 2016 election...
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Israel's Rafah operation not a major offensive - US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Witnesses report seeing Israeli tanks in the centre of the city on Tuesday.
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South Africans vote with ANC majority in the balance

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The governing party is battling to retain its parliamentary majority, 30 years after Nelson Mandela led it to victory.
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Satellite to probe mystery of clouds and climate

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Europe's Earthcare satellite will tell us if the planet could lose the cooling effect of clouds.
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Zelensky urges Biden to attend Ukraine peace summit

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Ukrainian president says his US counterpart's absence would "only be applauded by Putin".
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Is Nigeria on the right track after a year of Tinubu?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A year of the presidency of Bola Tinubu has left many worse off and worried about their next meal.
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After Closing Arguments, Trump’s Fate is Over to the Jury

  • News source: Jesse McKinley
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It could take a day, a week, a month. But the criminal trial of Donald Trump is in the endgame.

Both sides made closing arguments today, capping a six-week odyssey. It was rife with accusations of adultery and illicit sex and tales of covert payments and frantic cover-ups, populated by bombastic lawyers, flawed witnesses and a defiant defendant at its center, often listening to the action with his eyes closed.

The jury will receive instructions tomorrow morning from the judge, Juan Merchan, who pushed today’s proceedings well past its usual 4:30...
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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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