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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments in the former president’s hush money trial, while a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the panel for an across-the-board acquittal.

The lawyers’ dueling accounts, wildly divergent in their assessments of witness credibility, Trump’s culpability and the strength of evidence, offered both sides one final chance to score points with the jury before it starts deliberating the first felony case against a former American president.
























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Trump strategy: Hitting blue areas, courting minorities and unfriendly audiences

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The Trump campaign is increasingly venturing into hostile territory.

The strategy, I’ve been told, is to demonstrate that the former president can make his case in Democratic areas and force the Biden campaign to play defense.

But it runs deeper than that.

IS NEW YORK IN PLAY THIS NOVEMBER?

By campaigning where he wouldn’t ordinarily be welcome, Donald Trump sends a message that he’s a fighter – particularly during the weeklong break from the hush money trial, which resumed yesterday with closing arguments. A conviction in that criminal trial, of...
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Business owner wins tight Texas primary, aims to make history by flipping deep-blue House seat

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A small business owner and former city councilman has won a tight primary fight and is now tasked with flipping one of Texas' bluest House districts
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What each side said in Trump trial closing arguments

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Nada Tawfik highlights the key points from the final arguments in the ex-president's hush-money case.
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Who are the 47 democracy activists facing jail in Hong Kong?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The city's most prominent opposition figures will soon have their fate decided after more than two years in jail.
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Jurors could soon decide the fate of Idaho man charged in triple-murder case

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Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in the case of an Idaho man accused of killing his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children
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Harvey Weinstein to appear before judge in same courthouse where Trump is on trial

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Harvey Weinstein is expected to return to a New York court as he faces a retrial of his landmark #MeToo-era rape case in a matter of months
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US Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas fights off challenge from gun-rights activist in GOP runoff

  • News source: Jim Vertuno | Associated Press
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Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas narrowly won his primary Tuesday against a gun-rights activist who pushed the border congressman into a bruising runoff that threatened to unseat a U.S. House incumbent.

Another prominent Texas Republican, state House Speaker Dade Phelan, also edged out a challenger from the right who was backed by President Donald Trump.

Both won by razor-thin margins, reflecting the anger of hard-line conservatives and a wave of party turbulence in America’s biggest red state over votes that bucked party lines and the...
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Texas Rep. Tony Gonzalez barely wins GOP runoff against gun-rights activist

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Austin, Texas — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas narrowly won his primary Tuesday against a gun-rights activist who pushed the border congressman into a bruising runoff that threatened to unseat a U.S. House incumbent.

Another prominent Texas Republican, state House Speaker Dade Phelan, also edged out a challenger from the right who was backed by former President Donald Trump.

Both won by razor-thin margins, reflecting the anger of hard-line conservatives and a wave of party turbulence in America's biggest red state over votes that bucked...
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GOP Rep Tony Gonzales survives challenge from the right in Texas runoff

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The Associated Press projects that Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas will win his Republican primary runoff election on Tuesday with far-right challenger Brandon Herrera.

Gonzales is running for a third two-year term representing a majority Hispanic district in
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Growing up under fire: Ukraine’s children adapt to survive Russia's invasion

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Two years of war takes its toll on Ukraine's younger generations, both physically and emotionally.
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South Africans vote in crucial election for the ANC

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The party of the late Nelson Mandela faces its biggest challenge in 30 years as millions go to the polls.
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Iran fuels 2023 global executions rise - Amnesty

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Middle Eastern country accounts for 74% of executions, whose number is the highest for eight years.
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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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Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Abortion providers are asking a judge to expand the health exception to Indiana's abortion ban
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