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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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McDonald's: $18 Big Mac meal was 'exception,' news reports overstated price increases

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McDonald’s is fighting back against media reports it says have exaggerated its price increases
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Texas runoff election sets races for November after Republican party civil war

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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan survived the nasty primary runoff for his seat while fellow conservative state Rep. Justin Holland lost his suburban Dallas seat to Trump 2016 spokeswoman Katrina Pierson in two of the highest-profile races in the increasingly bloody internal war among Texas Republicans.

Despite the Republicans' 84-66 majority in the state House of Representatives and successful conservative agenda from the 2023 legislative session, 15 House Republicans lost to challengers either in primaries in March or in the runoffs on Tuesday...
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Volcanic eruption in Iceland spews lava over 160 feet; famed Blue Lagoon evacuated

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HPV vaccine can reduce risk of multiple cancers in men, new study suggests

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Nearly 20 years after HPV vaccine was approved, mounting evidence shows growing uptake and countless cancers prevented.
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WATCH: Adorable new pandas arriving at the National Zoo from China

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Meet Bao Li and Qing Bao, the 2-year-old pandas arriving soon at the National Zoo.
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At least 1 shot at grocery store near Cincinnati

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At least one person was shot in an officer-involved incident at a Kroger grocery store just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, according to police.
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New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances

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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has signed legislation making it a crime to knowingly approach within 25 feet of a police officer while they are “engaged in law enforcement duties” after the officer has ordered the person to stay back
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Gymnastics star Gabby Douglas pulls out of US Championships, ending Olympics bid

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Gabby Douglas’ long shot bid to make the U.S. women’s gymnastics team for the Paris Olympics is over
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House Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Henry Cuellar after his federal indictment

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The House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas after his indictment this month on allegations of bribery, money laundering and working on behalf of a foreign government
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A 6th house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks

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U.S. National Park Service officials say an unoccupied house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina’s Outer Banks
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Feds take down one of world's largest malicious botnets

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Washington — Federal investigators took down one of the world's largest malicious botnets, one that helped generate tens of thousands of fraudulent transactions that cost victims billions — including many related to COVID relief funding.

Law enforcement also arrested the botnet's administrator, YunHe Wang, a Chinese national. He's been accused of orchestrating an international plot to deploy malware and surreptitiously sell access to the infected computers' IP addresses. IP addresses, a string of numbers and dots, act as unique identifiers for the...
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GOP Sen calls for criminal investigation into Trump trial judge over gag orders

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Sen. J.D. Vance is demanding a criminal investigation into New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan over his enforcement of gag orders against former President Trump during his trial.

The Ohio Republican, a strong advocate of the former president, called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to open an investigation into Merchan, specifically for depriving Trump of his First Amendment right to free speech.

"The public evidence suggests that an investigation is warranted at least. And all indications are that the responsible parties have their...
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Counting under way in South Africa's crucial election

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Votes are being counted after the most closely fought election since the ANC came to power 30 years ago.
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Watch: Rubbish-filled balloon saga explained… in 63 seconds

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Biden Asks What Trump Would Have Done if Capitol Rioters Were Black

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President Biden made an aggressive push on Wednesday to head off former President Donald J. Trump’s modest gains among Black voters, condemning his Republican opponent as a racist who had lied to Black Americans about what his term in office delivered them.

Speaking alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Philadelphia, Mr. Biden pressed home a series of arguments about why Black voters should choose him over Mr. Trump, who has been trying to court Americans of color.

“This is the same guy who wanted to tear-gas you as you peacefully...
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