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What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

NEW YORK (AP) — One political party is holding urgent news conferences and congressional hearings over the topic. The other says it’s a dangerous distraction meant to seed doubts before this year’s presidential election.

In recent months, the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a leading election-year talking point for Republicans. They argue that legislation is necessary to protect the sanctity of the vote as the country faces unprecedented levels of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

























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Many remember solid economy under Trump, but his record also full of hype, debt

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Numbers show that the economy during Donald Trump’s presidency has never lived up to his own hype
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'Stop threatening us', Taiwan's new president tells China

  • News source: BBC News - World
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He urged Beijing to replace confrontation with dialogue, shortly after being sworn in on Monday.
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Delhi sizzles as temperatures cross 45C

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Parts of northern India are reeling under an intense heatwave that's set to last through the week.
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Slovakia PM attacker 'may not have been lone wolf'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Investigators are probing whether the suspect was part of a group who "incited and supported each other”, a minister says.
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DR Congo army says it has thwarted attempted coup

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Democratic Republic Congo army said they have stopped an attempted coup involving Congolese and foreign soldiers.
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South Africa's long job queue overshadows election

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The country has the world's highest unemployment, leaving many cynical about this month's election.
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How should countries deal with falling birth rates?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As the UK and US continue to see falling birth rates, options to deal with the issue are limited.
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London court to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Assange is extradited to the US

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a court hearing in London that could end with him being sent to the U.S. to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition
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What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky-high again in latest survey of federal employees

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like everyone else, and an agency that has struggled with low morale is showing improvement
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Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

  • News source: Jon Gambrell | Associated Press
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels and launched a major drone-and-missile attack on Israel, has died. He was 63.

Raisi's sudden death, along with Iran's foreign minister and other officials in the helicopter crash Sunday in northwestern Iran, came as Iran struggles with internal dissent and its relations with the wider world. A cleric first, Raisi once kissed the...
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Senior Republican criticizes Biden in speech to Israeli parliament

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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5/19: The Takeout: Reporter Craig Whitlock on his new book about the "Fat Leonard" scandal

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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For this edition of "The Takeout," Major Garrett sits down with author and Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock. His new book details the rise and fall of former contractor "Fat Leonard," and his role in one of the most controversial scandals in U.S. military history.
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Schumer says Senate to take up border bill again this week

  • News source: FOX News
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How should countries deal with falling birth rates?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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As the UK and US continue to see falling birth rates, options to deal with the issue are limited.
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Minnesota House passes equal rights constitutional amendment with protections for abortion rights, LGBTQ Minnesotans

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — After delays due to prolonged debates on other legislation, the Minnesota House early Sunday approved an amendment that would enshrine equal rights in the state constitution, including protections for LGTBQ Minnesotans and abortion rights.

The equal rights amendment states that "the state shall not discriminate against any person in intent or effect on account of" race, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity. It also protects "making and effectuating decisions about all matters relating to...
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