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Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks to speak to the press after he was convicted in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 30, 2024.
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Half of Americans think Trump's guilty verdict was correct, should end campaign: POLL

Forty-seven percent of Americans said they think the charges against Trump in this case were politically motivated, while 38% say they were not. At the same time, the slight majority at 51%, think Trump intentionally did something illegal in this case. Twelve percent think Trump did something wrong but not intentionally, and 19% believe he did not do anything wrong.... Read the Full Story!























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Hunter Biden's criminal trial on federal gun charges begins with jury selection

  • News source: FOX News
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Hunter Biden’s criminal trial will begin with jury selection Monday morning in Delaware. The trial stems from federal gun charges brought against him by special counsel David Weiss.

Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges in U.S. District Court for Delaware after Weiss charged him with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a licensed firearm dealer; and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a...
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Pentagon's 'barbaric' drug testing on beagles raises hackles of pet-loving politicians

  • News source: FOX News
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Pet lovers in Congress are outraged over a new discovery that the Pentagon is reportedly funding painful experimental drug tests on beagles in pursuit of FDA approval of a pharmaceutical.

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China ‘afraid’ of Trump winning re-election, Taiwanese defense expert says

  • News source: FOX News
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TAIPEI, Taiwan – A Chinese government that is poised to attack Taiwan would be "afraid" of former President Trump being elected to the White House again, a Taiwanese defense expert said.

Dr. Ming-Shih Shen, director of the Institute for National Defense and Security Research’s national security division, told Fox News Digital that Beijing’s ruling Chinese Communist Party likely views
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Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum, 1st woman to be president

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, the election institute said.
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Mexico’s projected presidential winner Sheinbaum says competitors have conceded

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Mexico’s projected election winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country’s 200-year history
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1 injured by possible tornado in Sanderson, Texas, official says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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At least one person was injured as a possible tornado struck Sanderson, Texas, law enforcement said.
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Southwest Airlines back in court over firing of flight attendant

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Southwest Airlines is going back to federal court in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who says she was fired for her anti-abortion views
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Missing Cryptoqueen’s murky links to Bulgarian underworld

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC investigates Ruja Ignatova’s close ties to a suspected organised crime boss.
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Heat kills more than 50 people in India in three days

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Over 50 people have died in the past three days due to heat-related illnesses.
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South Africa president faces up to poor poll result

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Ramaphosa says the result was a victory for democracy, but the ANC lost its majority for the first time.
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Claudia Sheinbaum to become Mexico's first female president, according to official quick count

  • News source: The Associated Press
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Climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum held an irreversible lead Sunday in the race that would make her Mexico’s first female president, according to an official quick count.

The National Electoral Institute’s president said Sheinbaum had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a statistical sample. Opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez had between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote and Jorge Álvarez Máynez had between 9.9% and 10.8% of the vote.

The governing party candidate campaigned on continuing the political course set over the last six years...
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

  • News source: FOX News
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, announced Sunday night that she is being treated for pancreatic cancer, but assured her constituents that she will soon be back at full strength.

Jackson Lee, 74, has been representing Texas' 18th congressional district for 30 years.

"My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis for pancreatic cancer," Jackson Lee said in a statement. "I am currently undergoing treatment to battle this disease that impacts tens of thousands of Americans every year."

"I am confident that my doctors have developed the best possible...
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China accuses MI6 of recruiting Chinese state workers

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Beijing says the UK's MI6 took advantage of Mr Wang's "strong desire for money".
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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The 93-year-old tied the knot with his new wife Elena Zhukova in a ceremony at his Californian vineyard.
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'Russia now is like 1984': Inside a Russian dystopian library

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Deep in Putin's Russia, Ivanovo's George Orwell library is still lending books on totalitarianism.
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