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Post Politics Now: House Republicans turn their attention to restricting abortion rights
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The 6 possible ways Rep. George Santos' situation gets resolved: Santos could be pressured to resign, or he ignores the hubbub, moves past this scandal ...
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The 6 possible ways Rep. George Santos' situation gets resolved
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Post Politics Now: House Republicans turn their attention to restricting abortion rights
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The 6 possible ways Rep. George Santos' situation gets resolved: Santos could be pressured to resign, or he ignores the hubbub, moves past this scandal ...
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The 6 possible ways Rep. George Santos' situation gets resolved
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Jury selection complete in Trump’s hush money trial: NEW YORK – A full jury has been selected in former President Trump’s hush money case ...
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Jury selection complete in Trump’s hush money trial
Quick Glance: Twelve Jurors Seated in Trump's Hush Money Trial
  • A jury of 12 individuals was empaneled on Thursday in the landmark hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, bringing the proceedings closer to opening arguments and the commencement of weeks filled with compelling testimonies.

  • The upcoming trial is anticipated to present unfavorable testimonies regarding Trump's personal life pre-presidency, including accusations of manipulating business records to suppress narratives in the final days of the 2016 election surrounding his intimate relationships.

  • Central to the trial is a payment of $130,000 made by Cohen just before the 2016 election to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, aimed at preventing her allegations of a sexual encounter with Trump from being publicized in the campaign's final stretch.

  • The selection of the jury holds paramount significance in any criminal proceeding, particularly so when the accused is a former president and the presumed Republican candidate. Potential jurors have undergone extensive scrutiny concerning their online presence, personal backgrounds, and political stances as legal representatives and the judge meticulously scrutinize for partialities that could compromise their impartiality.
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Trump Fumes as Judge Orders Him to Sit Like a Dog : While the judge maintains a stoic demeanor at all times, the tone was decidedly sharper than even the one ...
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Trump Fumes as Judge Orders Him to Sit Like a Dog
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New York AG Asks Judge to Reject Trump’s $175 Million Bond: Trump’s team failed to prove that the management of the bond met the “requirements of trustworthiness ...
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New York AG Asks Judge to Reject Trump’s $175 Million Bond
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Melania Trump says US ‘must unite’: Melania Trump is making a pitch for unity and says the “safety” of Americans would be her prime concern if her husband ...
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Melania Trump says US ‘must unite’
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Former Jan. 6 panel chair seeks to strip Secret Service protection from felons: The former chair of the now-disbanded Jan. 6 committee introduced a bill Friday ...
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Former Jan. 6 panel chair seeks to strip Secret Service protection from ...
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RFK Jr.’s onetime allies in environmental advocacy call for him to drop out: Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his ...
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RFK Jr.’s onetime allies in environmental advocacy call for him to drop ...
Quick Glance: Biden Receives Kennedy Family Endorsements in Philadelphia
  • President Joe Biden received endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia to undermine Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  • Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, niece of former President John F. Kennedy, and sister of the current presidential candidate, delivered the endorsements in Philadelphia, calling Biden her hero.

  • The decision to highlight the Kennedy family's support more than six months from Election Day indicates how seriously Biden's team is taking a long shot candidate using his last name's lingering Democratic magic.

  • Biden used the event to keep up the pressure on Trump, emphasizing the importance of the election not for himself, but to keep Trump out, stating the race was significant due to the potential consequences if they lose this election. The Kennedy family endorsements for Biden were hardly a surprise, as prominent members of the Democratic family did not politically align with Kennedy Jr.
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CNN analyst warns of ‘civil unrest across the country’ if Trump jailed for gag order violation
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Trump Rants About 'Presidential Immunity' As Hush Money Trial Begins: The former president argued in all-caps that "if they take away my presidential immunity ...
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Trump Rants About 'Presidential Immunity' As Hush Money Trial Begins
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Donald Trump Trial 'Much More Serious' Than Expected: Legal Analyst: "Trump's alleged 2020 attempt to overthrow our government distorts perceptions of how ...
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Donald Trump Trial 'Much More Serious' Than Expected: Legal Analyst
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Why it’s impossible for Trump to get a fair jury: It is preposterous to suggest that any American citizen called as a prospective juror could be “unbiased” when ...
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Why it’s impossible for Trump to get a fair jury
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Trump Bellyaches About ‘Sitting in a Courthouse’ All Day: The former president arrived for Day 4 of his criminal hush-money trial and wasted no time airing his ...
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Trump Bellyaches About ‘Sitting in a Courthouse’ All Day
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First week of Trump hush money trial ends with full jury selected: Jury selection concluded Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York ...
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First week of Trump hush money trial ends with full jury selected
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Judge rejects Trump co-defendants’ request to dismiss charges in documents case: A federal judge rejected efforts from former President Trump’s two co-defendants ...
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Judge rejects Trump co-defendants’ request to dismiss charges in documents ...
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Fact check: Biden makes false and misleading claims during Pennsylvania campaign swing
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Fact check: Biden makes false and misleading claims during Pennsylvania ...
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The Jury in Donald Trump’s NYC Criminal Trial Has Been Seated: Twelve jurors — 7 men and 5 women — have been selected for Donald Trump’s criminal hush money ...
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The Jury in Donald Trump’s NYC Criminal Trial Has Been Seated
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Rep. Paul Gosar Signs On to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate Speaker: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) joined up just three days after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) ...
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Rep. Paul Gosar Signs On to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate ...
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Biden tries to appeal to union workers by bashing Trump for inheriting his wealth
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return: Former President Trump is holding court with world leaders as foreign governments brace ...
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
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Trump Trial Human Torch Max Azzarello Posted Manifesto Online: Protesters screamed and fled as the man set himself ablaze near the historic hush-money trial.
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Trump Trial Human Torch Max Azzarello Posted Manifesto Online
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‘Sleepy Don’ Dozes Off in Court AGAIN: Apparently a high-stakes trial just isn’t enough to keep the former president awake.
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‘Sleepy Don’ Dozes Off in Court AGAIN
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Man setting himself ablaze in NYC is a scary reflection of our new extremist politics | Opinion
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Trump leads Biden in North Carolina: Poll: Former President Trump is six points ahead of President Biden in North Carolina, new polling shows ...
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Trump leads Biden in North Carolina: Poll
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The legal downside to Trump’s very political trial strategy: From the Politics Desk
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The legal downside to Trump’s very political trial strategy: From the ...
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Murphy fires back at Trump Jr. on Mayorkas vote: ‘Republicans are full of s‑‑‑’: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) fired back at Donald Trump Jr. on Friday for calling ...
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Murphy fires back at Trump Jr. on Mayorkas vote: ‘Republicans are full of ...
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Senate conservatives urge House GOP to sink Speaker’s Ukraine strategy: Senate conservatives led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) urged House Republicans to oppose what ...
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Senate conservatives urge House GOP to sink Speaker’s Ukraine strategy
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Trump's defense used a jury consultant to research and help them select jurors: Donald Trump’s defense team in his hush money trial vetted potential jurors using ...
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Trump's defense used a jury consultant to research and help them select ...
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‘Get the facts straight,’ EU’s Michel tells Trump over Ukraine funding: “Don’t be intimidated by Putin. We aren’t,” European Council president says in message ...
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‘Get the facts straight,’ EU’s Michel tells Trump over Ukraine funding
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Ex-Prosecutor Explains Why Donald Trump Needs ‘Some Form Of Jail Time’ Soon: The former president has “already had not only one but two bites of the apple ...
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Ex-Prosecutor Explains Why Donald Trump Needs ‘Some Form Of Jail Time’ ...
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Musk speaks out against effort to ban TikTok: ‘Not what America stands for’: Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk spoke out against the effort to ban TikTok in the U ...
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Musk speaks out against effort to ban TikTok: ‘Not what America stands ...
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Scoop: Obama joins Biden in new digital ads aimed at small-dollar donors: The jokey, folksy ads are heavy on the two presidents' buddy routine.
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Scoop: Obama joins Biden in new digital ads aimed at small-dollar donors
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GOP impeachment efforts hit brick wall: Republican impeachment efforts against President Biden and his Cabinet appear to have hit a brick wall after the Senate ...
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GOP impeachment efforts hit brick wall
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Trump's Stormy Daniels hush money trial hinges on intent of payoff : At Donald Trump's criminal trial, there is no dispute about a central underlying fact: the ...
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Trump's Stormy Daniels hush money trial hinges on intent of payoff 
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GOP lawmaker blames ‘Gaetz and 7 useful idiots’ for House turmoil: Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) blamed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and “seven useful idiots” for ...
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GOP lawmaker blames ‘Gaetz and 7 useful idiots’ for House turmoil
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Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked by fellow lawmaker's extreme Ukraine aid bill amendments
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Quick Glance: GOP Congresswoman Propagates Russian Narratives Against Ukraine Aid
  • Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced amendments to the latest bill on aid to Ukraine, echoing Russian propaganda narratives about "biolabs in Ukraine" and "persecution of Christians in Ukraine."

  • Greene proposed halting funding for Ukraine's aid until free and fair elections are held, persecution of Christians stops, and all biolabs in Ukraine are closed.

  • The allegation of secret "biolabs" in Ukraine is a long-standing Russian propaganda conspiracy theory, also picked up by Chinese disinformation networks according to the EU East Stratcom Task Force.

  • House Speaker Mike Johnson announced determination to advance the foreign aid bill on April 20, despite opposition from GOP hardliners who have blocked progress for over six months.
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Biden preps event tying Florida's six-week abortion ban to the 2024 campaign: President Joe Biden will on Tuesday deliver a speech in Florida denouncing that ...
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It Was Supposed to Be a Shocking Impeachment. Well, It Really Freakin’ Fizzled.: Inside the immigration showdown that never took off.
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Quick Glance: Senate's Decision on Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas
  • The Senate rejected the impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, halting the House Republicans' effort to impeach the Cabinet secretary over his management of the US-Mexico border.

  • With Democrats contending that the articles were unconstitutional, senators voted to dismiss both impeachment charges and conclude the trial.

  • Senate Republicans had called for a full impeachment trial after the House narrowly voted in February to impeach Mayorkas for his border actions.

  • Republicans argued that President Joe Biden was ineffective at the border, while Democrats suggested accepting a bipartisan Senate compromise instead of impeaching Mayorkas to reduce illegal immigrants.
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NPR reels from editor’s public rebuke, allegations of liberal bias  : NPR is reeling from an ugly and contentious internal fight after an editor offered a ...
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NPR reels from editor’s public rebuke, allegations of liberal bias  
Quick Glance: NPR Suspends Senior Editor Following Critical Substack Analysis
  • Senior business editor Uri Berliner at NPR was suspended due to critical remarks about the broadcaster.

  • Berliner faced a five-day suspension after releasing an analysis claiming NPR's coverage was influenced by liberal bias.

  • NPR accused Berliner of breaching company policies by publishing his work outside the organization without approval.

  • Following the essay's release, NPR employees lost confidence in Berliner, and the network's new CEO came under scrutiny from conservative activists.
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Even Jury Selection Can’t Escape Trump’s Racism: The ex-president’s lawyers think younger Black men will be sympathetic to him because he’s an accused criminal ...
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Even Jury Selection Can’t Escape Trump’s Racism
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Gingrich: ‘It would be totally stupid’ to move forward with motion to oust Johnson
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Gingrich: ‘It would be totally stupid’ to move forward with motion to oust ...
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Jesse Ventura makes bold claim about Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2024 election: Joe Biden and Donald Trump are so unpopular that former Minnesota Gov ...
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Jesse Ventura makes bold claim about Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2024 ...
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’We Have Our Full Panel’: Jury Set In First Ever Criminal Trial of a President: The completion of jury selection paves the way for opening statements in the ...
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’We Have Our Full Panel’: Jury Set In First Ever Criminal Trial of a ...
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Election 2024 latest news: Biden seeks to bolster labor support with speech at union conference
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It Was Supposed to Be a Shocking Impeachment. Well, It Really Freakin’ Fizzled.: Inside the immigration showdown that never took off.
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RFK Jr.’s sister dismisses his candidacy: ‘Let’s talk about reality’: Kerry Kennedy is brushing off her brother, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s, independent ...
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RFK Jr.’s sister dismisses his candidacy: ‘Let’s talk about reality’
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Mike Pence: U.S. will continue to support Ukraine: Former U.S. vice president Mike Pence is confident that U.S. military support for Ukraine is forthcoming ...
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Mike Pence: U.S. will continue to support Ukraine
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Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return
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Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as ...
Quick Glance: Trump to Meet Polish President Duda as NATO Leaders Push for Ukraine Support
  • Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda to discuss support for Ukraine.

  • European leaders are concerned about Trump's critical stance towards NATO, especially after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

  • Poland hopes Duda can leverage his friendly ties with Trump to garner more support for Ukraine.

  • The relationship between Poland and the Biden administration, along with GOP criticism of Ukraine aid, are also topics of discussion.
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Trump's Chilling New Courthouse Rant Gets Put On Ice By Critics: The former president's latest complaint gets a cool reception on social media.
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Trump's Chilling New Courthouse Rant Gets Put On Ice By Critics