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Judge to weigh in on request to hold Trump in contempt for breaking gag order: The hearing could result in further financial punishment for Trump ...
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Judge to weigh in on request to hold Trump in contempt for breaking gag ...
Quick Glance: Trump's Attempt to Influence 2016 Election: Hush Money Trial Begins
  • An prosecutor alleges that Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public.

  • The trial, potentially lasting up to two months, will require Trump to spend his days in a courtroom instead of on the campaign trail.

  • The indictment includes 34 counts of falsifying business records, punishable by up to four years in prison.

  • The case sheds light on efforts to suppress stories, known as 'Catch-and-Kill' in tabloid industry, to prevent potentially damaging revelations.
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Takeaways from Day 8 of the Donald Trump hush money trial: Jurors will now have a three-day weekend to think about what they heard during the first full week of ...
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Takeaways from Day 8 of the Donald Trump hush money trial
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Fact check: Biden repeats his claim that he ‘got arrested’ defending civil rights. There’s still no evidence for it
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Fact check: Biden repeats his claim that he ‘got arrested’ defending civil ...
Quick Glance: Fact Check: Biden Repeats Claim of Arrest for Defending Civil Rights. Still No Evidence
  • President Joe Biden reiterated his story of allegedly trying to defend the civil rights of Black Americans on 'The Howard Stern Show.' However, there is no evidence to support his claim of ever being arrested at a civil rights protest, as noted by 'The Washington Post' and 'PolitiFact.'

  • Biden has told the story of his supposed presence at a specific protest in Delaware at least twice without mentioning an arrest. He stated that the police simply took him home on that day.

  • It is impossible to prove definitively whether Biden was present at this or a similar protest over 60 years ago. He has also made other false claims about his personal life in the past.

  • Biden falsely claimed to have 'driven an 18-wheeler' and that he never earned $400,000 in a year. During his 2020 presidential campaign, he claimed to have been 'arrested' as a US senator while trying to visit South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela in prison, which turned out to be untrue.
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Former National Enquirer boss reveals sleazy tactics the tabloid used to protect Donald Trump and smear his rivals
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Former National Enquirer boss reveals sleazy tactics the tabloid used to ...
Quick Glance: Trial Judge Evaluates Trump's Compliance with Gag Order
  • Former President Trump is on trial in New York for hush money issues. David Pecker from 'National Enquirer' testified about an agreement to manipulate stories about Trump and his rivals.

  • Concerns arose about Trump's violation of the gag order by criticizing court members. Mary McCord explained how the administration of justice can be disrupted by defendants' statements, leading to legal restrictions.

  • Despite reluctance to detain a former president, fines may be imposed for attacks on witnesses and judicial families. Threats to security and witness testimonies pose serious challenges to the trial's integrity.

  • Judges emphasize the importance of upholding justice by addressing threats and ensuring the safety of those involved in legal proceedings. The credibility of the trial hinges on maintaining a fair and secure environment.
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Columbia extends negotiations to clear pro-Palestinian encampment: Columbia University announced Wednesday it has extended negotiations with pro-Palestinian ...
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Columbia extends negotiations to clear pro-Palestinian encampment
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Columbia faculty joins student protests despite bipartisan criticism: Dozens of Columbia University and Barnard College faculty stood in solidarity with students ...
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Columbia faculty joins student protests despite bipartisan criticism
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White House unbowed on support for Israel despite growing frustration from progressives and unrest on campuses
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White House unbowed on support for Israel despite growing frustration from ...
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3 reasons antisemitism is swarming college campuses : Jews are attacked and reviled on campuses, schools are shutting down and young people are supporting ...
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3 reasons antisemitism is swarming college campuses 
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NY Attorney General asks judge to reject $175 million bond in Donald Trump's civil fraud case
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NY Attorney General asks judge to reject $175 million bond in Donald ...
Quick Glance: Trump Agrees to New Restrictions on $175 Million Bond in New York Civil Fraud Case
  • The bond is meant to secure Trump's compliance with a $454.2 million judgment won by state Attorney General Letitia James if he does not succeed in an appeal.

  • James had challenged the bond this month, saying Trump still had access to the Charles Schwab account pledged to the insurer as collateral.

  • Justice Arthur Engoron imposed the penalty after finding that Trump fraudulently inflated his net worth and real estate assets to deceive banks and insurers into providing better terms.

  • Trump defended the bond in court, emphasizing that he has plenty of money to put up for it.
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Alvin Bragg Reveals Trial Plan Against Donald Trump: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg lists previous "misconducts and criminal acts" against Donald Trump ...
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Alvin Bragg Reveals Trial Plan Against Donald Trump
Quick Glance: Trump Faces Landmark Trial Over Hush Money Case
  • Donald Trump will go down in history as the first former president to stand trial in Manhattan on criminal charges. The historic case revolves around a potential sex scandal cover-up just days before the 2016 elections.

  • The prosecution alleges that Trump falsified business records to hide hush money payments aimed at influencing the election outcome. Trump maintains his innocence and refutes any involvement with Stormy Daniels.

  • The trial will feature key witnesses from Trump's inner circle testifying against him, including Michael Cohen and David Pecker. It will delve into the Oval Office, where Trump allegedly approved the cover-up.

  • Prosecutors must prove that Trump falsified business records with intent to commit or conceal another crime. Trump's defense is likely to focus on the legality of the hush money payments and attempt to distance him from the accounting handled by his employees.
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Google Fires Another 20 Employees in Retaliation for Project Nimbus Protest: Google has fired another 20 employees in retaliation for last week’s protest against ...
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Google Fires Another 20 Employees in Retaliation for Project Nimbus ...
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The Trump family’s latest side hustle: Melania’s selling $245 Mother’s Day necklaces
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The Trump family’s latest side hustle: Melania’s selling $245 Mother’s Day ...
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White House calls Trump’s Charlottesville ‘peanut’ comments ‘repugnant and divisive’
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White House calls Trump’s Charlottesville ‘peanut’ comments ‘repugnant and ...
Quick Glance: Trump compares Charlottesville and Israel-Gaza protests
  • Former President Trump downplayed the significance of the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville compared to the rising demonstrations on college campuses over the situation in Gaza.

  • Trump highlighted that President Biden frequently cites the Charlottesville rally and Trump’s response as a reason for his White House candidacy in 2020.

  • Trump’s remarks coincided with college campus protests concerning the Israel-Hamas conflict, resulting in numerous Palestinian casualties in Gaza.

  • Biden has denounced antisemitism in the protests while also criticizing those who fail to grasp the situation with the Palestinians.
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“Blood on Your Hands!”: Protesters Decry Tennessee Vote to Arm Teachers: Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have passed a bill to allow teachers to carry ...
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“Blood on Your Hands!”: Protesters Decry Tennessee Vote to Arm Teachers
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Trump urges supporters to ‘go out and peacefully protest’ ahead of hush money trial’s opening arguments
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Trump urges supporters to ‘go out and peacefully protest’ ahead of hush ...
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Columbia Bars Student Protester Who Said ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live’: After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that ...
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Columbia Bars Student Protester Who Said ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live’
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools: Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to ...
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
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Gaza protests at US universities intensify: Protests against the war in the Gaza Strip are intensifying at several US universities. There are arrests ...
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Gaza protests at US universities intensify
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Trump's hush money trial begins Monday. Here's what to expect.: Jury selection is scheduled to begin April 15, and the trial could last as long as eight weeks.
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Trump's hush money trial begins Monday. Here's what to expect.
Quick Glance: Trump Faces Trial Amid Presidential Campaign Allegations
  • Jury selection begins April 15 with a potential eight-week trial ahead.

  • Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records, denying allegations of suppressing scandals.

  • Key witnesses like Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels might testify against Trump.

  • Despite Trump's denial of wrongdoing, witness testimonies pose a significant challenge.
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Gaza, Campus Protest, and the Fierce Urgency of Now: Beyond the horrors in Gaza and the long tragic history of the oppression of Palestinians ...
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Gaza, Campus Protest, and the Fierce Urgency of Now
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Pro-Palestinian demonstration: Steinmeier greeted with shouts of “murderer” in Istanbul
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Pro-Palestinian demonstration: Steinmeier greeted with shouts of ...
Quick Glance: Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Turkey: Political Meeting in Istanbul
  • Frank-Walter Steinmeier acknowledges the contributions of guest workers in Istanbul.

  • Steinmeier emphasizes the importance of the relationship between Germany and Turkey.

  • The President sends political signals by meeting with the Mayor of Istanbul.

  • Steinmeier plans critical discussions with Turkish President Erdogan.
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Prosecutors seek to ask Trump about civil fraud, E. Jean Carroll cases and more if he testifies in hush money case
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Prosecutors seek to ask Trump about civil fraud, E. Jean Carroll cases and ...
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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses: Hundreds of students from colleges and universities across the United States have been arrested this week ...
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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses
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Company defends Trump’s $175 million bond in new filing : Trump’s $175 million bond is secured by his cash, according to the company backing an arrangment that ...
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Company defends Trump’s $175 million bond in new filing
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Former Trump exec Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying under oath: The sentencing comes after Weisselberg pleaded guilty to two perjury counts.
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Former Trump exec Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying ...
Quick Glance: Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months jail in Trump civil fraud case
  • Retired Trump executive Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail for admitting to lying under oath in a civil fraud lawsuit against the former president by New York’s attorney general.

  • Weisselberg pleaded guilty to perjury related to the valuation of Trump's Manhattan penthouse, despite his deep loyalty to Trump and previous jail time for tax evasion.

  • Important aspects include Weisselberg's testimonies in unfavorable trials for Trump and his decision not to testify in Trump's upcoming hush money criminal trial.

  • Weisselberg's willingness to admit wrongdoing, age, and his role in Trump's organization were considered in his sentence, mirroring a previous case where he served a reduced jail term. He is likely to be involved in Trump's hush money trial, even if not as a witness.
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DeSantis warns of potential expulsion for student protesters in Florida: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is warning college students in his state that they could ...
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DeSantis warns of potential expulsion for student protesters in Florida
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Wave of pro-Palestinian protests on campus meets forceful response: Fresh clashes between police and students opposed to Israel's war in Gaza broke out on ...
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Wave of pro-Palestinian protests on campus meets forceful response
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White House declines Mike Johnson’s demand to call in the National Guard for college protesters
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White House declines Mike Johnson’s demand to call in the National Guard ...
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Why Biden wants to raise tariffs on Chinese steel: President Biden called for tripling the tariff rate on steel and aluminum imports from China Monday ...
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Why Biden wants to raise tariffs on Chinese steel
Quick Glance: Joe Biden Calls for Significant Increase in Tariffs on Chinese Steel
  • US President Joe Biden is pushing for an increase in tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium to strengthen union support in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

  • During a meeting with United Steelworkers union members in Pittsburgh, Biden calls on trade representative Katherine Tai to raise the tariffs from the current average of 7.5 percent.

  • The main focus of the measures is to combat China's new export surge and the ongoing price pressure that makes it difficult for American steel companies to compete.

  • The Biden administration's decision to increase tariffs is expected to impact recent efforts by Washington and Beijing to stabilize relations.
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Man sets himself on fire in protest area outside Trump trial - reports: A man has set himself on fire outside the courthouse in New York where former US ...
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Man sets himself on fire in protest area outside Trump trial - reports
Quick Glance: Hush Money Trial: Trump's Silent Encounter with Insults
  • Donald Trump has been forced to listen to potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial in New York openly criticize him.

  • Transitioning from a life of adulation to facing critics, Trump now experiences a different reality without the control he's accustomed to.

  • Previously shielded from critique, Trump now faces a trial with potential felony convictions and will have to endure listening to more criticism.

  • Potential jurors exhibited a range of opinions towards Trump, from admiration for his business acumen to open criticism of his persona and rhetoric.
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NYPD arrested over 100 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University. Here’s what we know
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NYPD arrested over 100 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia ...
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Google terminates 28 employees for protest of Israeli cloud contract: Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in ...
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Google terminates 28 employees for protest of Israeli cloud contract
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Trump: College protests are a ‘disgrace’ and all ‘Biden’s fault’: Former President Trump on Tuesday blasted a wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college ...
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Trump: College protests are a ‘disgrace’ and all ‘Biden’s fault’
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Trump’s Only Options for His Defense Are Really Quite Bad: Alvin Bragg’s case will leave little room for the former president’s lawyers.
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Trump’s Only Options for His Defense Are Really Quite Bad
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Why this campus turmoil story is so complex: The nuance and history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains difficult to capture succinctly ...
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Why this campus turmoil story is so complex
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Pro-Palestinian Encampments Take Over American College Campuses: As the death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza increases, pro-Palestinian encampments have ...
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Pro-Palestinian Encampments Take Over American College Campuses
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In a luxe N.Y. condo, residents battle over dumping the Trump name : “Like when your parents are getting divorced”: Inside the hallways of the building where the ...
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In a luxe N.Y. condo, residents battle over dumping the Trump name
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Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives: “I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago ...
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Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives
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Palestinians in West Bank Protest Israeli Raid That Killed at Least 10: At least 10 people were killed when Israeli forces raided the Nur Shams refugee camp ...
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Palestinians in West Bank Protest Israeli Raid That Killed at Least 10
Quick Glance: Israeli Strikes on Rafah Kill 22, Mostly Children, as US Advances Aid Package
  • Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, as the US House of Representatives approved $13 billion in new Israeli military aid.

  • However, fears of wider war breaking out in the Middle East have eased somewhat after Iran downplayed Israel’s reported retaliation over its unprecedented missile and drone attack on the country a week ago.

  • Israel has carried out near-daily air raids on Rafah and vowed to expand its ground offensive against the Hamas militant group to the city on the border with Egypt despite calls for restraint, including from the US.

  • Tensions have also spiked in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, with Israeli troops killing two Palestinians who attacked a checkpoint with a knife and a gun near the southern West Bank town of Hebron.
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Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would govern: The presidential candidates have conflicting ideas about how much to reveal about ...
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Tax Day reveals a major split in how Joe Biden and Donald Trump would ...
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Letitia James Gets Nearly $2 Million in 9 Days: The New York attorney general, who has been a thorn in Donald Trump's side, secured nearly $80 ...
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Letitia James Gets Nearly $2 Million in 9 Days
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Letitia James Nears Green Light to Start Taking Donald Trump's Assets: Trump has until Monday to post a $175 million bond.
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Letitia James Nears Green Light to Start Taking Donald Trump's Assets
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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting: Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi has been given a death sentence for his involvement in the ...
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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting
Quick Glance: Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Receives Death Sentence for Criticizing Authorities
  • Toomaj Salehi's songs criticized government corruption and repression.

  • An Iranian court imposed a death sentence on rapper Toomaj Salehi for his critical songs.

  • Salehi, subjected to multiple arrests, condemned the regime in his music.

  • Despite being detained, Salehi persisted in releasing music videos opposing the Iranian authorities.
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Toobin implies Trump remarks after court may hurt him if played for jury : Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin suggested former President Trump’s remarks after the ...
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Toobin implies Trump remarks after court may hurt him if played for jury 
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After mass arrest, UT Austin split over role of police in pro-Palestine protests: AUSTIN — The day after 57 people were arrested during protests on the ...
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After mass arrest, UT Austin split over role of police in pro-Palestine ...
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How college protests against war in Gaza compare to demonstrations of the past: As protests of Israel’s war in Gaza spread to campuses across the country ...
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How college protests against war in Gaza compare to demonstrations of the ...