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Right-Wing SCOTUS Majority Signals Support for Anti-LGBTQ+ Reactionaries: "It does not bode well for the future of civil rights law that Gorsuch believes a ...
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Right-Wing SCOTUS Majority Signals Support for Anti-LGBTQ+ Reactionaries
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US Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging LGBTQ Rights: The conservative-majority US Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to rule in favor of a Christian ...
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US Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging LGBTQ Rights
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Right-Wing SCOTUS Majority Signals Support for Anti-LGBTQ+ Reactionaries: "It does not bode well for the future of civil rights law that Gorsuch believes a ...
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Right-Wing SCOTUS Majority Signals Support for Anti-LGBTQ+ Reactionaries
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US Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging LGBTQ Rights: The conservative-majority US Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to rule in favor of a Christian ...
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US Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging LGBTQ Rights
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Colorado legislator targets same-sex marriage ban for removal from state constitution
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Colorado legislator targets same-sex marriage ban for removal from state ...
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Supreme Court justices skeptical of sweeping immunity claims by Trump: Justices on the Supreme Court voiced skepticism Thursday to assertions from former ...
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Supreme Court justices skeptical of sweeping immunity claims by Trump
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Hears Trump Immunity Claim in Election Interference Case
  • The Supreme Court is considering Donald Trump’s assertion of total immunity from criminal charges over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.

  • Justices express concerns about whether certain presidential acts should be off-limits, casting doubt on the possibility of a trial taking place before the election.

  • The case scrutinizes the distinction between private and official acts of Trump, with the Court likely rejecting Trump's broadest arguments, potentially immunizing even acts such as ordering a military coup.

  • The focus remains on the legal question of whether a former president can be prosecuted for actions taken while in office, emphasizing the importance of the Court's ruling on the extent of official act protection and the implications for future presidents.
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Federal judge rejects Trump's appeal of $83M defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
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Quick Glance: Court Rejects Trump's Bid for New Trial Against E. Jean Carroll
  • A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request for a new trial—or to throw out the $83.3 million defamation ruling—against writer E. Jean Carroll, marking the latest legal loss for the former president.

  • In the Thursday ruling rejecting the request for a new trial or the judgment to be dismissed, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump’s argument was “without merit,” made “conspicuously without success” and “defies common sense.”

  • Robbie Kaplan, Carroll’s lawyer, told Forbes in a statement they are “pleased with though not surprised by” the court’s decision, adding the award was “entirely reasonable” because of Trump’s continued defamation, “hatred and disdain.”

  • In January, a jury determined Trump had to pay Carroll $83.3 million in damages after she accused him of sexual assault. Previously, another jury found Trump liable for sexual assault in the 1990s and subsequent defamation, ordering him to pay $5 million.
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Justice Clarence Thomas chooses not to recuse himself from another January 6-related case
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Justice Clarence Thomas chooses not to recuse himself from another January ...
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Trump fumes while Biden hits the trail: No day demonstrated the extreme asymmetry of the unfolding campaign more than Tuesday.
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Trump fumes while Biden hits the trail
Quick Glance: Biden criticizes Florida's abortion ban and holds Trump accountable
  • President Biden condemns the upcoming 6-week abortion ban in Florida.

  • He blames Trump for appointing justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

  • Biden's campaign focuses on abortion rights to mobilize voters.

  • Efforts to leverage Florida's abortion laws for political gain are highlighted.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Kari Lake voting machine lawsuit: The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case brought by Republicans Kari Lake and Mark ...
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Supreme Court declines to hear Kari Lake voting machine lawsuit
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Liz Cheney: Supreme Court should decide Trump immunity quickly so voters can hear Jan. 6 case
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Quick Glance: Liz Cheney Urges Supreme Court to Decide Trump Immunity Quickly
  • Liz Cheney calls for a swift Supreme Court decision on Trump's immunity so voters can hear the Jan. 6 case.

  • Emphasizing the importance of the federal election fraud indictment against the former president before the upcoming elections.

  • She advocates for all evidence to be publicly presented for the public to fully assess Trump's actions on Jan. 6.

  • Cheney argues against immunity for Trump and urges the trial to proceed without delay to reveal critical evidence.
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How a gag order showdown explains everything about Trump: Prosecutor Christopher Conroy captured the quintessential Donald Trump in a single sentence at the ...
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How a gag order showdown explains everything about Trump
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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Arizona House votes to repeal pre-Roe abortion ban: The Senate also has enough votes to overturn the 1864 law, but still may take effect temporarily.
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Arizona House votes to repeal pre-Roe abortion ban
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Biden: I almost wanted to buy Trump Bible ‘just to see what the hell’s in it’: President Biden mocked former President Trump on Tuesday for hawking Bibles last ...
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Biden: I almost wanted to buy Trump Bible ‘just to see what the hell’s in ...
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Texas court halts poverty relief program after Paxton’s ’emergency’ petition: In his campaign to block a Houston-area guaranteed basic income program ...
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Texas court halts poverty relief program after Paxton’s ’emergency’ ...
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Sonia Sotomayor Shreds Claim President Can Kill Political Rivals With Immunity: “Immunity says, even if you did it for personal gain, we won’t hold you ...
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Sonia Sotomayor Shreds Claim President Can Kill Political Rivals With ...
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A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?: As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case Thursday on whether presidents have ...
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A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?
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Trump was going to dominate the courtroom. Instead, he is shrinking.: Trump wrongly thought he might win the presidency on the courtroom steps.
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Trump was going to dominate the courtroom. Instead, he is shrinking.
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Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court: After Starbucks fired seven workers who were trying to unionize their Tennessee store ...
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Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court
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Supreme Court appears skeptical of blanket immunity for a former president : A majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical of granting a president blanket ...
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Supreme Court appears skeptical of blanket immunity for a former president ...
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If Trump gets convicted, what happens next? : Jailing an ex and possibly future president would be unprecedented. But these are unprecedented times.
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If Trump gets convicted, what happens next? 
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Listen Live: US Supreme Court Hears Outrageous Argument That Trump Is Above the Law
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West Virginia attorney general says state will appeal ruling on transgender athlete restrictions to Supreme Court
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West Virginia attorney general says state will appeal ruling on ...
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Trump’s immunity case is another reminder that all roads now lead to the Supreme Court
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Trump’s immunity case is another reminder that all roads now lead to the ...
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By looking to future, Supreme Court may push Trump’s D.C. trial past election: The Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity almost certainly will mean ...
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By looking to future, Supreme Court may push Trump’s D.C. trial past ...
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Trump's $175 million bond goes before judge on New York AG's concerns: The insurer that provided Donald Trump a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud ...
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Trump's $175 million bond goes before judge on New York AG's concerns
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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California proposes law to allow Arizona doctors to perform abortions as ban proceeds
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California proposes law to allow Arizona doctors to perform abortions as ...
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Is Trump Immune From Prosecution? What the Supreme Court Will Consider: The US Supreme Court has never considered whether former presidents are immune from ...
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Is Trump Immune From Prosecution? What the Supreme Court Will Consider
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Supreme Court takes up Biden administration’s ‘ghost gun’ appeal: The Supreme Court will hear the Biden administration’s appeal of a ruling that would invalidate ...
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Supreme Court takes up Biden administration’s ‘ghost gun’ appeal
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President can commit crimes if Congress doesn't know: Trump lawyer: As the saying goes: It's not the crime; it's the cover-up. If former President Donald Trump ...
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President can commit crimes if Congress doesn't know: Trump lawyer
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Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political Rival: "I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into ...
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Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political ...
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Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar again in the spotlight fighting the conservative Supreme Court on abortion
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Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar again in the spotlight fighting the ...
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Trump makes new plea for immunity ahead of Supreme Court case: Former President Trump made a new plea for presidential immunity Saturday in a Truth Social post ...
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Trump makes new plea for immunity ahead of Supreme Court case
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Five things to know about the return of net neutrality rules: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to vote Thursday to restore Obama-era net ...
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Five things to know about the return of net neutrality rules
Quick Glance: FCC Votes to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules
  • The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along political party lines to reinstate rules repealed in 2017 that prevent internet service providers from disrupting your internet speed.

  • The FCC also ordered the U.S. divisions of China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile to stop broadband internet access services in the United States.

  • Reinstating the rules has been a focus for President Joe Biden, who signed an executive order urging the FCC to restore net neutrality rules put in place under President Barack Obama.

  • The FCC argues there are a number of benefits for consumers by establishing basic rules for ISPs so they don’t block legal content, throttle speeds, and create 'fast lanes' for people who can pay for it.
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Newsom proposes law to help Arizonans get abortions in California: The emergency legislation the governor is seeking would expedite the licenses of Arizona ...
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Newsom proposes law to help Arizonans get abortions in California
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Poll: Trump remains vulnerable on abortion with independents, some Republicans: Half of voters in a new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll support states making their ...
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Poll: Trump remains vulnerable on abortion with independents ...
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New York prosecutors in Trump’s hush money trial say former president continues to violate gag order
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New York prosecutors in Trump’s hush money trial say former president ...
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In the Peter Navarro case, executive privilege is on trial: U.S. v. Navarro has the potential to be a landmark case of “first impressions” involving unsettled ...
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In the Peter Navarro case, executive privilege is on trial
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Supreme Court justices grapple with whether cities can ticket homeless people: The Supreme Court wrestled Monday for more than two and a half hours with the ...
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Supreme Court justices grapple with whether cities can ticket homeless ...
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Debates Homeless Ban and Rights of the Unhoused
  • Justices expressed concerns over penalizing homeless individuals for sleeping outside without alternatives.

  • Review of Oregon anti-camping laws could lead to significant rulings on the rights of the unhoused.

  • Liberal justices criticized Grants Pass laws for criminalizing basic human needs.

  • Conservative justices emphasized policymakers, not judges, should set rules for dealing with homelessness.
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Supreme Court to consider whether cities can ticket homeless people: The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday over a challenge to a law letting ...
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Supreme Court to consider whether cities can ticket homeless people
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Trump moves to dismiss two counts in Fulton election indictment: Former president Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss two more felony counts ...
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Trump moves to dismiss two counts in Fulton election indictment
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Minnesota state senator charged with burglary of stepmother's home - ...
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Trump Trial Today: David Pecker Returns and a Contempt Ruling Looms: The trial stemming from payments made to a porn star will also be in session at the same ...
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Trump Trial Today: David Pecker Returns and a Contempt Ruling Looms
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Supreme Court waves off Kari Lake lawsuit over electronic voting: The Supreme Court brushed aside a lawsuit Monday from Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake ...
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Supreme Court waves off Kari Lake lawsuit over electronic voting
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Texas appeals court sides with Sidney Powell, rejecting attorney discipline over her Trump election lawsuits
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Texas appeals court sides with Sidney Powell, rejecting attorney ...
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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
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Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the Supreme Court
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Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at ...
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The debate about Sonia Sotomayor is not about sexism. It’s more dire.: Some want the Supreme Court justice to retire so that President Biden can name a ...
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The debate about Sonia Sotomayor is not about sexism. It’s more dire.
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Analysis: Supreme Court will weigh whether Trump is immune from prosecution. Here's what to watch
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Analysis: Supreme Court will weigh whether Trump is immune from ...
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State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections: Maine is the latest state to pass the National Popular Vote Legislation law.
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State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential ...
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Can Trump Still Run for President if He Is Convicted?: The Constitution and American law have clear answers for only some of the questions that would arise if a ...
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Can Trump Still Run for President if He Is Convicted?
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Biden Hits Trump With Biblical Burn Over His Latest Shady Business Scheme: The audience laughed out loud as Biden mocked Trump's most recent venture.
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Biden Hits Trump With Biblical Burn Over His Latest Shady Business Scheme
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Already Botched the Trump Immunity Case: The court’s delay may have stripped citizens of the criminal justice system’s most ...
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Already Botched the Trump Immunity Case
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US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023: The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades ...
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US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023
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Supreme Court updates: Does Idaho abortion ban conflict with federal law?: The Supreme Court justices expressed deep divisions over abortion during arguments ...
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Supreme Court updates: Does Idaho abortion ban conflict with federal law?
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Gag order drama, sleepy Don and jurors dismissed: Trump's first week in criminal court
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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.