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ABC NewsTrump trial live updates: 'Just do it,' Cohen says Trump told him about making Stormy Daniels payment
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. Jurors saw phone records showing a flurry of calls made by Michael Cohen in late October 2016, as Cohen finalized the Stormy Daniels payment.
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Israel-Gaza live updates: Almost 360,000 have fled Rafah, UN agency says
As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, renewed negotiations are underway to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, as Israeli forces continue to prepare for an apparent invasion of the southern Gazan town of Rafah. A United Nations worker was killed and another injured after their vehicle was struck in Gaza on Monday, the organization said. The staff members of the U.N. Department of Safety and Security were traveling to the European Hospital in Rafah when their U.N. vehicle was struck, the U.N. said.
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Foreign terrorist organizations could target Pride month events: FBI, DHS
Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to exploit "LGBTQIA+-related events and venues," including events during 2024 Pride month -- celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent public service announcement. "Organizations like ISIS may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June 2024 Pride Month," according to the announcement, which the agencies issued last week. The announcement added that the threat is "compounded" by the "current heightened threat environment" in the United States.
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky step out in style during NYC date night
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have several things in common, and style is one of them. The rapper was photographed with Rihanna sitting in the backseat of a vintage-style N.YC. This outing was one of the couple's first big sightings together after missing out on this year's Met Gala due to Rihanna having the flu.
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King Charles gives Prince William a military title with close ties to Prince Harry
King Charles III has handed over a military role he held for three decades to Prince William in a move that is sparking controversy because of the role's close ties to Prince Harry. Charles on Monday presented William, his eldest son, with the title of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps in a military ceremony at the Army Aviation Centre in Hampshire, England. With the title, William is now the head of the regiment that his younger brother, Harry, served in during his time in the British Army.
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Kate Gosselin marks sextuplets' 20th birthday: 'No more teenagers in this house'
Kate Gosselin is marking her sextuplets' milestone 20th birthday. In a Mother's Day Instagram post, Gosselin, 49, shared a photo of four of her sextuplets -- Alexis, Aaden, Leah and Joel Gosselin -- smiling next to a birthday cake decorated with red peppers and a pickle. Happy 20th birthday, my forever babies!
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Biden expected to quadruple tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles: Source
President Joe Biden is expected to quadruple tariffs on electric vehicles from China from roughly 25% to 100%, and raise other tariffs on key industries including semiconductors, solar, and batteries in an announcement Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the decision. The action has implications for the 2024 presidential election, as Biden aims to bolster his image as being tougher and smarter on China than former President Donald Trump. In key swing states, Biden has vowed to protect American workers from foreign competition and said last month in Pennsylvania that he would significantly raise steel tariffs on China.
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Travis Kelce, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper dance at Taylor Swift's Paris concert
Travis Kelce, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper were recently seen rocking out together at Taylor Swift's latest concert in Paris, according to a video from the popstar's May 12 show. The trio can be seen in the video dancing and singing along to a portion of Swift's hit song "Blank Space," with model Hadid standing between the Super Bowl winner and Oscar-nominated actor. The Paris stop was the first on Swift's world-famous Eras Tour to feature songs from her new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," according to the singer.
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Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in federal prison: Sources
Donald Trump Jr. visited Peter Navarro in a Miami federal prison, according to sources familiar with the situation. Navarro, the former Trump White House adviser, was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump Jr. confirmed the visit to ABC News.
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Olivia Munn reveals she had a hysterectomy after breast cancer diagnosis
Olivia Munn is opening up about the ongoing fallout from her breast cancer diagnosis, revealing she recently underwent a total hysterectomy. The "X-Men: Apocalypse" actress said in a new interview with Vogue magazine that her uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries were removed during a surgery in March. Munn, the mother of a 2-year-old son, Malcolm, said she made the decision to undergo a hysterectomy after experiencing what she described as "next-level, debilitating exhaustion" as a side effect of the estrogen-suppressing medication she was prescribed to treat her type of cancer, luminal B breast cancer.
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Cookbook author speaks out following controversy over lactation cookies ad
Molly Baz is speaking out following controversy over a Times Square billboard featuring the pregnant cookbook author promoting lactation cookies. Behind the photo of Baz is a message that reads, "Just Add Milk." Baz said the 45-foot ad marketing her lactation cookies for Swehl was supposed to celebrate breastfeeding moms.
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Steve Buscemi OK after being punched in face in NYC
Steve Buscemi is doing OK after being punched in the face last week in New York City, his publicist confirmed to "Good Morning America." The "Boardwalk Empire" actor's publicist told "GMA" he was "assaulted" in midtown Manhattan and is "another victim of a random act of violence in the city."
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Sen. Bob Menendez bribery case: What to know as trial starts
United States Sen. Bob Menendez is set to go on trial starting Monday in his federal bribery case. The New Jersey Democrat is accused of accepting cash, gold bars, luxury wristwatches and other perks from New Jersey businessmen in exchange for official favors to benefit the businessmen and the governments of Egypt and Qatar. A federal grand jury in New York returned a sweeping indictment against Menendez in September 2023 that accused him and his wife, Nadine Menendez, of having a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen.
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Invasive emerald ash borer endangers cultural keystone tree species
In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. “This kind of work teaches humility and patience and respect and courage and love and wisdom, all of those sacred lessons that helped our people continue on in their existence for thousands and thousands of years,” Stone said. The emerald ash borer has proliferated across 36 states, the District of Columbia and five Canadian provinces, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires reaches US, Minnesota under air quality alert
With over 100 active wildfires burning in Canada, wildfire smoke has drifted across the border into the United States, prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state's first air quality alert of 2024. At least 37 of the 141 active fires burning in Canadian wildfires have been labeled "out of control," including one that started on Friday in British Columbia and has since spread to 4,200 acres, forcing the evacuation of the small town of Fort Nelson, and the Fort Nelson Indian Reserve, officials said. Most of the active wildfires, at least 90, are in British Columbia and Alberta provinces.
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McDonald's may consider $5 value meal as food prices continue to soar
McDonald's could soon be lowering prices and possibly launching a new value meal to its menus. The Golden Arches currently offer some individual items on its $1, $2, $3 menu, but it may be rolling out a new value meal with a McChicken or McDouble, fries and a drink for just $5, as Bloomberg first reported. Knowing that consumers have grown tired of sticker shock on food, Chief Executive Officer Chris Kempczinski said McDonald’s would look to be "laser-focused on affordability."
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'He cannot be trusted': Michael Cohen faces an uphill reputational battle with Trump's jury
Monday might be the first time the jury in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial sees Michael Cohen in person, but they have heard plenty about the former president's one-time "fixer." Witness after witness over the last three weeks have offered their opinions on Trump's former lawyer, whose credibility with the jury could swing the outcome of the trial. Cohen serves a linchpin role in the state's case as the only witness present during some of the discussions that prosecutors say tie Trump to a scheme to falsify business records in an effort to influence the 2016 election.
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Putin shakes up cabinet, replacing defense minister as war in Ukraine grinds on: ANALYSIS
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday night carried out one of his biggest cabinet shake-ups in years, removing his long-time defense minister, Sergey Shoigu, who is widely blamed for the disastrous handling of the war in Ukraine. Shoigu has served as defense minister for 12 years and has been a key figure within Putin's regime, often painted as one of his closest lieutenants.
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Michael Cohen and the Trump pardon that never happened
Two weeks after the FBI raided Michael Cohen's office in April 2018, I asked then-President Donald Trump a simple question that prompted a furious response. "Mr. President, what about Michael Cohen?" I asked during an Oval Office photo op with French President Emmanuel Macron. "Stupid question," Trump angrily responded, glaring and pointing his finger at me.
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Vermont bill wants to charge big oil for climate change damage, here's how
In a pioneering measure to hold companies responsible for environmental damage, Vermont is poised to make oil and gas giants shell out billions in climate change cleanup. Vermont's Climate Superfund Act, which parallels the Environmental Protection Agency's superfund program, would mandate high-emission corporations -- such as ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron -- to be financially accountable for a portion of the costs of extreme weather damage in the state. "For decades, fossil fuel corporations knowingly destroyed our planet for short-term profits," Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told ABC News.