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  • PoliticsABC News

    Key GOP impeachment witness won't attend public hearing, citing 'short notice'

    Devon Archer, a key witness in House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, will not attend a high-profile open hearing this week, citing what his attorney characterized as a "patently unreasonable" amount of time to prepare. "The answer is no," Schwartz wrote to the committee, according to a copy of the letter obtained by ABC News.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and their religion

    Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel" and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders. Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats' growing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of the war in Gaza as the civilian death toll continues to mount. “I actually think they hate Israel,” Trump responded to his former aide, Sebastian Gorka.

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  • PoliticsPolitico

    Navarro's bid to stave off jail sentence denied at Supreme Court

    His sentence is set to begin Tuesday.

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  • WorldThe Guardian

    Israeli delegation to visit Washington to discuss planned offensive on Rafah

    US says attack would be ‘mistake’ as Biden and Netanyahu talk by phone for first time in over a month

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  • USCNN

    Pro-Trump attorney arrested after court hearing about leaked Dominion emails

    A pro-Trump lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a court hearing about her recent leak of internal emails belonging to Dominion Voting Systems.

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  • PoliticsUSA TODAY

    As Tulsi Gabbard joins Trump's VP shortlist, her father distances himself

    Tulsi Gabbard's comparison of Democrats to "evil-doers" and "dictators" contrasts with her father, Mike Gabbard, a longstanding Hawaiian Democrat

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  • USNBC News

    Supreme Court extends temporary hold on Texas immigration law

    The Supreme Court on Monday extended a temporary block on a new Texas immigration law that is being challenged by the Biden administration.

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  • BusinessNBC News

    Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say

    Former President Donald Trump has not been able to get a bond to secure the $464 million civil fraud judgment against him and his co-defendants, his lawyers said in a court filing Monday.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Indiana gov. signs order condemning antisemitism, vetoes bill defining it

    Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a bill Monday that would have defined antisemitism in state education code while simultaneously signing a proclamation condemning all forms of antisemitism. The Republican governor cited changes made to the bill in the final days of the legislative session in a news release. Aimed at addressing antisemitism on college campuses, the bill's opponents argued that early versions of it would penalize people for criticizing Israel.

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  • PoliticsThe New York Times

    Justice Breyer sounds alarm over the Supreme Court's direction

    WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen Breyer’s Supreme Court chambers are not quite as grand as those he occupied before he retired in 2022, but they are still pretty nice. As before, they include a working fireplace, which was crackling when I went to visit him on a temperate afternoon in late February to talk about his new book. In earlier interviews, Breyer could be rambling and opaque. This time he was direct. He said he meant to sound an alarm about the direction of the Supreme Court. Sign up for Th

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    Trump Says He Will Decide 'Pretty Soon' On Proposing A National Abortion Ban

    Fox News pressed the presumptive GOP nominee about a recent report that he was considering a 16-week national abortion ban.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Donald Trump endorses Ohio congressional candidate Derek Merrin just hours before polls open

    Former President Donald Trump issued a last-minute endorsement in a highly sought northwest Ohio congressional district Monday, backing state Rep. Derek Merrin over a rival Republican whom Trump's closest ally in the state has described as "a rock-solid conservative.” Trump's decision came about 18 hours before polls were set to open on Ohio's primary election — and less than 48 hours after Trump campaigned in the state on behalf of Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, his pick for U.S. Senate.

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    Another 2024 GOP Presidential Candidate Says He Won't Endorse Trump

    But he won't be supporting President Joe Biden either.

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    Trump calls for Liz Cheney to be jailed for investigating him over Capitol attack

    Former president’s posts on Truth Social about Republican critic stoke fears of persecution of opponents if he wins 2024 election

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Biden signs executive order to boost women's health research

    President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday to expand research on women’s health care, including strengthening data standards.

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  • WorldPolitico

    Major Rafah operation would be ‘mistake,’ Biden told Netanyahu

    Biden and Netanyahu spoke on the phone for the first time since Feb. 15.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Supreme Court turns away 'Cowboys for Trump' co-founder ousted from office over Jan. 6

    Couy Griffin, was criminally convicted over his role in Jan. 6 and lost his job as a county commissioner in New Mexico as a result.

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  • PoliticsReuters

    Trump loses bid to block Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels testimony at hush money trial

    NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to block testimony from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels at his upcoming trial on charges stemming from hush money that Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, paid Daniels, a porn star, before the 2016 election. Trump last month asked Justice Juan Merchan to block their testimony, arguing Cohen had a history of lying and would likely lie again, and that Daniels - whose real name is Stephanie Clifford - would seek to use the trial to monetize he

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  • PoliticsReuters

    US Senator Graham says Ukraine aid depends on conditions, domestic issues

    U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Monday, after meeting Ukraine's president, that he was confident an aid package stalled in the U.S. Congress would soon be approved, but called for aid to take the form of a low-interest, waivable loan. Graham said he fully backed extending the aid, but told Ukrainians they had to take account of U.S. domestic problems that hang over the legislation, including border security. He and other Republicans have backed the notion of loans rather than grants for U.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Trump seeks to appeal decision not to disqualify district attorney from Georgia election case

    Former President Donald Trump and other defendants in Georgia's election interference case filed court papers Monday seeking to appeal a judge's ruling not to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from their prosecution or dismiss the charges. The resignation of the special prosecutor with whom Willis had a romantic relationship is not enough to correct the appearance of impropriety the judge found, according to a court filing by attorneys for Trump, former New York Mayor Rudy

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  • WorldNBC News

    Biden speaks with Netanyahu amid escalating tensions

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said, as Israel's planned invasion of Rafah widens the grown gap between the two leaders.

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  • PoliticsReuters

    SCOTUS seems wary of curbing govt. contact with social media platforms

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of a challenge on free speech grounds to how President Joe Biden's administration encouraged social media platforms to remove posts that federal officials deemed misinformation, including about elections and COVID-19. The justices heard oral arguments in the administration's appeal of a lower court's preliminary injunction constraining how White House and certain other federal officials communicate with social media

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  • USThe Daily Beast

    Eric Adams accuser details alleged sexual assault in new lawsuit

    Brendan McDermid/Reuters A New York City woman claims that Mayor Eric Adams sexually assaulted her three decades ago, masturbating in front of her when she turned down his advances, according to a bombshell $5 million lawsuit filed Monday.The claims add another layer of tumult to Adams’ already-tumultuous tenure, which has the first-term mayor facing an FBI investigation into allegations he helped the Turkish government sidestep the city’s fire code to erect a 35-story diplomatic facility. Feder

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  • USThe New York Times

    The GOP flamethrower with a right-wing vision for North Carolina

    As Mark Robinson completed his rapid six-year rise from conservative internet sensation to the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor, he worked relentlessly to sell his political vision to evangelical Christians. Traveling from church to church and thundering away on social media, he condemned “transgenderism” and “homosexuality” as “filth.” He said Christians should be led by men, not women. And on at least one occasion, he explicitly called to upend American tradition on God’s role in

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  • WorldThe New York Times

    Kushner deal in Serbia follows earlier interest by Trump

    WASHINGTON — The plan by Jared Kushner and his business partners to redevelop a prized location in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, echoes interest from Donald Trump a decade ago in pursuing a deal for the site and a similar proposal pushed during his White House term by a top aide now working with Kushner, a review of the project shows. The tentative agreement between the Kushner team and the Serbian government would grant Kushner’s investment firm a 99-year lease, at no charge, and the right to bui

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    US government faces another shutdown: what you need to know

    Congress needs to pass legislation by Saturday to avert another government shutdown – will it happen?

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  • PoliticsReuters

    In test of Trump's clout, Ohio Republicans pick US Senate challenger

    Donald Trump's sway over Ohio Republicans will be tested in the state's U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday, when they decide whether to nominate a political newcomer backed by the former president to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown in November. Republicans are looking to erase Democrats' 51-49 majority in the chamber, and face a geographical advantage as Democrats are defending a half-dozen seats in competitive states including Ohio. The state backed Trump in its last two president

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  • PoliticsLA Times

    California's Central Valley is voting, again, to replace Kevin McCarthy in Congress

    Two weeks after narrowing the field of candidates to represent them in Congress starting next year, voters in the San Joaquin Valley are voting again.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients

    Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin will have access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill starting Tuesday, allowing them to easily receive contraceptive medication with no out-of-pocket costs or doctor's prescription, Gov. Tony Evers announced. Evers, a Democrat, promised in his State of the State speech in January that Opill would be available to people in the state's Medicaid program known as BadgerCare Plus. It will start becoming available in some Medicaid-enrolled pharmacies on

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  • PoliticsReuters

    Biden heads to Nevada, Arizona with re-election push and housing pitch

    President Joe Biden travels to Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday to promote his affordable housing proposals and pitch his case for re-election in two political swing states that could prove critical to his bid to stay in the White House. The Democratic president has been making stops in a host of battleground states since his State of the Union address earlier this month that criticized his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, and laid out ideas he hopes to implement if given a seco

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  • PoliticsPolitico

    Welcome to a youthquake, Senate-style — which means 60s still count

    Both parties see the coming rise of fresher faces as a welcome development for Congress' stodgy upper chamber.

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  • PoliticsPolitico

    The most important Senate primary of the year is just one of today’s elections

    The races will also test Donald Trump's hold on the GOP, and the Democratic divide over the Israel-Hamas war.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Blinken underscores 'ironclad' support for the Philippines as it clashes with China in disputed sea

    Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” Tuesday to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces after clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken, the latest high-level official to visit the United States treaty ally, met his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo on Tuesday before separately meeting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila. President

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  • USAssociated Press

    Pedal coast-to-coast without using a road? New program helps connect trails across the US

    When Mike O’Neil opened his bicycle repair shop in Muncie, Indiana, the Cardinal Greenway trail just outside its window stretched only 2 miles south of the shop. O'Neil hopes the trail born from eastern Indiana's old railroad tracks will eventually become a central cog in the proposed Great American Rail-Trail — a continuous network of walking and biking routes spanning from Washington state to Washington, D.C. The Biden administration was set to open applications Tuesday for a new grant progr

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  • USAssociated Press

    Illinois voters to decide competitive US House primaries around the state

    Illinois voters are set to decide competitive U.S. House races around the state in Tuesday's primary election. The most closely watched races in Illinois include a downstate Republican matchup and two Chicago-area Democratic primaries. Former state Sen. Darren Bailey, the unsuccessful 2022 GOP nominee for governor, is hoping to unseat the 63-year-old incumbent.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Trump and Ohio's GOP establishment clash on the eve of a rowdy Senate primary

    Trump-endorsed Bernie Moreno campaigned with Sen. JD Vance and Kari Lake ahead of the Ohio Republican Senate primary. Matt Dolan rallied with Gov. Mike DeWine.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Key witness declines to testify at Biden impeachment inquiry hearing

    Devon Archer’s attorney said there isn't enough time for his client to prepare for Wednesday's hearing before two Republican-led House committees.

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  • PoliticsPolitico

    Trump: Jews who vote for Democrats ‘hate Israel’

    The Biden campaign and allied Democratic groups denounced Trump’s comments.

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  • PoliticsBusiness Insider

    Lauren Boebert brags about securing $20 million in funding that she voted against: 'Can't wait for the ribbon cuttings'

    The Colorado Republican voted against the bill containing funding for her old district earlier this month. She's bragging about it anyway.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

    An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems, the target of conspiracy theories over former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Supreme Court denies former Trump aide Peter Navarro's final bid to stay out of prison

    The Supreme Court rejected a bid by former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to avoid reporting to prison to serve a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Biden hasn't received a State of the Union polling bump: From the Politics Desk

    President Joe Biden hasn't received a post-State of the Union address polling bump. House primaries on Tuesday in Ohio and Illinois could have big consequences.

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  • OpinionLA Times

    Goldberg: Did Trump literally threaten a 'bloodbath'? No, and claiming he did only helps his campaign

    It's easy to misconstrue the ex-president's comment in Ohio given his incoherence and history as well as the media's biases. But it won't help get Biden reelected.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    The House primaries with national implications to watch Tuesday

    House incumbents in Ohio and Illinois are facing tough primary challenges, battleground matchups will be set and California could send a new member to Congress.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    'Access Hollywood' tape won't be played at Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial, judge rules

    The infamous “Access Hollywood” video in which Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women sexually without asking permission will not be shown to jurors at the former president's hush-money criminal trial, a New York judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan M. Merchan said Manhattan prosecutors can still question witnesses about the 2005 tape, which wasn't made public until the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 White House campaign. Merchan said he found the tape “relevant to the critical issues” in the case,

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  • PoliticsYahoo News

    Trump legal news brief: Trump appeals Judge McAfee's ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Georgia case

    Lawyers for former President Donald Trump file an emergency appeal challenging Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to prosecute Trump and 18 others on election interference charges now that lead prosecutor Nathan Wade has stepped down.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

    The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro has maintained that he couldn’t cooperate with the committee because former President

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill

    Negotiators from Congress and the White House scrambled Monday to complete work on the remaining government funding bills for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown for key departments that would begin this weekend without legislative action. Six months into the fiscal year, Congress is about halfway home in passing spending measures expected to total about $1.65 trillion. Lawmakers passed the first portion of spending bills in early March, funding about 30% of the government.

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  • SportsYahoo Sports

    NFL free agency good, bad and ugly: How has your favorite team done so far?

    Which teams should be most excited after a week of NFL free agency?

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  • CelebrityYahoo Canada Style

    Sophie Grégoire Trudeau says she was with her family when news of separation broke: 'We held each other'

    “Are there days when I ask myself ‘What have I done?’ Yes," Grégoire Trudeau said in an interview with ELLE Canada.

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