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- WorldThe New York Times
Biden looks to thwart surge of Chinese imports
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of one in official trade data, which show that Chinese steel imports are down sharply from last year and that the gap between what the United States sells to China and what it buys is at a postpandemic low. But the president’s aides are looking past those numbers and fixating on what they call troubling signs from China and Europe. That includes data s
5 min read - USThe Guardian
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill to ‘cancel all medical debt’
Exclusive: legislation creates a program to cancel all existing patient debt and block creditors from collecting past medical bills
4 min read - USPolitico
Trump wins further delay in another one of his criminal cases — this time in Georgia
It comes shortly after Trump's judge in his Florida case indefinitely delayed the trial there.
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New York Public Schools chancellor scolds Republicans for ‘gotcha’ antisemitism hearing, saying district disciplined staff
David Banks, the chancellor of New York City Public Schools, said at a congressional hearing Wednesday that his district has removed, disciplined or is in the process of disciplining at least a dozen staff and school leaders over alleged antisemitism, pushing back strongly against Republicans’ accusations that the school system was failing to take action for hate speech and incidents against Jewish students and faculty.
7 min read - PoliticsReuters
Five takeaways from Stormy Daniels’ testimony at Donald Trump’s trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Stormy Daniels took the witness stand on Tuesday at Donald Trump’s criminal trial and described in lurid detail her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former U.S. president. Trump has pleaded not guilty to Manhattan prosecutors’ charges he falsified business records to cover up his former lawyer’s $130,000 payment to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, for her silence before the 2016 election. Daniels appeared at ease in recounting for the jury her story of
3 min read - HealthThe New York Times
RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
In 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor. Kennedy said he consulted several of the country’s top neurologists, many of whom had either treated or spoken to his uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, before his death the previous year of brain cancer. Several doctors noticed a dark spot on the younger Kennedy’s brain scans and concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The
8 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Mike Braun wins Indiana GOP governor nod, with Jim Banks lined up to succeed him in the Senate
Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks won the state’s GOP Senate primary unopposed Tuesday, while Sen. Mike Braun won the nomination for governor.
4 min read - WorldPolitico
Israel privately conveys ‘deep frustration’ that US confirmed weapons holdup
A senior Biden administration official called it ‘rich‘ that Israel bristled at the leak when Israeli officials first revealed the news.
3 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election roll out voting 'integrity' bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election introduced a Donald Trump-backed voting bill Wednesday.
4 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Biden announces $3.3 billion AI investment by Microsoft at scaled-back Foxconn site once touted by Trump
President Joe Biden will travel to Racine, Wisconsin, to announce a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center.
3 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Trump has yet to decide his VP pick – and it’s turning into a pageant of its own
It’s less than six months until election day, and Donald Trump is choosing his running mate. It’s quite the spectacle
7 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Biden campaign goes after Trump on health care in $14 million ad boost
The ad campaign in battleground states will focus in part on Donald Trump's previous efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
4 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Trump could be campaigning on Wednesday. Instead, he'll thank people for buying NFTs
Donald Trump rarely gets time away from New York court during a week.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
New lawsuit renews challenge to Tennessee laws targeting crossover voting in primary elections
A group of Tennesseans who say they were intimidated into not voting in a primary election or were threatened with prosecution after they did vote has filed a legal challenge to two state laws meant to prevent crossover voting. Tennessee voters do not register by party, and neither law defines what it means to be a bona fide party member. One of the plaintiffs is Victor Ashe, a former U.S. ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe, who claims the laws are so
3 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Trump spends day off from court hosting NFT customers at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump will spend his day off from court hosting a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago residence for buyers of his NFT trading cards.
2 min read - USBusiness Insider
Republicans nominate dead woman for Indianapolis House seat
Public relations specialist Jennifer Pace won a crowded GOP primary despite reportedly dying of a heart attack in March.
2 min read - USAssociated Press
Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom, but he stopped short of more broadly blocking the state from enforcing its ban on “indoctrination” in public schools. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky issued a narrow preliminary injunction Tuesday evening against the ban, one of several changes adopted under an education overhaul that Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law last year. The prohibition
3 min read - PoliticsReuters
US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims
U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a bill to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections, which is already illegal and rarely occurs, an effort meant to draw more attention to Donald Trump's false claims that U.S. elections are marred by widespread fraud. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has relied on the former president's support to hold off a bid to oust him from leadership by Republican hardliner Marjorie Taylor Greene, said the measure was aimed at preventing noncitizens from
3 min read - USReuters
Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge
(Reuters) -A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems from contracting with companies that limit investment in the oil and gas industry. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila Stinson on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the law after finding retiree Don Keenan is likely to succeed in his lawsuit filed last year alleging the law violates the state constitution and is too vaguely written. Oklahoma’s 2022 law is among dozens of R
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges Donald Trump to debate at Libertarian Convention
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both address a Libertarian convention later this month, a move that comes as the presumptive GOP nominee has ramped up both criticism of Kennedy's independent bid and demands that President Joe Biden meet him on a debate stage. Arguing that he is “drawing a lot of voters from your former supporters,” Kennedy said to Trump in an open letter posted Tuesday to X that the Libertarian convention provides “perfect neu
2 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Democrats urge Biden to act on immigration as Trump threatens deportations
Immigration advocates and Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to take executive action for undocumented immigrants and the southern border.
3 min read - BusinessReuters
US senators urge Postal Service to pause delivery network consolidation
(Reuters) -A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further consolidation to its processing and delivery network, warning it could slow mail deliveries. The letter, seen by Reuters and led by Senator Gary Peters, who chairs the committee overseeing the USPS, urged a halt until the impacts are studied by the Postal Regulatory Commission. There has been mounting anger in Congress about changes that USPS has said are necessary to cut projected
2 min read - WorldReuters
Explainer-Why the US is stopping some bomb shipments to Israel
THE HAGUE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy bombs the U.S. ally used in its campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians. The suspension comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues a military assault on the Palestinian city of Rafah, over the objections of U.S. President Joe Biden. Washington paused one shipment consisting of 1,800 2,000-pound (907-kg) bombs and 1,70
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials
Pennsylvania election officials said Wednesday that the number of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities, like a missing date, saw a significant drop in last month's primary election after state officials tried anew to help voters avoid mistakes that might get their ballots thrown out. The success of the mail-in vote could be critical to determining the outcome of November's presidential election in Pennsylvania when the state is again expected to play a decisive role in the contest betwee
3 min read - WorldNBC News
Ga. appeals court grants Trump's request to consider Fani Willis' disqualification from his criminal case
Georgia's state Court of Appeals will consider an appeal from Donald Trump challenging the decision not to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from the election interference case.
2 min read - WorldReuters
US paused Israel weapons shipment due to Rafah, US defense secretary says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden decided to hold back delivery of high payload munitions to Israel because Washington believes a possible Israeli offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah could put civilians at risk, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday. Austin added that the administration was also reviewing some "near-term security assistance shipments" to Israel. Austin was the first senior Biden administration official to publicly explain a possible shift in U.S. policy on
4 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Pentagon chief confirms US has paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion
The Biden administration paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that the country was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the United States, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. The focus of U.S. concern was the larger explosives and how they could be used in a dense urban setting like Rafah where more than 1 million civilians are sheltering after evacuating other parts of Gaza amid Isra
7 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Trump's delay-delay-delay strategy is paying off
A Georgia appeals court agreed to weigh Donald Trump's effort to get the DA overseeing the state's election-interference case against him removed.
3 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
RFK Jr. said in 2012 that he thought a worm ate part of his brain: 'I have cognitive problems, clearly'
A major tenet of Kennedy's long shot presidential campaign has been on his health compared to Trump and Biden.
3 min read - PoliticsReuters
Senator Schumer to propose framework for AI legislation in coming weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he would provide a framework for addressing the risks and potential benefits of artificial intelligence in the coming weeks, which will then be translated into piecemeal legislation. The Biden administration and lawmakers, concerned about how AI could impact elections or influence Americans, have been pressing for AI regulation, but a polarized U.S. Congress has made little headway. Europe is ahead, with lawmakers the
2 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Indian Americans are awakening to their political power
Indian Americans surpassed Chinese in U.S. population, and experts say Trump and Biden need to set their focus on them. From Israel and Gaza to gun control, they're more sure than ever of what they want.
10 min read - USReuters
Trump secures another win in bids to slow criminal prosecutions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump notched another win in his campaign to slow the criminal cases against him on Wednesday, when a Georgia appeals court agreed to hear his bid to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting him for trying to overturn his election loss in the state. The ruling prolongs the legal battle over a former romance between Fani Willis, Fulton County's district attorney, and a onetime top deputy, a relationship defense lawyers have used to try to derail the case. The co
4 min read - USAssociated Press
Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. Trump and some other defendants in Georgia had tried to get Willis and her office removed the case, saying her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March found that no confl
3 min read - CelebrityThe New York Times
Stormy Daniels, Who Told of Sex With Trump, Returns to Stand on Thursday
NEW YORK — When Donald Trump met Stormy Daniels, their flirtation seemed fleeting: He was a 60-year-old married mogul at the peak of reality television fame, and she was 27, a Louisiana native raised in poverty and headed to porn-film stardom. But that chance encounter in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, some two decades ago is now at the center of the first criminal trial of a U.S. president, an unprecedented case that could shape the 2024 presidential race. This week, Daniels has been on the witness stand
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U.S. pauses Israel arms shipment and Stormy Daniels testifies in Trump trial: Morning Rundown
Stormy Daniels took the stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. U.S. paused arms shipment to Israel over Rafah fears. Michigan tornadoes trap FedEx workers.
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Accountants Don't Want To Help Rudy Giuliani In Bankruptcy Case, His Lawyers Say
The former attorney for Donald Trump has hit a snag in his bankruptcy filing.
1 min read - BusinessReuters
Intel, Qualcomm say exports to China blocked as Beijing objects
(Reuters) -Intel said on Wednesday its sales would take a hit after the U.S. revoked some of the chipmaker's export licenses for a customer in China, in a move Beijing complained was going too far in the name of national security. Intel did not disclose the name of the Chinese customer that had licenses canceled in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but Reuters had reported on Tuesday the U.S. has revoked licenses that allowed companies, including Intel and Qualcomm, to shi
3 min read - USThe Guardian
From arming teachers to corporate tax breaks: Tennessee’s new, extreme laws
Republican lawmakers passed laws criminalizing helping minors get abortions and handed billions of dollars to corporations
7 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Trump is selling sneakers, bibles, and other odd products while he campaigns. Here's a look at all the items he's hawking.
Donald Trump has allowed his name to be stamped on a variety of products ranging from a Bible to NFTs.
6 min read - USAssociated Press
Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor's hearing is canceled
Police used pepper spray to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested dozens of demonstrators on Wednesday just as city officials were set to appear before hostile lawmakers in Congress to account for their handling of the 2-week-old protest. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability canceled the hearing after the crackdown, with its chairman and other Republicans welcoming the police action. House Speaker Mike Johnson said, “it should not r
6 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump's Foxconn project failed
President Joe Biden on Wednesday laced into Donald Trump over a failed project in the previous administration that was supposed to bring thousands of new jobs into southeastern Wisconsin and trumpeted new economic investments under his watch that are coming to the same spot.
6 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump is in no hurry as he leans into the pageantry of vice presidential tryouts
As former President Donald Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an extramarital sexual encounter he denies, another spectacle is playing out in the background as his vice presidential tryouts get underway. The dynamic was on full display in Florida over the weekend at a closed-door fundraiser at his Mar-a-Lago club that doubled as an audition featuring a long list of potential running mates. Trump, at one point, invited many of the contenders on stage like con
6 min read - USAssociated Press
US's largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant
The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn't comply with federal law. The Tennessee Valley Authority announced in April that it would replace the aging coal-burning Kingston Fossil Plant with gas amid growing calls for the agency's new board of directors to invest in renewables. The board, with six of nine members appointed by President Biden, is expected to meet on
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs
As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he’s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities and making home aides more available to the elderly. The initiatives were once part of Build Back Better, Biden’s gargantuan legislative agenda that stalled on Capitol Hill two years ago. Now they’re what Neera Tanden, the Democratic president's top domestic policy adviser, describes as “unfinished bu
7 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The US is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict
Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of war. A decision against close ally Israel would add to pressure on President Joe Biden to curb the flow of weapons and money to Israel's military. The Democratic administration took one of
7 min read - PoliticsPolitico
Unexpected warning signs for Trump in busy Indiana primary
There were a half-dozen consequential GOP primaries Tuesday, but Nikki Haley’s performance in the already concluded presidential race could be a sign of trouble for Trump in more competitive states.
6 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Stormy Daniels' credibility becomes a linchpin in the prosecution's hush money case
Daniels' story about having sex with Donald Trump has long been in the public sphere, but whether the jury believes her may determine if it finds Trump guilty.
4 min read - CelebrityPolitico
Stormy spoke. Trump fumed. Jurors were captivated — but also cringed.
In vivid detail, Stormy Daniels described a 2006 hotel encounter that is now at the heart of Donald Trump's criminal trial.
11 min read - CelebrityThe Guardian
‘Do you worry about STDs?’: Stormy Daniels’s testimony on Trump affair off to lurid start
The adult film star testifies in a hush-money trial that could land the ex-president and Republican frontrunner behind bars
5 min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Human Rights Groups Demand Biden Publish Report On Israel’s Use Of U.S. Weapons
The administration will soon send a report to Congress on whether Israel is violating U.S. and international law by using American weapons to kill civilians.
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