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  • PoliticsCNN

    Judge to consider if Trump can throw out Georgia election subversion case on First Amendment grounds

    For the first time since a judge ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee the Georgia 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the focus will return to the details of the sprawling case.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Democrats hope Biden can ride the party’s special election wave: From the Politics Desk

    Democrats keep winning special elections, but Joe Biden isn't getting a polling boost. RNC co-chair Lara Trump sits down for an interview.

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  • USThe New York Times

    How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk

    The email went out to members of Justice Clarence Thomas’ law clerk network late last month celebrating his newest addition to an exclusive club. The justice’s selection needed no introduction. “Crystal Clanton’s clerkship for OT ’24 was announced by Scalia Law today!” wrote an assistant to Virginia Thomas, the justice’s wife, who is known as Ginni. The email referred to the 2024 October term of the court, and the tone was jubilant: “Please take a look at these posts of congratulations and suppo

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  • USABC News

    Fani Willis vows nothing 'will derail' Trump's election interference trial

    Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis vowed to bring former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case to trial in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arguing that her office has fully complied with a congressional subpoena related to a federal funding probe. The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in February issued a subpoena to Willis for documents related to her office's use of federal funds intended to support at-risk youth, according to a copy of

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  • PoliticsCNN

    Judge appears skeptical of Hunter Biden’s attempt to get tax charges dismissed

    A federal judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of arguments from Hunter Biden’s lawyers that his felony tax indictment should be dismissed, potentially teeing up a trial this summer.

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  • PoliticsLA Times

    Former Trump lawyer John Eastman should lose his license, judge rules

    The judge's recommendation to yank the Trump advisor's license to practice law in California will go to the state Supreme Court, which has the power to approve it.

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  • USThe Guardian

    US congressman sued for wrongly identifying Kansas man as mass shooter

    Republican Tim Burchett called Denton Loudermill Jr a ‘shooter’ and ‘illegal’ alien after shooting at Kansas City parade

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy

    Annelle Sheline says ‘I no longer wanted to be affiliated with this administration,’ claiming Biden is flouting US law over Israel

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    RNC asks job applicants if they believe 2020 election was stolen in ‘litmus test’

    Republican National Committee, now run by Trump loyalists, does not deny that staff seeking to be rehired are grilled on ‘big lie’

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  • PoliticsPolitico

    The limits of Biden’s one-on-one diplomacy with Netanyahu

    Biden prefers a personal touch to diplomacy, but changing circumstances in Gaza and Israel might lead to a shifting course.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump

    The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes announced, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened. The blanket protections regulation was dropped in 2019 as part of a suite of changes to the application of the species law under Trump that were encouraged

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    James Comer Is Mad

    The House Oversight Committee chair has been increasingly lashing out at reporters covering his impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden.

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  • PoliticsYahoo News

    Trump legal news brief: Trump’s Georgia case picks back up Thursday with Fani Willis still on the job

    Judge Scott McAfee will hear arguments Thursday on motions brought by former President Donald Trump and former Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer seeking to have the charges on the election interference case dismissed.

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  • USNBC News

    Trump expected to attend wake for fallen NYPD officer as he ramps up rhetoric on crime

    Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend the wake for New York Police Officer Jonathan Diller on Thursday.

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  • WorldThe Guardian

    Bernie Moreno says he fled socialism in Colombia for the US in 1971. What does history say?

    The Republican challenger to Democrat Sherrod Brown for US Senate in Ohio has made dubious claims in his campaign

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    JD Vance's VP prospects could rise after he helped deliver Trump a big Ohio win

    Bernie Moreno's Ohio GOP Senate primary victory reinforced Trump's influence and JD Vance's reputation as a loyal soldier to the former president.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    N.J. Democrat targets Sen. Bob Menendez's access to classified information — as well as Trump's

    A new bill would prevent Sen. Bob Mendnez and Donald Trump from accessing classified information due their indictments on federal charges.

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    Barack Obama Makes Big Change For Joe Biden As Election Nears: Reports

    The former president is said to be shifting his approach with Biden.

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  • OpinionLA Times

    Calmes: Is this the worst Congress ever? Let's count the ways

    The 118th Congress is on track to pass the least amount of U.S. legislation in modern times, all because of the self-defeating GOP House majority.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    US congressional delegation pledges continued defense support for Taiwan

    A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation pledged continued support for Taiwan on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that’s claimed by China. Congress also approved $400 million on Saturday to counter the Chinese government’s influence in the region, as part of its Defense Appropriations Act. China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province to be brought under its control, by force if necessary.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Republican committee to select Buck's likely replacement, adding a challenge to Boebert's campaign

    A panel of Colorado Republicans will select a candidate Thursday who will likely serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck ’s term — and could pose a challenge to Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bid for another term in Congress. It's an unusual and confusing twist in a closely watched primary race for a district the far-right Republican Boebert has not represented previously. Whoever the committee chooses is expected to prevail in the special election against the Democratic nominee, finish Buck's

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Judge recommends John Eastman be disbarred in California

    A judge recommended Wednesday that John Eastman, a co-defendant of Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, be disbarred in California.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Trump ramps up attacks on judge in hush money case after gag order

    Former President Donald Trump repeatedly lashed out at one person who's not covered by a gag order in the New York hush money case — the judge.

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  • USNBC News

    Hunter Biden asks skeptical judge to dismiss tax charges he says are politically motivated

    Lawyers for Hunter Biden asked a judge at a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday to dismiss tax charges filed against him last year, arguing that the case is politically motivated — allegations that did not appear to sway the seemingly skeptical judge.

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    Hunter Biden asks Los Angeles judge to toss out $1.4m tax evasion case

    Lawyers for president’s son to challenge criminal charges he evaded taxes and argue prosecutors bowed to Republican pressure

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  • PoliticsReuters

    Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules

    (Reuters) -A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump. Eastman, a former personal lawyer to Trump who is now his co-defendant in the Georgia criminal case over efforts to sway the election, was accused of violating California attorney ethics rules against misleading courts and making false public statements. "Eastman’s actions were

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  • USAssociated Press

    Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion 'lite' proposal that would cover fewer people

    A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature . Mississippi’s Republican-controlled Legislature is considering expansion after years of opposition to the policy allowed under the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 federal health overhaul signed by then-President Barack Obama. The proposal passed by a committee Wednesday is the only Medicaid expansion proposal still alive after Senate Republicans t

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Election denier who Trump wanted to take over DOJ invokes the 5th in disbarment hearing

    Jeffrey Clark, who Donald Trump considered naming acting attorney general before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, testified in a disbarment hearing.

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  • USReuters

    Trump to attend wake for slain New York policeman

    Former U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to attend the wake on Thursday for a New York Police Department officer who was gunned down during a traffic stop earlier this week in a killing that drew national attention. Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has made support for law enforcement a focal point of his campaign to defeat Democratic President Joe Biden in November's election, set to be a close, deeply divisive contest. "President Trump is moved by the invitation to jo

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  • USAssociated Press

    West Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies

    Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia's GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only medical exemptions to vaccine requirements. The bill would have allowed some students who don’t attend traditional public institutions or participate in group extracurriculars like sports to be exempt from vaccinations typicall

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82

    Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, the statement said. Lieberman's independent streak and especially his needling of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama during

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  • PoliticsReuters

    Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82

    "Senator Lieberman's love of God, his family and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest." Lieberman was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in the 2000 election, which was won by Republican George W. Bush over Democrat Al Gore. Lieberman was the first Jewish candidate on a major party presidential ticket in the U.S.

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  • WorldNBC News

    Biden admin has no plans to change how it treats Haitian migrants despite anger from advocates

    The Biden administration is under pressure from rights groups to rethink its treatment of Haitian migrants, but so far there are no plans to change course.

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  • BusinessBusiness Insider

    Donald Trump is now richer than George Soros — and on track to overtake Mark Cuban

    Donald Trump's net worth has jumped to more than $7 billion, per Bloomberg, thanks to his large stake in a company that began trading this week.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Interior Department rule aims to crack down on methane leaks from oil, gas drilling on public lands

    The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. The rule issued by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management will tighten limits on gas flaring on federal lands and require that energy companies improve methods to detect methane leaks that add to planet-warming gre

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Top Republican hints at an off-ramp from impeaching Biden

    House Republicans don't appear to have the votes to impeach President Joe Biden and Rep. James Comer is suggesting sending criminal referrals to the Justice Department instead.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Trump plans to attend the wake of slain New York City police officer

    Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend the wake for a New York City police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop this week, according to his campaign. Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is expected to be at a visitation Thursday on Long Island for Officer Jonathan Diller, the first New York City police officer killed in the line of duty in two years. “President Trump is moved by the invitation to join NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller’s family and

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster says she won't seek re-election in N.H. swing district

    Rep. Annie Kuster, a Democrat in a competitive New Hampshire district, announced Wednesday she won’t seek re-election this year.

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  • USThe Guardian

    Kari Lake won’t contest claims she defamed Arizona election official

    Republican sued last year by Stephen Richer, top Maricopa county official, after she lost her gubernatorial bid and lied about him

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  • USAssociated Press

    MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, formally evicted from Minnesota warehouse

    A court ordered the eviction Wednesday of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used, but company founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said that it's just a formality because the landlord wants to take the property back. Lindell denied in an interview with The Associated Press that the eviction was another sign of his money woes. Lindell faced a setback last month when a federal judge affirmed a $5 million arbitration award in favor of a software enginee

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  • PoliticsReuters

    US supply chain task force to discuss Baltimore bridge collapse

    A U.S. federal supply chain task force will meet on Wednesday to assess the Baltimore bridge collapse and port closure, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, adding that the Biden administration did not want financing concerns to hold up bridge reconstruction. The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed on Tuesday after a freight ship crashed into it, leaving six construction workers presumed dead after falling into the frigid water below. Yellen, speaking on MSNBC duri

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    Donald Trump 'Loves' That Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Running For President

    The former president said he thinks RFK will siphon votes away from Joe Biden.

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  • PoliticsThe New York Times

    Trump Advisers Talk of Palestinian Expulsions, but Activists Focus on Biden

    Even as Palestinian-rights organizers focus their ire on President Joe Biden, the advisers who shaped Donald Trump’s Middle East policies when he was president have amplified calls for the expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the annexation of the West Bank by Israel. Those policy prescriptions, voiced by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his former ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, suggest a right-wing approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exceeding even the Trump adm

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    US Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire won't seek reelection for a seventh term in November

    Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire said Wednesday that she will not seek reelection to Congress for a seventh term in November, leaving the state's sprawling 2nd District open to a possible GOP successor. “I always said I was not going to stay in Congress forever," Kuster, 67, said in a statement. Kuster is the longest-serving member in the history of the mostly rural district, which stretches from New Hampshire’s border with Canada to the Massachusetts line.

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  • USNBC News

    Federal watchdog to examine DOJ law enforcement task forces after NBC News report

    Congress' investigative arm is launching a review of how the DOJ oversees its task forces, which often include local police officers, after an NBC News report.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Biden leans on his Democratic predecessors as Trump remains isolated from other Republican leaders

    When President Joe Biden needs advice, there are two people he can turn to who know what it’s like to sit in his chair. On Thursday, their partnership will be on display in what has been described as a one-of-a-kind fundraising extravaganza in New York City to help Biden build on his already significant cash advantage in this year’s presidential election. It's a dramatic show of force intended to rally the Democratic Party faithful to secure a second term for Biden despite his stubbornly low p

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Biden's case for re-election is improving, but his polling against Trump is still shaky

    In 2020, surveys showed Biden consistently leading Trump nationally and in swing states, often by wide margins. But this time, the polls show Biden in a more precarious position.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling

    Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal. The 2-1 ruling late Tuesday is the second time a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has put a temporary hold on the the Texas law. It follows a confusing few hours last week the Supreme Court allowed the law to

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  • PoliticsThe New York Times

    Obama, Fearing Biden Loss to Trump, Is on the Phone to Strategize

    WASHINGTON — As the election approaches, President Joe Biden is making regular calls to former President Barack Obama to catch up on the race or to talk about family. But Obama is making calls of his own to Jeffrey Zients, the White House chief of staff, and to top aides at the Biden campaign to strategize and relay advice. This level of engagement illustrates Obama’s support for Biden, but also what one of his senior aides characterized as Obama’s grave concern that Biden could lose to former P

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    The anti-war protest secured a huge primary vote. What happens next?

    Thousands registered their opinion against the war in Gaza through the ballot, showing Biden it could sway the election

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