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Democrat George Latimer questioned about deleted Facebook post comparing Andrew Cuomo to Emmit Till

George Latimer, the Westchester County politician who has launched a primary challenge against incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., would like to...

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Disney is once again giving money to anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans who passed the "Don't Say Gay" law

The Walt Disney Corporation, which runs a theme park fiefdom in Orlando and wields outsized clout in Florida politics, is once again donating money to...

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"Extremely vigorous": Biden takes on monopolies like Ticketmaster "far more" aggresively than Trump

Seeking to support embattled American consumers and workers against concentrated corporate power, President Joe Biden's administration has taken a...

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Alito attacks ProPublica over Pultizer-winning ethics coverage: "They don't like our decisions"

A new audio recording reveals Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito bashing ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization, for its coverage of him and other...

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Donald Trump admits he still has a gun, despite felony convictions

Donald Trump, recently convicted on 34 felony charges related to falsifying business records, admitted to New York officials that he had not...

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Hunter Biden juror says the prosecution was a "waste of taxpayer dollars"

The day after closing arguments in Hunter Biden's felony gun trial wrapped up on Monday, 12 Delaware jurors delivered their verdict: guilty on all...

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Biden considering separate hostage deal with Hamas, potentially bypassing Israel

Biden administration officials told NBC News that they have discussed a potential deal with Hamas that would see the release of five Americans...

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Fox News edits Trump interview clip to remove weird response to Jeffrey Epstein question

Fox News edited out a section of an interview last Sunday where former Presidnet Donald Trump appeared to retreat from a promise to declassify files...

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Trump rants about sharks and death by electrocution after his teleprompter goes out in Las Vegas

Former President Donald Trump's teleprompter apparently broke down at a Las Vegas rally on Sunday, giving the former president free rein to meander...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene compares Trump to Jesus, saying both are "convicted felons"

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a self-described "Christian nationalist," compared former Presidnet Donald Trump to Jesus Christ at a Las Vegas...

10.06.2024 4

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Steve Bannon set to begin prison term next month, will be incarcerated until November

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump with close ties to far-right movements, to report to federal prison on...

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NAACP urges Biden to stop sending weapons to Israel, saying they're being used to "harm civilians"

Reuters reports that the NAACP is urging President Joe Biden to "indefinitely" stop all arms shipments to Israel and push Prime Minister Benjamin...

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Fani Willis helped derail Trump's Georgia election case with an "absurd sideshow," legal experts say

Donald Trump's election interference trial in Georgia has been postponed again, with many critics laying the blame on Fulton County District Attorney...

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Former Alito clerk says it's "bonkers" that he won't recuse himself from cases involving Trump

Amid the roiling controversy over flags associated with right-wing MAGA violence that were flown outside Samuel Alito's homes, the conservative...

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Former Pence aide says she's "happy to discuss" Trump's mental decline if the WSJ is interested

After the Wall Street Journal published "Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping"  — criticized as a "hit piece" based on claims from...

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Mike Johnson appoints election-denying Trump loyalists to House Intelligence Committee

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, placating Donald Trump and the right-wing of his caucus, appointed Scott Perry, R-Pa., and Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, to...

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Mike Johnson and the "homosexual agenda": Trump's ally in Congress has a history of anti-LGBTQ+ hate

As a lawyer in Louisiana and then as an elected politician, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., has spent most of his life trying to save America and the world...

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Trump says it's "very possible" that Biden and other political rivals will have to be jailed

Donald Trump, spinning the old, false line that the trial that led to his conviction on felony charges was "rigged" and orchestrated by Joe Biden,...

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"Never saw a glimmer of a smile": Trump complains about the jury as he tries to lift his gag order

Donald Trump, now a convicted felon awaiting sentencing in his New York trial, is claiming that the jury not smiling at him is proof that the trial...

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Judge Cannon gifts Trump another two weeks to come up with an argument against a gag order

Judge Aileen Cannon has received flak for her plodding pace in the lead up to Donald Trump's classified documents trial, but that has not stopped her...

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"Want to talk about the theater thing?": Boebert fumbles debate question about "Beetlejuice" affair

Republican lawmaker Lauren Boebert, attempting to escape voters from Colorado's 3rd district who nearly voted her out in 2022, is vying for her...

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Former Trump lawyer: "Ridiculous" to claim that Joe Biden orchestrated Trump's felony convictions

Donald Trump, fuming over his new status as a convicted felon, has been blaming Joe Biden for orchestrating his New York trial, claiming he sought to...

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"Lock her up": Trump falsely claims he never embraced calls for jailing Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump, facing the threat of a prison sentence after jurors convicted him on 34 felony charges, is now denying that he ever used "Lock her up"...

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"No one is surprised": Biden campaign slams Trump over report he used the n-word on "The Apprentice"

A former "Apprentice" producer newly released from his nondisclosure agreement published an account on Slate that details former President Donald...

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Royce White, MAGA's favorite Minnesota Senate candidate, repeatedly failed to pay child support

Royce White, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota endorsed by the state GOP and beloved in right-wing internet circles, missed at least a...

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Legal experts don't buy Alito's latest seditious flag excuse, say he should be "recusing himself"

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, justifying his decision not to recuse himself from two cases relating to the January 6 attack on the Capitol,...

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"No words for this": Legal experts pan Aileen Cannon's "outrageous" pro-Trump bias

Over the course of seven public hearings related to Donald Trump's classified documents case, a picture has emerged of Judge Aileen Cannon sometimes...

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Trump lashes out at "anti-MAGA" Fox News host who said Biden was "not responsible" for his trial

With a New York jury deliberating on whether or not Donald Trump is guilty in his hush money trial, the defendant is acting like the verdict is a...

30.05.2024 9

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Georgia Republican tries to "set the stage" for a November election challenge, won't certify primary

A Republican member of the election board in Georgia's Fulton County is refusing to certify May 21 primary election results, demanding that she first...

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"That's what I'm trying to tell you": Cannon confused by legal questions in Trump documents case

Judge Aileen Cannon has been criticized for letting unresolved legal issues pile up in Donald Trump's classified documents case, but the Trump...

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Trump, expecting a guilty verdict, complains that "Mother Theresa could not beat these charges"

As jurors began deliberating Wednesday, former President Donald Trump appeared outside court in Manhattan and again portrayed himself as a victim of a...

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Alito neighbors contradict his story of how a pro-insurrection flag ended up outside his home

On Feb. 15, a couple living across from Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito's home called Fairfax County police to complain that his wife, Martha-Ann...

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Trump lashes out against Robert De Niro after the actor warned he could "destroy the world"

Donald Trump lashed out at Robert De Niro after the actor appeared at a Biden campaign press conference with campaign officials and former U.S....

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What was the Nakba? And why does 1948 matter so much to Palestinians and Israelis?

On May 18, a photo of two Israeli soldiers circulated on social media. They were standing in front of a bullet-riddled house in what appeared to be...

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Rafael Nadal prepares to die at the tournament he won 14 times

After tennis, Rafael Nadal can look forward to spending his days in sunny Mallorca with the people and things that he loves. There's his fishing gear,...

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Supreme Court upholds "stark racial gerrymander," limiting Black voters' power in South Carolina

In a 6-3 vote that fell cleanly along ideological lines, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ruling that GOP lawmakers in South Carolina...

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Louisiana Republicans declare abortion pills a "dangerous substance," threaten prison and hard labor

Republicans in the Louisiana state house passed a bill Tuesday that would designate the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol as a "controlled...

23.05.2024 20

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Democrat ruled "out of order" for discussing Trump's alleged crimes in Congress: "This is a cult"

A Democratic lawmaker had his comments on the House floor struck from the record after he used his time to detail Donald Trump's troubles with the law...

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Former Trump lawyer blasts Aileen Cannon's "incompetence" and "bias," says trial should have begun

Judge Aileen Cannon declined to rule on a motion filed by Trump's lawyers on Wednesday to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of the...

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"Confirms my worst fears": Republican farm bill would slash SNAP benefits, gut animal welfare laws

House Republicans are trying to pass a $1.5 trillion farm bill that critics across the political spectrum say will squeeze farmers, weaken protections...

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Trump envoy to Arab-Americans flops at Michigan meeting, talks about Gaza's real estate potential

Joe Biden's continued support for Israel is tanking his approval ratings among Arab-Americans, but Donald Trump's attempt to divert some of that...

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Newsmax accused of "evidence destruction" in lawsuit over 2020 election lies

Smartmatic, the firm that produced voting machines for the 2020 election, is accusing Newsmax of destroying key evidence in their ongoing defamation...

22.05.2024 9

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In racist rant, Trump claims his hush money judge "hates" him: "Look at where he comes from"

Donald Trump's hush money trial wrapped up for the week on Tuesday, capped off with an appearance by the former president outside the courtroom in...

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FBI followed "standard procedure" in its Mar-a-Lago raid, refutes Trump claim about "deadly" force

In the latest attempt to portray himself as the victim of political persecution, former President Donald Trump posted Tuesday evening on Truth Social...

22.05.2024 10

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British court says Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the US over espionage charges

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder wanted by U.S. authorities for spying, might not have to go to America after all, CNN reports. Two senior judges...

20.05.2024 20

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"Self-help": Michael Cohen argues he was owed the money he "stole" from the Trump Organization

Donald Trump's defense team on Monday sought to paint star witness Michael Cohen as not just a liar but a thief, nothing that the former president's...

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Elise Stefanik tells right-wing Israelis that Trump will ship them all the weapons they need

Rep. Elise Stefanik, a rising GOP leader and staunch Trump ally who has used her platform to conflate pro-Palestine activism with antisemitism and...

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Israel "intentionally causing death" among Gaza civilians, Hamas guilty of war crimes, ICC says

After an "independent and impartial" investigation by his office, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan filed arrest warrant...

20.05.2024 20

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Korean cuisine embraces mayo, but is it true love?

Mayo, once thought of as foreign, is now considered by many Koreans to be a key ingredient in their cooking

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Lauren Boebert and other Republican lawmakers skip votes to help Trump get around his gag order

The lawmakers' absence from Washington forced GOP leaders to delay votes

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