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Live Updates: Stormy Daniels Is Expected to Testify in Trump's Trial — Ms. Daniels, who received $130,000 in hush money to keep silent about her story of having had sex with Donald J. Trump, is at the center of the case against him. — Here's the latest on the trial.
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Trump trial live updates as Stormy Daniels takes the stand to testify today — Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who received $130,000 in 2016 in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump, has been called to the stand to testify in the former president's trial.
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New York Times:
Jurors in Trump Trial Hear Witness Tie the President to the Payment — Before prosecutors began presenting crucial records, the judge held Donald J. Trump in contempt, saying his complaints about the jury were “a direct attack on the rule of law.” — After two weeks of enthralling jurors …
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden to condemn current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance amid college protests and Gaza war — President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israelis frustrated with U.S. handling of hostage talks … - The U.S. official said “this is an extremely difficult process with negotiations conducted through intermediaries in Doha and Cairo.” — He added that the U.S. believes Israel has engaged in the talks in good faith …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Pushes Back Critical Filing Deadline in Trump Documents Case — Judge Aileen M. Cannon did not immediately set a new date, but the delay increases the chance that the trial will not happen before the November election. — Reversing one of her own decisions, the federal judge overseeing …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Trump on going to jail over gag order: 'I'll do that sacrifice' — The judge has threatened the former president with possible jail time, something Trump and his supporters think may bolster his campaign. — Donald Trump said he would rather risk imprisonment than comply with a gag order …
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Jason Gewirtz / CNBC:
Abortion bans drive away up to half of young talent, new CNBC/Generation Lab youth survey finds … Young people are seen on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Georgia on October 14, 2022. — The youngest generation of American workers is prepared to move away from states …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why is the simplest explanation of campus protests so hard to accept? — Young people were sympathetic to Palestinians even before the war began. Why is that ignored? — Over the weekend, New York Police Chief of Patrol John Chell took to social media to offer thoughts on the college campus protests …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’ — Kathy Hochul made comment at California conference to showcase upstate AI center before apologizing on Monday night — The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has rapidly backtracked on remarks she made on Monday …
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Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
Trump looks to cut off oxygen to RFK Jr. — Former President Trump is taking concrete steps to deprive Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of oxygen as they compete for a portion of the same voters. — Trump is going to the Libertarian Party national convention this month and criticized Kennedy …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The right-wing uproar about Title IX — For the last 50 years, Title IX has had an extraordinary impact on the nature of higher education in the United States. Passed in 1972 as an amendment to the Higher Education Act, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination at any school that receives funding from the federal government.
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Politico:
Inside the increasingly ugly GOP fight over a Texas runoff — Tony Gonzales has made a lot of Republican enemies. Party leadership is still defending him, against his opponent “The AK Guy” and his own conservative colleagues. — Rep. Tony Gonzales' centrist voting record and willingness …
Ben Metzner / New Republic:
Former Republican Official Finds a Spine, Endorses Joe Biden — Georgia's former Republican Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan announced Monday that he is endorsing Joe Biden in the 2024 election, a stunning defection that puts him at odds with other leaders in his party.
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James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Donald Trump to Attend Fundraiser on Day of Barron's Graduation — Donald Trump is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Minnesota Republican Party's annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on May 17, the same day he requested off court to attend his son Barron Trump's graduation ceremony.
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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Young voters don't give Biden credit for passing the biggest climate bill in history — President Biden spent his Earth Day in a national forest this year with an explicit pitch to young people: a climate jobs corps intended to excite Gen Z the way John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps inspired their grandparents.
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Politico:
Trump tries to privately mediate Johnson-Greene fight — The former president had a lengthy phone call with the Georgia firebrand over the weekend, telling her to stand down from her ouster threat, according to three Republicans familiar with the matter.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
House swears in New York Democrat, thinning GOP majority — Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-N.Y.) was sworn in on the House floor Monday, replacing the now-retired Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) and leaving Republicans with just a one-vote margin for any partisan vote. — Kennedy, previously a state senator …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Congresswoman battling brain disorder delivers House speech using a text-to-voice app — Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), whose ability to speak, hear and move has been affected by a degenerative brain condition, uses assistive technology to help her navigate life on the Hill.
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CNN:
Newly unsealed grand jury testimony from Trump's valet helps explain FBI's desire to search Mar-a-Lago — Donald Trump's valet told investigators before the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 that he randomly chose boxes of documents to return to the National Archives and Trump himself directed …
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Reuters:
Russia's Vladimir Putin sworn in as president for a fifth term — President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and a number of other Western countries due to Russia's war in Ukraine.
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USA Today:
Guilty? By nearly 3-1, Americans predict a Trump conviction, though some see unfairness — Susan Page Rachel Barber Sudiksha KochiUSA TODAY — Guilty? — Americans by nearly 3-1 predict that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on all or some of the felony charges he faces …
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Koh Ewe / TIME:
Ole Miss Student Kicked Out of Fraternity After Video Caught Racist Gestures Toward Protester — Video footage of a student making racist gestures, seemingly imitating a monkey, toward a Black woman who was part of a scheduled pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Mississippi …
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GOP Rep. Collins responds to criticism of Ole Miss post
GOP Rep. Collins responds to criticism of Ole Miss post
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