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International Criminal Court:
Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine — Today I am filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in the State of Palestine.
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EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war — The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes …
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Financial Times:
Why we support ICC prosecutions for crimes in Israel and Gaza — The attacks by Hamas in Israel on October 7 and the military response by Israeli forces in Gaza have tested the system of international law to its limits. This is why, as international lawyers, we felt compelled to assist …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump trial: Michael Cohen admits he ‘stole from the Trump Organization’ in testimony … Michael Cohen, the former fixer and personal lawyer for Donald Trump, admitted during cross-examination Monday that he stole from Trump's company by holding on to money given to him that should have gone to a tech contractor.
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Politico:
Trump claims he wants to testify at his trial. No one else thinks he should. — “Anybody testifying for their own sake, it doesn't play out well,” said one Trump ally. — On the eve of his criminal trial, Donald Trump told reporters in Florida that he would take the stand and testify if necessary.
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Bonchie / RedState:
Alvin Bragg's Case in Shambles After Michael Cohen Admits to Stealing From Trump and More — It's not quite time for closing arguments in the New York-based criminal case against Donald Trump, but the crescendo is building. — On Monday, disgraced felon Michael Cohen retook the stand …
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hourslong search through a foggy …
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ABC News:
Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions
Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Helicopter Carrying Iran's President Has Crashed, State Media Reports
Helicopter Carrying Iran's President Has Crashed, State Media Reports
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ProPublica:
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe — Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Scared about America losing democracy? Texas is already gone — “I might go to Dallas to murder looters,” a then-active duty U.S. Army sergeant named Daniel Perry texted a friend in the spring of 2020, as protest marches over the police murder of George Floyd swept across Texas and the nation.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Exclusive: Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort — At 4:37 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, 2023, far-right, anti-LGBTQ influencer Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok posted a pre-transition photograph of transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, calling her “a dude,” on Twitter, now known as X.1
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Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Biden bizarrely suggests he was VP during pandemic in latest blunder — President Biden bizarrely declared Sunday that things got “kinda bad” when he was vice president during the pandemic — even though COVID-19 hit three years after the Obama administration left office.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Senate Banking Chair Brown calls on Biden to replace embattled FDIC head — FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg testified at hearings before House and Senate lawmakers last week, where Democrats stopped just shy of calling for his ouster. — Senate Banking Chair Sherrod Brown on Monday called …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Why isn't Donald Trump in jail already? — Donald Smith would be in a cell by now! … “Why isn't Donald Trump in jail already?” — It's a fair question, particularly in light of the flagrant gag order violations in Trump's Manhattan criminal trial, both by the man himself and his surrogates.
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Gram Slattery / Reuters:
Exclusive: Donald Trump foreign policy advisers met Israeli PM Netanyahu, source says — Three former U.S. foreign policy officials in Donald Trump's administration met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel on Monday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
Politico:
‘Hell no’: Endangered Senate Dems chafe at relentless GOP drive to tie them to Biden — Senate Democratic hopefuls in red and purple states must carve out distance from the president to keep running ahead of his numbers — while dodging hits that they're shifting gears to win reelection.
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
In Nevada, another GOP Senate contender downplays stance on abortion … - Brown is seeking the GOP nomination to unseat Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in a state that is a key battleground for the presidential race and the fight over which party will control the Senate.
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New York Times:
A Former Leader of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Gang Joins Trump in Court — Chuck Zito, who did time on drug conspiracy charges, has tried to recast his persona as a general-purpose tough guy around town. — An entourage of more than a dozen supporters who joined President Donald J. Trump …