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Elie Honig / New York Magazine:
Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law — The first time I ever took a jury verdict, I almost passed out. I was a brand-new prosecutor, 29 years old, and had just given my first closing argument a few days earlier. Since then, the trial team and I had been whiling away our time …
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Nicholas Grossman / The Bulwark:
Trump's Conviction Clarifies Things — IT IS NOW A LEGAL FACT that Donald Trump criminally falsified business records 34 times to cover up his attempt to hide an extramarital sexual affair. He is a convicted felon. — On its own, this would be one of the biggest scandals in presidential history.
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict — ‘THEY WRONGED OUR DONALD’ — Kremlin state TV propagandists couldn't hide dismay over Trump's conviction but they confirmed that Russia is still desperate for him to win back the White House. — Russian state-controlled media …
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Joedy McCreary / USA Today:
Debunking misinformation about Donald Trump's conviction in hush money trial | Fact check — The first felony conviction of a former U.S. president has spawned a lot of discussion that strays from reality. — A jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of 34 charges …
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New York Times:
Trump's Conviction Fuses the G.O.P. Even Closer to Him — Prominent Republicans, including congressional leaders, ex-rivals and potential running mates, basked in the energy, and fund-raising, of an outraged base. — A day after Donald J. Trump's conviction, it quickly became clear …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims
Fact check: Trump's post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Denounces ‘Reckless’ G.O.P. Efforts to Discredit Trump Conviction
Biden Denounces ‘Reckless’ G.O.P. Efforts to Discredit Trump Conviction
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A possibility many Republicans won't consider: Trump did something wrong
A possibility many Republicans won't consider: Trump did something wrong
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Jacob Kaye / Queens Daily Eagle:
Queens man convicted
Queens man convicted
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New York Times:
Donald Trump, Felon
Donald Trump, Felon
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
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Bloomberg:
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned
Wall Street Billionaires Are Rushing to Back Trump, Verdict Be Damned
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Sometimes, the system works
Sometimes, the system works
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Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
8 GOP Senators Say They'll Slow Senate Even Further Because Of Trump Verdict — The threat could have an impact on the fall spending showdown and White House nominations ahead. — LOADING — Donald Trump's “guilty” verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trial …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats ding GOP's “blind loyalty” to Trump in new attacks
Scoop: Democrats ding GOP's “blind loyalty” to Trump in new attacks
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
Trump's Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
‘I Want To See Lists of Which Democrats Are Going to Prison’
‘I Want To See Lists of Which Democrats Are Going to Prison’
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Matthew Xiao / Washington Free Beacon:
Vulnerable Red State Dem Senators Mum on Trump Verdict
Vulnerable Red State Dem Senators Mum on Trump Verdict
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem
Guilt Complex: Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem
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Andrew Gumbel / The Guardian:
Neighbors say Alitos used security detail car to intimidate them after sign dispute — Emily Baden says after a disagreement over political lawn signs with the US supreme court justice's wife, a black car began parking at her mother's home — Neighbors of Samuel Alito and his wife described …
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Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Neighbor Claims Alito's Security Detail Was Used to Threaten Her — A MESSAGE — Emily Baden, who used to live in the same suburban D.C. cul-de-sac as Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, has claimed in an interview with the Guardian that the justice's security detail was used to intimidate Baden and her family on multiple occasions.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction — On social media and web forums, users called for jurors, judges and prosecutors to be killed after the former president was found guilty on 34 felony counts. — WASHINGTON — The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Johnson urges Supreme Court to “step in” on Trump verdict … - Trump's legal team has said they plan to appeal, though they would first have to go through New York appellate courts before reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. … - “I think that the Justices on the court - I know many of them personally …
Barack Obama:
Remembering Mrs. Marian Robinson — Statement on the Passing of Mrs. Marian Robinson from Barack and Michelle Obama, Craig and Kelly Robinson, and their children — Marian Lois Shields Robinson — our mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother — had a way of summing …
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NBC News:
Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, dies at 86 — Robinson became a fixture of the White House when she moved from her hometown of Chicago to help take care of her granddaughters during the Obama administration. — WASHINGTON — Former First Lady Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson …
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws — The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough. — The Texas Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the most significant challenge …
Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump gets a SIX-POINT bump in approval after being found guilty on 34 counts according to snap Daily Mail poll: ‘I think it was a waste of taxpayer money’ — JL Partners used a panel of 403 likely voters to asses the impact of guilty verdict — The results showed an improvement in Trump's favorability ratings
Associated Press:
Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war.
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CNN:
Biden says it's ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal
Biden says it's ‘time for this war to end’ as he lays out Israeli ceasefire proposal
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CNBC:
Trump classified documents judge is target of more than 1,000 complaints, appeals court reveals … The Florida federal judge overseeing the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been the target of more than 1,000 complaints in just one week …
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Lisa Rathke / Associated Press:
Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change — Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.
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