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“It’s definitely an earthquake.” That’s how American diplomat Richard Haass described the stunning declaration by U.S. President Joe Biden that his administration would stop supplying certain weapons to Israel if it went ahead with a planned invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. “This was building up for a while, and Rafah was the straw
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The Florida Republican Party picked Barron Trump to be a delegate at the Republican convention, but the ex-president’s son declined. Read About Ivanka Trump’s Plotting To Return To The White House On THE DAILY   Politico reported: A Friday statement from former first lady Melania Trump’s office said “While Barron is honored to have been
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Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives for a closed deposition with members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee conducting an impeachment inquiry into the president, at the O’Neill House Office Building in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2024.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a request by Hunter
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Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump’s motion for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels telling the jury about how she spanked him with a magazine. Read About Ivanka Trump’s Plotting To Return To The White House On THE DAILY   CNN reported that prosecutors argued that the Trump legal team’s claim that the spanking story was new
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Trump lawyer Susan Necheles cross-examines Stormy Daniels on May 9th, 2024.  Artist: Jane Rosenberg  A judge Thursday denied a request by Donald Trump‘s lawyers for a mistrial — their second failed attempt in three days to scrap the former president’s criminal hush money trial. Judge Juan Merchan delivered the ruling after he rejected a separate
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Freeland, Michigan, U.S. May 1, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former President Donald Trump and people close to him are fielding calls from corporate leaders and wealth donors eager to share who they think Trump should tap for a running
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Judge warns Trump of potential jail time for violating gag order Artist: Jane Rosenberg Donald Trump‘s prosecutors are keeping their witness schedule secret in order to stop the former president from targeting upcoming witnesses in his New York criminal hush money trial, they said Monday. “The defendant has been violating the order restricting extrajudicial speech,
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Rachel Maddow showed that by refusing to accept election results Republicans have already harmed democracy. Read About Ivanka Trump’s Plotting To Return To The White House On THE DAILY   Maddow said: Democracy is mortal, it can be killed. It doesn’t go away by someone, you know, one day proclaiming we are no longer here
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