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Trump's hush-money trial is almost over. Deliberations could begin as early as Thursday unless Trump testifies.
The hush-money trial is almost over. Judge Merchan could get the case to the jury before Memorial D…
Laura Italiano
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These 61 House Democrats voted against a resolution that condemns calls to defund the police
Several House Democrats who have previously expressed support for defunding the police voted agains…
Bryan Metzger
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Supreme Court's Alito blames his wife for displaying pro-Trump symbol at their house
Justice Alito told The New York Times an upside-down American flag flying in his yard was "briefly …
Geoff Weiss
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House committee hearing disrupted as Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC clash over 'fake eyelashes' jibe
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett's appearance, prompting …
Cameron Manley
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Lauren Boebert skipped Congress to support Trump's trial, but didn't show up to her own son's hearings: reports
Lauren Boebert has been notably absent from her son Tyler's court hearings, reports say, in contras…
Mia Jankowicz
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As Michael Cohen's testimony droned on, the real hush-money show moved outdoors with crude balloons and a 'Beetlejuice' chant
As Michael Cohen testimony droned on, the show moved outside, where pro-Trump penis-shaped balloons…
Laura Italiano,Brent D. Griffiths,Jacob Shamsian
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These 16 House Democrats voted to force Biden to deliver withheld aid to Israel
Most Democrats voted against the GOP bill, characterizing it as an effort to politicize the issue o…
Bryan Metzger
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Donald Trump's allies are doing his dirty work while tiptoeing around his gag order
While Trump has been uncharacteristically restrained, a cast of GOP lawmakers and Trump allies have…
Geoff Weiss,Brent D. Griffiths
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Neither Russia nor China wants the Ukraine war to end, but for different reasons
Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to make a sales pitch for a new natural-gas pipeline to …
Huileng Tan
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The US Secretary of State gave a war-time rock performance at a bar in Kyiv, leaving some Ukrainians scratching their heads
An electric guitar slung on his shoulder, State Secretary Antony Blinken rocked out to a Neil Young…
Matthew Loh
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Trump is going out of his way to defend Kristi Noem for shooting her dog, saying she's just 'had a bad week'
"She had a bad week. We all have bad weeks," Trump said of Noem.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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AOC says Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign 'broke my brain'
Ocasio-Cortez said that Sanders's first campaign radicalized her and that she "didn't think I deser…
Bryan Metzger
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Biden and Trump just killed off a decades-long tradition
The non-partisan body that's set the locations, moderators, and formats for presidential debates fo…
Geoff Weiss
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Trump is trying to win over Silicon Valley
Biden's fundraising has so far dwarfed the Trump campaign. Biden had almost twice as much cash as T…
John L. Dorman
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Russia's defense ministry is now helmed by an economist, showing Putin's 'nerds' are performing better than his 'jocks': analyst
Russia's economic resilience is outshining its performance on the battlefields, per Eurasia Group's…
Huileng Tan
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One of the wealthiest members of Congress spent over $60 million just to lose Maryland's messy Democratic Senate primary
Rep. David Trone amassed a fortune by helping found Total Wine. It wasn't enough to win Maryland's …
Brent D. Griffiths,John L. Dorman
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Kindergarten court: Trump lawyer grills Michael Cohen on insulting ex-president as a 'Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain'
Donald Trump's lead attorney, Todd Blanche, kicked-off his cross-examination of Michael Cohen by re…
Natalie Musumeci,Jacob Shamsian,Laura Italiano
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Melania Trump still hasn't shown up at the hush-money trial, but a long list of GOP elites have visited her husband in court
Donald Trump has praised Republican allies for supporting him "very beautifully" in Manhattan's gri…
Natalie Musumeci,Laura Italiano,Jacob Shamsian,Bryan Metzger
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Nearly half of RFK Jr. backers mostly just don't like Trump or Biden. The rest are actually into him.
New polling shows that many supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aren't that into him, they just rea…
Bryan Metzger
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MBS might be ready for some 'tough conversations' about 'recalibrating' Saudi Arabia's Neom and Vision 2030 projects
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince may be open to discussing whether some Vision 2030 projects should be d…
Beatrice Nolan
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Eric Trump, in the front row of his dad's hush-money trial, bashed Michael Cohen on X while he was on the witness stand
"I have never seen anything more rehearsed!" Eric Trump, who was seated in the courtroom's front ro…
Natalie Musumeci,Laura Italiano
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Bernie Sanders, 82, insists he has the energy to run for reelection
The Vermont senator and progressive icon is the second-oldest sitting senator and would be 89 at th…
Bryan Metzger
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'A big family': At trial, Michael Cohen recalls when he and Trump arranged hush-money as co-conspirator besties
Back before the two men hated each other, Michael Cohen and Donald Trump were co-conspirator bestie…
Laura Italiano,Jacob Shamsian,Natalie Musumeci
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Jamaal Bowman may be the most endangered Squad member. He doesn't seem alarmed.
Jamaal Bowman, the Squad member who famously pulled a Capitol Hill fire alarm, may lose his seat in…
Bryan Metzger
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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says the anti-Israel college campus protests are just 'performative art'
"What you're seeing now is the end-product of this cultural revolution in American education playin…