NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary moment in American history, former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial begins Monday with jury selection. This is the first criminal trial against a former commander-in-chief and the first Trump’s four charges to go to court. With Trump as the presumptive nominee for this year’s Republican nomination, the …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is making history criminal process will begin Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy. A group of ordinary citizens — Trump’s peers, in the eyes of the law — will be chosen to decide whether the former president of the United States …
Vinod Khosla and Jacob Helberg. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Picture Alliance | Getty Images “Would you allow North Korea or Iran to own a broadcast channel that 67% of teenagers spend almost two hours a day on?” the two wrote. Some critics have compared the ban to an enforcement law, given that it …
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Senator Rick Scott of Florida this week joined the ranks of Republican incumbents struggling to strike a balance on reproductive rights, saying he opposes November ballot initiative to overturn his state’s six-week abortion ban, but believes Congress should leave those decisions up to the states. Scott, who is seeking …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, which offers a faster path to cancellation and has already been used to forgive loans for more than 150,000 borrowers. Seven states, led by Missouri, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging Biden’s SAVE planwhich became …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday criticized Republican efforts to retain an attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt for his refusal to turn over unredacted material related to the special counsel’s investigation President Joe Biden’s work with classified documents. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the Justice Department rejected a request …
President Joe Biden on February 21, 2024 visiting a library in Culver City, California. Irrfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The news comes less than a year after the Supreme Court rejected his first attempt to cancel up to $20,000 of student debt per borrower. Conservative justices ruled that effort unconstitutional in …
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NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump and the Republican Party said Wednesday they raised more than $65.6 million in March, when the former president became presumptive nominee and installed new party leadership. Trump and the Republican National Committee ended the month with $93.1 million in their campaign accounts, a significant increase as they try to …
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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign aims to surpass President Joe Biden’s next week, aiming to take in more than $33 million to set a new single-event fundraising record asked by Biden on Thursday with $25 million, said a person familiar with the Trump event who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning. Trump …
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DENVER (AP) — A panel of Colorado Republicans will pick a candidate Thursday who is likely to run recent months from U.S Representative Ken Buck and could pose a challenge to Rep. Lauren Bobert’s bid for another term in Congress. It’s an unusual and confusing twist in the closely watched primary race for far-right Republican …
