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The threat of a Trump presidency has the administration moving climate regulations at a historic pace before an obscure deadline.
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May 09, 2024 01:55 PM
Two political strategists are cooperating with the Justice Department in its case against Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar and have agreed to plead guilty to charges that they conspired with the lawmaker to launder more than $200,000 in bribes. Per the San Antonio Express-News, the two middlemen, Cuellar’s former campaign manager Colin Strother and political consultant Florencio “Lencho” Rendon, agreed to plea deals in March.
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May 09, 2024 10:54 AM
Trump lawyer Susan Necheles took the lead questioning Daniels the day after her graphically detailed witness testimony. Necheles’s questions were focused on Daniels income, including the money she brought in from a book contract, her role in a documentary, a tour of strip clubs and merchandise like the “Stormy, Saint of Indictments candle.”
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May 08, 2024 12:02 PM
Kahane was charged with second-degree assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon after allegedly ramming his car into a pro-Palestinian protester who was demonstrating outside a Columbia University trustee’s home. Two of the demonstrators were also arrested and charged with misdemeanors.
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May 08, 2024 10:36 AM
Georgia’s state Court of Appeals said it would consider a challenge to the decision to not to disqualify Fani Willis as the district attorney overseeing his elections case in the state. Trump’s legal team, which has accused Willis of “misconduct” for her relationship with the former special prosecutor on the case, has 10 days to file a notice of appeal.
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May 07, 2024 05:24 PM
The case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is on hold after Judge Aileen Cannon canceled an upcoming trial date. She did not set a new trial date in the order on Tuesday, saying there are issues over classified evidence.
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May 07, 2024 02:53 PM
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team asked for a mistrial on Tuesday based on Stormy Daniels’ testimony, some of which an attorney said had “nothing to do with this case and is extremely prejudicial.” Judge Juan Merchan denied the request.
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May 07, 2024 02:45 PM
President Joe Biden said Tuesday there has been a “ferocious surge of antisemitism” since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. “Too many [are] people denying, downplaying, rationalizing, ignoring the horrors of the Holocaust and Oct. 7,” he said in the speech.
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May 07, 2024 12:53 PM
TikTok filed a suit Tuesday against the federal government over the recently passed law meant to force its parent company, ByteDance, to sell. The suit from TikTok and ByteDance alleges the law is “obviously unconstitutional.”
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May 07, 2024 09:18 AM
Stormy Daniels, the blockbuster witness in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, is likely to take the stand Tuesday, according to her attorney. Trump complained in a now-deleted Truth Social post about the upcoming testimony: “I have just recently been told who the witness is today. This is unprecedented, no time for lawyers to prepare.”
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May 06, 2024 12:29 PM
President Joe Biden “reiterated his clear position on Rafah” on a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, the White House said. The call took place on Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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May 06, 2024 11:17 AM
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Monday that he’s running for another six-year term at age 82. He said in a video that he “has been, and will be if reelected, in a strong position to provide the kind of help that Vermonters need in these difficult times,” noting his committee assignments.
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May 06, 2024 09:40 AM
Judge Juan Merchan found former President Donald Trump in contempt of violating a gag order again — and warned that the consequences could get more serious. “It’s important you understand the last thing I want to do is put you in jail,” the judge said Monday. Trump’s love of posting has created a problem in the courts, as NOTUS’ Calen Razor reported.
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May 03, 2024 04:48 PM
Donald Trump’s former aide Hope Hicks testified for nearly three hours on Friday during the former president’s New York criminal trial, addressing the “Access Hollywood” tape, Trump’s family, relationships with the media and much more.
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May 03, 2024 02:28 PM
Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, were indicted and taken into custody on Friday. They allegedly accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from a company controlled by Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico. Cuellar has said they are innocent.
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May 03, 2024 11:44 AM
After NBC News reported that authorities are expected to indict Rep. Henry Cuellar on Friday, the Texas Democrat put out a statement proclaiming his innocence. “I want to be clear that both my wife and I are innocent of these allegations,” he said. “Everything I have done in Congress has been to serve the people of South Texas.” He said he will continue his reelection bid and predicted a win in November.
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