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Federal judge upholds verdict in E. Jean Carroll case and denies Trump’s motion for a new trial
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Federal judge upholds verdict in E. Jean Carroll case and denies Trump’s ...
Quick Glance: Court Rejects Trump's Bid for New Trial Against E. Jean Carroll
  • A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request for a new trial—or to throw out the $83.3 million defamation ruling—against writer E. Jean Carroll, marking the latest legal loss for the former president.

  • In the Thursday ruling rejecting the request for a new trial or the judgment to be dismissed, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump’s argument was “without merit,” made “conspicuously without success” and “defies common sense.”

  • Robbie Kaplan, Carroll’s lawyer, told Forbes in a statement they are “pleased with though not surprised by” the court’s decision, adding the award was “entirely reasonable” because of Trump’s continued defamation, “hatred and disdain.”

  • In January, a jury determined Trump had to pay Carroll $83.3 million in damages after she accused him of sexual assault. Previously, another jury found Trump liable for sexual assault in the 1990s and subsequent defamation, ordering him to pay $5 million.
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LISTEN: Justice Kagan grills Trump attorney on what qualifies a former president for immunity
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Quick Glance: US Supreme Court discusses Trump's Immunity
  • Conservative US Supreme Court justices signal sympathy for the argument that presidents have some immunity against criminal charges for certain actions taken in office.

  • Former President Donald Trump appealed after lower courts rejected his request to be shielded from four election-related criminal charges.

  • The Supreme Court hearing could distort the presidency without immunity and affect decision-making when bold and fearless action is most needed.

  • The Supreme Court's decision on immunity is expected and could lead to Trump's trial occurring before the election.
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Former President Trump asserts the deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally “was a little peanut” compared to the pro-Palestinian encampments on college campuses.
Quick Glance: Trump compares Charlottesville and Israel-Gaza protests
  • Former President Trump downplayed the significance of the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville compared to the rising demonstrations on college campuses over the situation in Gaza.

  • Trump highlighted that President Biden frequently cites the Charlottesville rally and Trump’s response as a reason for his White House candidacy in 2020.

  • Trump’s remarks coincided with college campus protests concerning the Israel-Hamas conflict, resulting in numerous Palestinian casualties in Gaza.

  • Biden has denounced antisemitism in the protests while also criticizing those who fail to grasp the situation with the Palestinians.
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Biden keeps needling Trump as he walks a tightrope over his rival’s trial: President Joe Biden might not be saying much about his Republican challenger’s ...
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Biden keeps needling Trump as he walks a tightrope over his rival’s trial
Quick Glance: Biden criticizes Florida's abortion ban and holds Trump accountable
  • President Biden condemns the upcoming 6-week abortion ban in Florida.

  • He blames Trump for appointing justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

  • Biden's campaign focuses on abortion rights to mobilize voters.

  • Efforts to leverage Florida's abortion laws for political gain are highlighted.
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Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe: The indictments cap a year-long investigation by Arizona Attorney General Kris ...
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Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election ...
Quick Glance: Giuliani, 17 Others Indicted in Arizona for Fake Elector Scheme; Trump Named Co-Conspirator
  • Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, is among 18 individuals indicted in Arizona for allegedly illegally attempting to claim the state's 2020 electoral votes for the former US president, with Trump identified as an unindicted co-conspirator.

  • The indictment in Maricopa County Superior Court lists 11 defendants and redacts the names of seven others. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes stated that these names would be disclosed after serving all defendants with the indictment.

  • The indictment alleges that the defendants pressured state officials to change election results, including fraud, forgery, and conspiracy, carrying potential sentences ranging from six months to over 12 years upon conviction.

  • Several individuals posing as electors for Trump have been charged in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Nevada. The fake elector scheme is also a focal point in the federal case against Trump led by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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Many think Trump being treated differently than other criminal defendants: Poll: A majority of Americans believe former President Trump is being treated ...
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Many think Trump being treated differently than other criminal defendants: ...
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The Supreme Court seemed poised Thursday to grant former President Trump at least some protections from criminal prosecution after hearing two hours of ... Show more
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Biden tries to win back progressives, young people with left-leaning policy: Polls suggest the strategy may be working.
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Biden tries to win back progressives, young people with left-leaning ...
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CNN Poll: Few think Trump is being treated the same as other defendants: As the first criminal prosecution of a former American president began just 13% ...
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CNN Poll: Few think Trump is being treated the same as other defendants
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Partial victory for Trump on question of immunity?: The US Supreme Court is skeptical about absolute immunity for Donald Trump. Why that doesn't mean that the ...
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Partial victory for Trump on question of immunity?
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LISTEN: Justice Jackson asks what stops presidents from committing crimes if they're immune from prosecution
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LISTEN: Justice Jackson asks what stops presidents from committing crimes ...
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During Donald Trump's SCOTUS immunity hearing Thursday, Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson voiced concern that presidential immunity could turn the Oval Office ... Show more
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Trump Claimed Trial Interferes With His Campaign, but on His Day Off He Went Golfing
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Trump Claimed Trial Interferes With His Campaign, but on His Day Off He ...
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Biden campaign makes new digital ad buy in Pennsylvania to court Nikki Haley supporters
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Biden campaign makes new digital ad buy in Pennsylvania to court Nikki ...
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Arizona grand jury indicts 18 in Trump fake elector plot: The indictment charges Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies with election interference in ...
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Arizona grand jury indicts 18 in Trump fake elector plot
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Analyzing the Supreme Court hearing on Trump's presidential immunity claim: The Supreme Court heard debate over one of its most consequential cases ...
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Analyzing the Supreme Court hearing on Trump's presidential immunity ...
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CNN anchor presses Trump lawyer on Kagan military coup questioning: CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed an attorney for former President Trump on a line of ...
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CNN anchor presses Trump lawyer on Kagan military coup questioning
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LISTEN: Justice Coney Barrett asks Trump lawyer why impeachment 'gateway' would only apply to the president
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LISTEN: Justice Coney Barrett asks Trump lawyer why impeachment ...
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Who could buy TikTok?: The clock has begun ticking for TikTok to find a new owner.
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Who could buy TikTok?
Quick Glance: TikTok Ban Threat: ByteDance Prefers Closure Over Sale, Insiders Say
  • ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US are exhausted, said four sources.

  • TikTok accounts for a small share of ByteDance’s total revenues and daily active users, so the parent would rather have the app shut down in the US in a worst-case scenario than sell it to a potential American buyer, they said.

  • ByteDance would not agree to sell one of its most valuable assets – its “secret source” – to rivals, said the four sources, referring to the TikTok algorithm.

  • After facing challenges regarding bans, the short-form video app has encountered partial and attempted prohibitions in the US and other nations.
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LIVE: Donald Trump appears in New York ahead of court hearing Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in New York ahead of criminal trial on charges of ... Show more   #Live   #Reuters   #News   #Trump   www.reuters.com/
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Trump lawyer backs off absolute immunity argument at Supreme Court: D. John Sauer conceded there are allegations in the indictment that do not involve official ...
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Trump lawyer backs off absolute immunity argument at Supreme Court
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SOMETHING TO ‘BRAGG’ ABOUT: “It’s a remarkable comeback for Trump, and he’s got the crazy prosecutors in Manhattan to thank in part,” writes Hugh Hewitt ... Show more   www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-trump-numbers-surging-swing-states
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5 takeaways from Trump’s Supreme Court and New York hearings: Two of former President Trump’s legal cases collided Thursday, as the Supreme Court held a hearing ...
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5 takeaways from Trump’s Supreme Court and New York hearings
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Supreme Court Justices’ Pro-Trump Immunity Arguments Make Zero Sense: Some justices seemed more concerned with what imagined future presidents might do to stay ...
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Supreme Court Justices’ Pro-Trump Immunity Arguments Make Zero Sense
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Mitch McConnell says presidents shouldn't be immune from prosecution: Mitch McConnell said in an interview that he doesn't think presidents should be immune from ...
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Mitch McConnell says presidents shouldn't be immune from prosecution
Quick Glance: McConnell Attributes Delay in Crucial Ukraine Aid to Tucker Carlson and Trump
  • Mitch McConnell celebrated new U.S. aid to Ukraine and blamed Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump for the delay.

  • McConnell emphasized the importance of Ukraine aid, criticized Carlson and Trump for the delay, and praised the expected passage of the bill.

  • He expressed support for Ukraine aid and highlighted the significance of supporting freedom-loving countries globally.

  • McConnell expressed optimism about the GOP Senate nominees and confidence in winning the majority to transition into the role of majority leader.
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Justice Department fight with House GOP heats up over Biden recording: The letter from the DOJ on Thursday argues it has complied with the GOP's oversight of the ...
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Justice Department fight with House GOP heats up over Biden recording
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🔴 former US President Trump has criticised student-led protests at US universities, describing the peaceful rallies calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza ... Show more   www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/26/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-says-preserve-evidence-of-gaza-mass-graves
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White House Hits Back at Trump’s Bogus Charlottesville-Campus Protest Comparison: “Unlike some figures on the right, President Biden has never invited Neo Nazis ...
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White House Hits Back at Trump’s Bogus Charlottesville-Campus Protest ...
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Flashback: A Pressure Campaign in Arizona to Overturn the 2020 Election Results: Following Arizona’s indictment of Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani ...
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Flashback: A Pressure Campaign in Arizona to Overturn the 2020 Election ...
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Editorial: Only dictators have immunity from criminal acts while in power: Supreme Court justices' questions during oral argument on Donald Trump's claim that he ...
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Editorial: Only dictators have immunity from criminal acts while in power
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It’s about time to hold Trump in contempt: Justice Juan Merchan must refuse to let former president Donald Trump undermine the rule of law.
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It’s about time to hold Trump in contempt
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On his big legal day, Trump pivots to the campaign. Sort of.: His whirlwind day included a New York press conference, attending his criminal trial and a case ...
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On his big legal day, Trump pivots to the campaign. Sort of.
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Donald Trump called out Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial in New York, for not allowing him to attend the Supreme Court hearing ... Show more
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Former official told investigators Trump had 'no standing declassification order' regarding documents, filing says
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Former official told investigators Trump had 'no standing declassification ...
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Trump lawyer on hush money case: ‘I don’t have hopes really that high’: Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, signaled she does not have high ...
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Trump lawyer on hush money case: ‘I don’t have hopes really that high’
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Lara Trump says RNC has lawsuits in 81 states. The US has 50.: "We have lawsuits in 81 states right now," Lara Trump said in a Newsmax interview on Monday.
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Lara Trump says RNC has lawsuits in 81 states. The US has 50.
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Biden Signs a $95.3 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan: The $95.3 billion measure comes after months of gridlock in Congress that put the ...
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Biden Signs a $95.3 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Quick Glance: Biden signs Comprehensive Military Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
  • President Biden announces the signing of a substantial $95 billion military assistance package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, with a significant portion of the funds directed towards Ukraine.

  • Despite initial resistance from Republicans in Congress, Biden has signed the aid package, highlighting the reinforcement of allies and ensuring prompt deliveries to Ukraine.

  • The assistance for Ukraine includes weapons and military equipment valued at around $1 billion, encompassing artillery shells and air defense missiles.

  • Military analysts do not foresee significant changes on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine, while the US support aims to aid Ukraine in operations in southern Ukraine, particularly focusing on Crimea and the Black Sea.
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Arizona Grand Jury Indicts Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani in “Fake Electors” Case: In other news from Arizona, a grand jury indicted former President Trump’s Chief ...
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Arizona Grand Jury Indicts Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani in “Fake Electors” ...
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Can presidents get away with murder? Nine Supreme Court justices will hear Donald Trump’s arguments today that yes, maybe they can ... Show more   bit.ly/44dZVhO
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Before Trump’s Big Lie, There Was Trump, the Big Liar: As the current court case continues, the public will be given examples of how Trump lies ...
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Before Trump’s Big Lie, There Was Trump, the Big Liar
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An Epitaph for Daniel Dennett, Philosopher of Consciousness: Is consciousness nothing more than an illusion? That idea defined the work of Daniel Dennett ...
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An Epitaph for Daniel Dennett, Philosopher of Consciousness
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"He was very upset, couldn’t understand why I did it," National Enquirer Publisher David Pecker testified.
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NEW: 538 has launched our new interactive polling averages for the 2024 presidential election. They show incumbent Pres. Biden and former Pres ... Show more   abcnews.go.com/538/trump-leads-swing-state-polls-tied-biden-nationally/story
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Trump Says He Has ‘Good Chance’ of Winning New York in November: Donald Trump said he believes he has a chance of winning New York in the Electoral College in ...
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Trump Says He Has ‘Good Chance’ of Winning New York in November
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Whether Trump did or didn’t let loose, there’s a whiff of defeat about him: Just when you thought the most buffoonish member of the US right could not get any ...
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Whether Trump did or didn’t let loose, there’s a whiff of defeat about him
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DONALD TRUMP TRIAL LIVE: Hush money testimony continues with focus on payment to ex-Playboy modelDonald Trump’s criminal hush money trial resumes in New York ... Show more   #live   #Trump   #legal   #trumptrial   #davidpecker   #stormydaniels   #hushmoney   #Reuters   #video   #news   www.reuters.com/
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In Court, Donald Trump Is a Loser—and Alone: Donald Trump may be acquitted, he may be re-elected president. But while his trial in Manhattan continues ...
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In Court, Donald Trump Is a Loser—and Alone
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Justice Clarence Thomas chooses not to recuse himself from another January 6-related case
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Justice Clarence Thomas chooses not to recuse himself from another January ...
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USA: Supreme Court considers Trump's immunity: The US Supreme Court wants to clarify the immunity of US presidents. For Trump, this could delay the start of the ...
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USA: Supreme Court considers Trump's immunity
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Trump is among 'unindicted co-conspirators' in effort to overturn 2020 election in Michigan, investigator says
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Trump is among 'unindicted co-conspirators' in effort to overturn 2020 ...
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Trump back in New York court for hush money trial while the Supreme Court considers presidential immunity case
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Trump back in New York court for hush money trial while the Supreme Court ...
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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan asked Donald Trump's lawyer D. John Sauer if selling nuclear secrets or ordering a coup would fall under presidential ... Show more
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Sonia Sotomayor Shreds Claim President Can Kill Political Rivals With Immunity: “Immunity says, even if you did it for personal gain, we won’t hold you ...
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Sonia Sotomayor Shreds Claim President Can Kill Political Rivals With ...
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Biden campaign opens Hillsborough office, says it’s serious about Florida: But polls show the campaign has work to do.
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Biden campaign opens Hillsborough office, says it’s serious about Florida
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Live updates: Supreme Court seems poised to allow Trump’s D.C. trial, but not soon
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Live updates: Supreme Court seems poised to allow Trump’s D.C. trial ...
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Live updates: Donald Trump's hush money trial: Witness testimony will continue Thursday in Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial. Follow here for the latest ...
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Live updates: Donald Trump's hush money trial