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Trump’s immunity claim hits the Supreme Court. What are your questions?: While former President Donald Trump is sitting through a criminal trial in state court ...
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Trump’s immunity claim hits the Supreme Court. What are your questions?
Quick Glance: Court Hearing on Gag Order Violation Amid Trump-Cohen Feud
  • Judge Juan Merchan will determine whether to penalize Donald Trump for repeated breaches of the gag order preventing the former president from publicly discussing witnesses or jurors in the criminal hush money case.

  • Prosecutors are urging Merchan to impose a $1,000 fine on Trump for each violation and to caution him that future infractions can result in not just additional fines but also potential incarceration.

  • Responding to Trump's social media activity, Cohen, a pivotal prosecution witness, accused Trump of desperation on Twitter, with Trump's legal team justifying his responses as campaign-related.

  • Regarding the gag order infringements, the jury will not be presented with arguments. Merchan specified that if the arguments are not wrapped up by 11 a.m., they will pick up the discussion on the infringements at a later time.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Kari Lake voting machine lawsuit: The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case brought by Republicans Kari Lake and Mark ...
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Supreme Court declines to hear Kari Lake voting machine lawsuit
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Liz Cheney calls Supreme Court to rule quickly on Trump’s immunity claim: “If delay prevents this Trump case from being tried this year, the public may never ...
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Liz Cheney calls Supreme Court to rule quickly on Trump’s immunity claim
Quick Glance: Liz Cheney Urges Supreme Court to Decide Trump Immunity Quickly
  • Liz Cheney calls for a swift Supreme Court decision on Trump's immunity so voters can hear the Jan. 6 case.

  • Emphasizing the importance of the federal election fraud indictment against the former president before the upcoming elections.

  • She advocates for all evidence to be publicly presented for the public to fully assess Trump's actions on Jan. 6.

  • Cheney argues against immunity for Trump and urges the trial to proceed without delay to reveal critical evidence.
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Trump makes new plea for immunity ahead of Supreme Court case: Former President Trump made a new plea for presidential immunity Saturday in a Truth Social post ...
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Trump makes new plea for immunity ahead of Supreme Court case
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Biden is campaigning in Florida a week before a new abortion ban takes effect: There's a referendum on abortion rights on the ballot in Florida in November ...
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Biden is campaigning in Florida a week before a new abortion ban takes ...
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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Texas appeals court sides with Sidney Powell, rejecting attorney discipline over her Trump election lawsuits
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Texas appeals court sides with Sidney Powell, rejecting attorney ...
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State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections: Maine is the latest state to pass the National Popular Vote Legislation law.
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State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential ...
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Can Trump Still Run for President if He Is Convicted?: The Constitution and American law have clear answers for only some of the questions that would arise if a ...
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Can Trump Still Run for President if He Is Convicted?
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Trump’s Immunity Case at Supreme Court: A Delay Means a Win: The Supreme Court’s historic consideration of Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal charges ...
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Trump’s Immunity Case at Supreme Court: A Delay Means a Win
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The Trump Trials: Live from New York, it’s opening day: Key takeaways from opening statements and the start of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s New York hush ...
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The Trump Trials: Live from New York, it’s opening day
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Kari Lake's lawsuit was 'explosive,' all right. It blew up smack in her face: Opinion: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to give Kari Lake "do-over relief" ...
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Kari Lake's lawsuit was 'explosive,' all right. It blew up smack in her ...
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Arizona House Speaker finds himself in eye of abortion rights tornado: Arizona state House Speaker Ben Toma (R) is facing a reckoning as he tries to navigate the ...
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Arizona House Speaker finds himself in eye of abortion rights tornado
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Trump's criminal trial, a first for a former president, has begun in New York: For the first time in U.S. history, a former president will sit in a courtroom for ...
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Trump's criminal trial, a first for a former president, has begun in New ...
Quick Glance: Twelve Jurors Seated in Trump's Hush Money Trial
  • A jury of 12 individuals was empaneled on Thursday in the landmark hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, bringing the proceedings closer to opening arguments and the commencement of weeks filled with compelling testimonies.

  • The upcoming trial is anticipated to present unfavorable testimonies regarding Trump's personal life pre-presidency, including accusations of manipulating business records to suppress narratives in the final days of the 2016 election surrounding his intimate relationships.

  • Central to the trial is a payment of $130,000 made by Cohen just before the 2016 election to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, aimed at preventing her allegations of a sexual encounter with Trump from being publicized in the campaign's final stretch.

  • The selection of the jury holds paramount significance in any criminal proceeding, particularly so when the accused is a former president and the presumed Republican candidate. Potential jurors have undergone extensive scrutiny concerning their online presence, personal backgrounds, and political stances as legal representatives and the judge meticulously scrutinize for partialities that could compromise their impartiality.
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Election 2024 latest news: Biden to mark Earth Day with Va. event; Trump is on trial in N.Y.
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Election 2024 latest news: Biden to mark Earth Day with Va ...
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Justices question obstruction charge against Jan. 6 rioter in case that could affect Trump
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Justices question obstruction charge against Jan. 6 rioter in case that ...
Quick Glance: Justices Question Obstruction Charge Against Jan. 6 Rioter
  • The Supreme Court is considering whether Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstructing an official proceeding, potentially impacting Trump's election interference case.

  • During Tuesday's hearing, justices expressed concerns about the Justice Department's use of the obstruction statute to prosecute those involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

  • A potential consequence of a ruling in favor of Fischer could affect Trump, although this outcome is not definitive. Prosecutors in Trump's case have emphasized that even if Fischer succeeds, Trump's actions would still be governed by a more restrictive interpretation of the law.

  • The provision was enacted in 2002 as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed after the Enron accounting scandal. Both Fischer and Trump argue that the obstruction law does not apply to their alleged conduct, meaning the charges should be dropped.
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Supreme Court Refuses Kari Lake’s Lawsuit Over Electronic Voting Machines In Arizona
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Supreme Court Refuses Kari Lake’s Lawsuit Over Electronic Voting Machines ...
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Trump's Misogyny Is on Trial in New York: To read through the court filings is to be plunged back anew into the dizzying chaos of those last few weeks ...
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Trump's Misogyny Is on Trial in New York
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Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
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Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges ...
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The Staggering Implications of a Slate of Trump Legal Victories: The public isn’t sure he’s guilty in a hush money case, a Supreme Court ruling could toss two ...
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The Staggering Implications of a Slate of Trump Legal Victories
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Quick Glance: Hush Money Trial: Trump's Silent Encounter with Insults
  • Donald Trump has been forced to listen to potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial in New York openly criticize him.

  • Transitioning from a life of adulation to facing critics, Trump now experiences a different reality without the control he's accustomed to.

  • Previously shielded from critique, Trump now faces a trial with potential felony convictions and will have to endure listening to more criticism.

  • Potential jurors exhibited a range of opinions towards Trump, from admiration for his business acumen to open criticism of his persona and rhetoric.
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The Trump Trials: All rise: The first week of Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial, news in his other criminal cases, and what to watch for this week.
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The Trump Trials: All rise
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Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related fraud: Arizona Rep. Austin Smith (R) — who was senior director at the campaign arm of ...
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Turning Point Action official resigns after accusation of election-related ...
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Supreme Court declines Lindell appeal over phone seizure: The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Trump ally Mike Lindell on Monday over his attempt to ...
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Supreme Court declines Lindell appeal over phone seizure
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The Trump Trials: Law & Order DJT: The latest news in Donald Trump’s four criminal cases, and what to watch for this week.
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The Trump Trials: Law & Order DJT
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These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state: In this swing state, every voting bloc can make a difference. That includes Maricopa ...
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These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state
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Supreme Court won't hear Mike Lindell's challenge over FBI seizure of cellphone: The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by MyPillow founder and election ...
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Supreme Court won't hear Mike Lindell's challenge over FBI seizure of ...
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Fallout from Trump's bid to overturn election loss heads to Supreme Court: The actions of Donald Trump and his supporters following his 2020 election loss top ...
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Fallout from Trump's bid to overturn election loss heads to Supreme Court
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Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: Bad News for Jack Smith’s Election Interference Case
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Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: Bad News for Jack Smith’s Election ...
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How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System: The former president rails against a “two-tiered system of justice.” But he’s the one benefiting ...
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How Donald Trump Gets Special Treatment in the Legal System
Quick Glance: Path to Victory: Trump's NY Hush Money Trial
  • The first criminal trial of any former president began with extortion, Trump should aim for an acquittal.

  • Charges do not concern misconduct in settling hush money with Daniels, but entering payments to conceal another crime.

  • The burden of proof for criminal intent is high, requiring proof for two layers of specific intent to convict Trump.

  • A legal maneuver could allow Trump to dismiss his defense team and recruit a new team to potentially secure his case.
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Mixed results so far for felons accused of illegally voting in 2020: The arrests were announced with great fanfare — 20 convicted felons who finished serving ...
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Mixed results so far for felons accused of illegally voting in 2020
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Supreme Court declines to decide if vote-by-mail restrictions discriminate in some states
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Supreme Court declines to decide if vote-by-mail restrictions discriminate ...
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Voters in Alabama's new congressional district return to the polls for primary runoffs
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Voters in Alabama's new congressional district return to the polls for ...
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What to know about the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump
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What to know about the Supreme Court case about immunity for former ...
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How Trump’s Criminal Cases Test the US Constitution: Like no one before him, Donald Trump is at once a former president, a presumptive candidate to be nominated ...
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How Trump’s Criminal Cases Test the US Constitution
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Appeals court upholds ruling killing controversial ballot design in NJ Democratic primary
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Appeals court upholds ruling killing controversial ballot design in NJ ...
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Fact checking Trump's claims about 'election integrity': Trump has continued to falsely claim he won the 2020 election in several states.
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Fact checking Trump's claims about 'election integrity'
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Biden Gets to Hit the Campaign Trail as Trump Gets Stuck in Court: This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s ...
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Biden Gets to Hit the Campaign Trail as Trump Gets Stuck in Court
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Anti-abortion groups eye challenge if Florida voters approves ballot measure: The fight over abortion likely won't end in November.
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Anti-abortion groups eye challenge if Florida voters approves ballot ...
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Charges against Trump and Jan. 6 rioters at stake | Africanews: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is taking up the first of two cases that could affect the criminal ...
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Charges against Trump and Jan. 6 rioters at stake | Africanews
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Arizona abortion ruling is a win Kari Lake didn’t need in key Senate race: The Republican former TV anchor is trying to soften her election-denying image against ...
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Arizona abortion ruling is a win Kari Lake didn’t need in key Senate race
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Justices Weigh Obstruction Charge Use Against Jan. 6 Defendants – and Trump: A ruling that prosecutors stretched the law too far would have sweeping implications ...
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Justices Weigh Obstruction Charge Use Against Jan. 6 Defendants – and ...
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The most detailed look yet at the 'exodus' of local voting officials: A new report finds more election officials are leaving their jobs now than at any point in ...
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The most detailed look yet at the 'exodus' of local voting officials
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Trump Has Transformed the GOP All the Way Down: Salleigh Grubbs went from “keyboard warrior” to local GOP chair. She’s not the only one.
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Trump Has Transformed the GOP All the Way Down
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Neal Katyal Was Their Resistance Hero. Until They Found Out About New Jersey.: Why is a top democracy defender fighting to help machine-politics bosses?
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Neal Katyal Was Their Resistance Hero. Until They Found Out About New ...
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Trump: The first president to face criminal prosecution: Donald Trump’s fraud trial opens today in an uncongenial, cold Manhattan court room ...
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Trump: The first president to face criminal prosecution
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Editorial: Bob Graham did his best work for the people of Florida: Bob Graham was the last governor who owed his election to a runoff primary ...
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Editorial: Bob Graham did his best work for the people of Florida
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How India’s ‘one citizen, one vote’ democracy came to be: India’s ambitious universal adult franchise project, imagined and cemented during the harsh and violent ...
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How India’s ‘one citizen, one vote’ democracy came to be
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SF’s big-money judicial election is over, but its impacts will linger: Money, media and politics: Judges like me are now forced to think about all three as we ...
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SF’s big-money judicial election is over, but its impacts will linger
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State attorney Warren suspended by DeSantis changes mind, will run again: Changing course, a Democratic prosecutor suspended from office by Republican Gov ...
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State attorney Warren suspended by DeSantis changes mind, will run again
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Before Trump and Johnson, Kansas tried a proof of citizenship voter law. It failed
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Before Trump and Johnson, Kansas tried a proof of citizenship voter law ...
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Supreme Court hears case that may impact Trump prosecution: It zeros-in on whether a 2002 federal law created to prevent the destruction of evidence could apply ...
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Supreme Court hears case that may impact Trump prosecution
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Rage and conspiracy on Donald Trump’s campaign trail: On the evening of 13 April, Donald Trump’s cavalcade drove into the suburb of Schnecksville ...
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Rage and conspiracy on Donald Trump’s campaign trail
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GUEST COLUMN: Secretary of state exceeded the authority of her position: As Republican Canvass Board member for El Paso County, I have declined to certify the ...
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GUEST COLUMN: Secretary of state exceeded the authority of her position
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US President Biden’s election campaign banks on abortion question in Arizona: The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated an 1864 law that almost completely ...
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US President Biden’s election campaign banks on abortion question in ...
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NC hasn’t picked a Democratic president in 16 years. Is Mecklenburg County the key?
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NC hasn’t picked a Democratic president in 16 years. Is Mecklenburg County ...
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As Trump’s hush-money trial begins, a look at four parallels in U.S. history: When the former president’s trial opens in New York today, it will mark the first ...
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As Trump’s hush-money trial begins, a look at four parallels in U.S ...