Month: April 2024

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted former President Trump in an interview early Tuesday, saying he is trying to appear moderate on the issue of abortion and suggesting his official position does not reflect any core “belief.”“Well, first, let me say the issue about a woman’s right to choose, it’s a democracy issue. This is…
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“He believes in his political survival,” the California Democrat said of Trump’s new statement on abortion.

Vice President Harris will visit Arizona on Friday “to continue her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedoms,” the White House announced just after the state’s Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban Tuesday. The Arizona Supreme Court’s decision upheld an 1864 law that made performing an abortion a felony, including only a narrow exception to…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe judge overseeing former President Donald Trump‘s hush money case in New York has approved a questionnaire for jury selection and instructions for prospective jurors in the trial, which is set to begin next week.In a letter Monday, state Judge Juan Merchan provided attorneys…
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This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereGood morning and welcome to the Ukraine live blog. We start with news that David Cameron has held talks with Donald Trump in Florida amid a push to shore up support for Ukraine and advance a new package of aid…
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Judge denies Trump’s last-minute effort to delay hush-money trial over venue change  Courthouse News Servicesource

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers.Hosted by Tracy MumfordFeaturing Ben Protess and Natasha SingerProduced by Ian StewartEdited by Jessica Metzger, Tracy Mumford and James ShieldOn Today’s Episode:On Abortion, Trump Chose Politics Over Principles. Will It Matter?, by Lisa Lerer and Elizabeth DiasAppeals Court…
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See how Trump’s views on abortion have evolved over time  CNNsource

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a floor speech Tuesday that the American public will “see right through” former President Trump’s abortion stance, just a day after the former president said abortion law should be left to the states. “Republicans and Donald Trump can try to hide their anti-abortion records all they want,…
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BREAKING: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tells lawmakers ‘we don’t have any evidence’ Israel is committing genocide in Gaza ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeAn issue at the core of Joe Biden’s presidency that former President Donald Trump is zeroing in on with increasingly violent rhetoric could have outsize influence in…
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UK’s Cameron to meet Blinken, Trump while pressing US Congress on Ukraine aid  Reuterssource

Trump’s lawyers had wanted the trial postponed indefinitely while he fights a gag order that bars him from commenting about jurors, witnesses and others.

The questions prospective Trump jurors will be asked  POLITICOsource

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Jury questionnaire in Trump hush money trial released by judge  Axiossource

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AdvertisementSupported byBest of Late NightMeyers said the dinner menu at a Palm Beach campaign event for Donald Trump “had so many foreign words, I’m surprised he didn’t have it deported.” By Trish BendixWelcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid…
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Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan…
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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted former President Trump in an interview early Tuesday, saying he is trying to appear moderate on the issue of abortion and suggesting his official position does not reflect any core “belief.” “Well, first, let me say the issue about a woman’s right to choose, it’s a democracy issue. This…
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Help keep Salon independentDonald Trump secured a huge victory late last month when a New York court reduced his half-billion dollar bond to $175 million after his lawyers expressed difficulty with producing bond for the full judgment while he appealed. But the former president's lawyers may have made a crucial misstep in failing to disclose that a billionaire financier…
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Lawyers had argued trial should be postponed while they seek a change of venue to move it out of heavily Democratic ManhattanA New York appeals court judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay his 15 April hush-money criminal trial while he fights to move the case out of Manhattan.The decision came Monday,…
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There is one certainty in 2024’s tumultuous campaign: If President Biden goes, Harris stays.  Democrats simply cannot replace Biden with anyone but Harris. Their base is so narrowed and their sense of identity-group politics so heightened that they cannot afford to fracture the former by ignoring the latter. Add to this the reality that time…
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Trump is just days from his first criminal trial after latest legal gambit fails  CNNsource

Former White House ethics head Norm Eisen criticized a failed effort by former President Trump to delay his New York hush money case. “It was a dead loser from the get-go,” Eisen said Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. That same day, an appeals court…
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Watch CBS News By Melissa Quinn, Robert Legare Updated on: April 8, 2024 / 9:13 PM EDT / CBS News Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is entitled to sweeping immunity from federal prosecution, arguing that the former president’s alleged…
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