Nation and World Politics
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Third week of testimony in Trump's hush money trial draws to a close, with Michael Cohen yet to comeMay 10, 2024 7:38 am - NEW YORK — The third week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial draws to a close Friday after jurors heard the dramatic, if not downright seamy, account of porn...
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Russia celebrates victory in World War II as Putin accuses the West of fueling global conflictsMay 09, 2024 12:07 pm - MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by ha...
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Netanyahu says Israel ‘will stand alone’ if it has to after threatened US arms holdupMay 09, 2024 1:20 pm - NICOSIA, Cyprus — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu minister said Thursday that his country will “stand alone” if it has to in its war against Hamas — threatening...
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Stormy Daniels spars with Trump defense attorney in tense exchange over cash-for-silence transactionMay 09, 2024 11:45 am - NEW YORK — Donald Trump's defense attorneys grilled Stormy Daniels Thursday on the transaction at the center of the former president's hush money trial, pressing her on w...
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Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election caseMay 08, 2024 9:30 am - ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower-court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the ele...
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Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump's Foxconn project failedMay 08, 2024 7:42 pm - President Joe Biden on Wednesday laced into Donald Trump over a failed project in the previous administration that was supposed to bring thousands of new jobs into southe...
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Police clearing pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University, dozens arrestedMay 08, 2024 9:13 pm - Police began to clear a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University early Wednesday and arrested dozens of protesters, hours after dozens left the sit...
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Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the U.N. says no aid has enteredMay 08, 2024 6:56 am - JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, a key terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid that was closed...
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Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with a ‘massive’ attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of NazismMay 08, 2024 6:54 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area...
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Israeli forces seize Rafah crossing in Gaza, threatening aid and putting cease-fire talks on edgeMay 07, 2024 8:01 pm - CAIRO — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-...