Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail timeMay 06, 2024 8:57 am - NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that addition...
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Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelistMay 06, 2024 7:09 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in polit...
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Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AIMay 06, 2024 7:04 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelli...
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Hope Hicks witnessed nearly every Trump scandal. Now she must testify.May 03, 2024 7:21 am - Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III interviewed former White House official Hope Hicks three times during his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 electi...
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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over ‘Access Hollywood’ tapeMay 03, 2024 2:17 pm - NEW YORK — Former White House official and Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks took the stand Friday at the former president's hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 cam...
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Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prisonMay 02, 2024 12:38 pm - WASHINGTON — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday ...
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Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over the war in GazaMay 02, 2024 10:55 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over ...
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‘What have we done?’ Lawyer describes shock at possible role in Trump's 2016 victoryMay 02, 2024 12:34 pm - NEW YORK — A lawyer who negotiated a pair of hush money deals at the center of Donald Trump's criminal trial recalled Thursday his “gallows humor” reaction to Trump's 201...
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Pritzker: Bears lakefront stadium proposal still ‘a non-starter’May 01, 2024 6:00 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker cast more doubt Wednesday on the Chicago Bears’ proposal to build a nearly $5 billion lakefront stadium, just hours after two of his top staff members ...
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Judge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 at hush money trialApr 30, 2024 2:49 pm - NEW YORK — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about wi...