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Trump campaign preps for Las Vegas rally after heat cases in Phoenix

June 8, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. EDT Former president Donald Trump's campaign is taking steps ahead of a rally on Sunday in Las Vegas to prevent sweltering conditions from leading to heat exhaustion or other heat-related injuries like those seen at a recent campaign event in Phoenix. Rallygoers at Trump events often arrive hours before the former president's remarks are scheduled to begin, standing in long security lines. The campaign says it will open up for the event at 9 a.m. and the former presid ...

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House Ethics Panel Looks Into Nancy Mace's Use of Reimbursement Program

June 8, 2024, 5:18 p.m. ET The House Ethics Committee has begun reviewing Representative Nancy Mace’s use of a reimbursement program for lodging and other expenses of Congress members working in Washington, according to a committee member familiar with the preliminary inquiry. Following a complaint, lawmakers are being asked to look into whether Ms. Mace, Republican of South Carolina, overcharged the program thousands of dollars for expenses related to her Washington townhouse. According to ...

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Thousands gather outside White House to protest war in Gaza

June 8, 2024, 6:01 PM EDT / Updated June 8, 2024, 9:37 PM EDT WASHINGTON — Thousands of people from cities across the country gathered outside the White House on Saturday to protest the Biden administration’s policies toward the Israel-Hamas war, many dressed in keffiyehs and red clothes to symbolize what they say is a red line that Israel crossed. Hundreds of protesters held a red banner that stretched around the White House, urging President Joe Biden to change his approach to the war in Ga ...

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Harris escalates criticism of Trump, calling conviction 'disqualifying'

06/08/2024 06:20 PM EDT Updated: 06/08/2024 07:27 PM EDT Donald Trump’s behavior should disqualify him for the presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to tell a state Democratic Party dinner in Detroit on Saturday night, in one of her first campaign appearances since the former president’s historic criminal conviction. In excerpts of planned remarks to attendees, Harris makes her most direct public criticism yet of Trump’s false claims of his New York trial being rigged — drawin ...

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Migrant arrests drop at US-Mexico border as Biden asylum ban rolls out

June 8, 2024 7:34 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped on Friday, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, saying it signaled a restrictive new Biden administration policy was deterring some illegal immigration. U.S. Border Patrol arrested around 3,100 people crossing illegally, down roughly 20% from the days before, the official said, requesting anonymity to discuss preliminary figures. ...

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Conservative Magazine's New Samuel Alito Flags Spark Backlash

Published Jun 08, 2024 at 12:06 PM EDT | Updated Jun 08, 2024 at 12:57 PM EDT Conservative editorial magazine National Review is facing backlash online for selling flags honoring embattled Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. According to the magazine, one flag is loosely based on the "Appeal to Heaven" flag commissioned by George Washington during the American Revolution. The other is based on the Bennington battle flag, a banner associated with a revolutionary battle that took plac ...

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Federal court hands MyPillow and Lindell a loss when it comes to compelling 'attenuated at best' testimony of DOJ

Jun 8th, 2024, 11:39 am A Minnesota pillow magnate has been barred from enforcing subpoenas against two government-affiliated individuals he hoped to use for the basis of his defense against defamation claims. The underlying controversy would be familiar to readers as the $1.3 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against MyPillow and their CEO Mike Lindell. The stalwart Donald Trump ally repeatedly and baselessly accused two voting machine companies of rigging the 2020 presidenti ...

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Trump to escalate blame on trial judge Juan Merchan if sentenced to prison

Sat 8 Jun 2024 09.00 EDT Donald Trump is determined to avoid jail, but if he does get handed a prison sentence after his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York last week, the former president’s inner circle is certain he will lay the blame squarely at the judge’s feet, sources familiar with the matter said. The precise way Trump might blame the judge, Juan Merchan, remains unclear because Trump has been avoidant of the issue and the matter was not resolved when he huddled with his top adv ...

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North Korea resumes flying balloons in likely bid to drop trash on South Korea again, Seoul says

June 8, 2024, 11:43 AM SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea resumed flying balloons on Saturday in a likely attempt to drop trash on South Korea again, South Korea’s military said, two days after Seoul activists floated their own balloons to scatter propaganda leaflets in the North. Animosities between the two Koreas have risen recently because North Korea launched hundreds of balloons carrying manure and trash toward South Korea in protest of previous South Korean civilian leafletting campaigns ...

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Biden campaign highlights Trump's Arpaio kiss

06/08/24 2:20 PM ET President Biden’s reelection campaign launched a quick response digital ad Saturday that features former President Trump kissing former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on stage. The kiss came at a rally Thursday where the former president brought out the 91-year-old Arpaio onstage, hugged him and blew an air kiss in the vicinity of the former law enforcement officer’s right ear. “I don’t kiss men, but I kissed him,” Trump told the crowd at the Dream City Church in Phoe ...

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Sen. Lindsey Graham says fellow Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is an "outlier" on Putin and Ukraine

10 min ago - June 9, 2024 / 1:37 PM EDT Washington — Sen. Lindsey Graham said his Republican colleague Sen. Tommy Tuberville is an "outlier" within the party when it comes to his stance on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine. "Sen. Tuberville's ana ... (CBS News)

Biden, France's Macron reach agreement on using Russian assets for Ukraine

29 min ago - BELLEAU, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had reached an agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron on the use of profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. Asked if the two men had discussed the issue and w ... (Reuters)

Seoul to restart anti-Pyongyang broadcasts in retaliation to North's trash balloons

41 min ago - June 9, 2024, 3:47 AM EDT South Korea announced Sunday it would resume anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation to the North sending over 1000 balloons filled with trash and manure over the last couple of wee ... (NBC News/AP)

Israeli minister Benny Gantz resigns from war cabinet in blow to Netanyahu

1 hr ago - Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has resigned from Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, delivering a blow to the prime minister who has been celebrating the rare rescue of hostages held in Gaza. “Leaving the government is a complex and pa ... (CNN)

Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction

1 hr ago - Former President Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer from his home at Mar-a-Lago with his attorney Todd Blanche at his side after he was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial ... (NBC News)

Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad

2 hrs ago - June 9, 2024, 7:30 AM DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved the country’s hard-line parliament speaker and five others to run in the country’s June 28 presidential election following a helicopter cra ... (ABC News/AP)

Biden visits American cemetery in France that Trump skipped

3 hrs ago - June 9, 2024 10:52 AM EDT Updated 41 min ago BELLEAU, France, June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, stopped at an American cemetery in France on Sunday that former president Donald Trump declined to visit in 2018, draw ... (Reuters)

Leonard Peltier Is Getting What May Be His Last Chance At Freedom

4 hrs ago - Jun 9, 2024, 05:30 AM EDT WASHINGTON ― After nearly 50 years in prison, Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier is about to get what may be his last chance at freedom. Peltier, 79, is up for a parole hearing on Monday. His last parole ... (Huff Post)

Punta Gorda man sentenced to life in prison in 2018 North Port murder case

4 hrs ago - COURTS Punta Gorda man sentenced to life in prison in 2018 North Port murder case Gabriela Szymanowska Sarasota Herald-Tribune Published 4:01 a.m. ET June 9, 2024 * Updated 4:01 a. m. ET June 9, 2024 A Punta Gorda man was sentenced Friday to life in ... (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

Large chunk of Wyoming's Teton Pass road collapses; unclear how quickly it can be rebuilt

5 hrs ago - Updated 10:12 PM EDT, June 8, 2024 JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A large chunk of a twisting mountain pass road collapsed in Wyoming, authorities said Saturday, leaving a gaping chasm in the highway and severing a well-traveled commuter link between smal ... (AP)

US resumes maritime aid deliveries to Gaza after pier repair

5 hrs ago - Published 10:00 PM EDT, Sat June 8, 2024 CNN — Maritime aid deliveries to Gaza resumed Saturday after a US-built temporary pier was repaired a day prior, US Central Command announced. Nearly 500 metric tons, or over a million pounds, of aid wa ... (CNN Politics)

Thousands gather outside White House to protest war in Gaza

6 hrs ago - June 8, 2024, 6:01 PM EDT / Updated June 8, 2024, 9:37 PM EDT WASHINGTON — Thousands of people from cities across the country gathered outside the White House on Saturday to protest the Biden administration’s policies toward the Israel-Hama ... (NBC News)

U.S. provided support to Israeli forces in rescue of 4 hostages in Gaza

7 hrs ago - Updated on: June 8, 2024 / 8:05 PM EDT The United States provided support to the successful Israeli security forces raid that rescued four living hostages from captivity in Gaza on Saturday, two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News. The U.S. military ... (CBS News)

Migrant arrests drop at US-Mexico border as Biden asylum ban rolls out

7 hrs ago - June 8, 2024 7:34 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped on Friday, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, saying it signaled a restrictive new B ... (Reuters)

Harris escalates criticism of Trump, calling conviction 'disqualifying'

8 hrs ago - 06/08/2024 06:20 PM EDT Updated: 06/08/2024 07:27 PM EDT Donald Trump’s behavior should disqualify him for the presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to tell a state Democratic Party dinner in Detroit on Saturday night, in one of ... (Politico)

Trump campaign preps for Las Vegas rally after heat cases in Phoenix

8 hrs ago - June 8, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. EDT Former president Donald Trump's campaign is taking steps ahead of a rally on Sunday in Las Vegas to prevent sweltering conditions from leading to heat exhaustion or other heat-related injuries like those seen at a recent ... (Washington Post)

3 private citizens launched to space and back on Virgin Galactic's Unity spacecraft

9 hrs ago - 06/08/24 5:39 PM ET Three private citizens launched into space and landed safely back on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spacecraft, completing the company’s second spaceflight of 2024 and 12 missions to date. Virgin Galactic’s seventh co ... (The Hill)

House Ethics Panel Looks Into Nancy Mace's Use of Reimbursement Program

10 hrs ago - June 8, 2024, 5:18 p.m. ET The House Ethics Committee has begun reviewing Representative Nancy Mace’s use of a reimbursement program for lodging and other expenses of Congress members working in Washington, according to a committee member famili ... (New York Times)

Gantz scraps anticipated resignation announcement following news of hostages' rescue

18 hrs ago - Today, 4:24 pm War cabinet member Benny Gantz on Saturday canceled a news conference planned for the evening, during which he was expected to announce his National Unity party was leaving the government. The decision came after the military’s su ... (The Times of Israel)

Trump to escalate blame on trial judge Juan Merchan if sentenced to prison

19 hrs ago - Sat 8 Jun 2024 09.00 EDT Donald Trump is determined to avoid jail, but if he does get handed a prison sentence after his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York last week, the former president’s inner circle is certain he will lay the blame s ... (The Guardian)

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