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Dominion wants Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other Fox hosts and executives to take the stand at

Dominion Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wants to put some of Fox News’ top executives and most well-known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion defamation case against the right-wing network goes to trial. Among the network personnel that the voting technology company wants to call as witnesses are Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott; Fox News President Jay Wallace; hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Maria Bartiromo, Laura Ingraham, and Bret Baier; and forme ...

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Police share body cam footage of officers who fired on Nashville school shooter

Police on Tuesday released body camera footage and surveillance video of yesterday's shooting at a Tennessee Christian school, where six people and the shooter were killed. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department released the graphic footage from the body cameras of Officers Rex Engelbert, a 4-year veteran, and Michael Collazo, a 9-year veteran, who fired on the shooter. As fire alarms ring out, the video shows the officers running up a stairwell and then confronting the shooter. The off ...

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Feds offer $20,000 reward for info on fugitive Roy McGrath, ex-chief of staff to Maryland governor

The FBI and U.S. Marshals Service are each offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Roy McGrath, the former chief of staff to ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan who became a fugitive after failing to appear at trial on wire fraud and embezzlement charges earlier this month. An intense federal manhunt has been underway since McGrath, 53, failed to appear in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 13. A judge issued a warrant for his arrest, and the FBI soon searched h ...

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Pirates board oil tanker with 16 crew in Gulf of Guinea

By SAM MEDNICK and JAN M. OLSEN today DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Pirates have boarded a Liberian-flagged oil tanker with 16 crew members in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, the Danish vessel owner said Tuesday. The attack took place southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo. The Monjasa Reformer “experienced an emergency situation” late Saturday, Monjasa, the Denmark-based company that owns the ship, said in a statement. The crew sought refuge in a citadel — a safe area on the ship — in line with the on ...

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Twitter restricts Greene's congressional account over 'vengeance' post

Twitter on Tuesday restricted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) congressional account for seven days after she repeatedly posted an image of a poster about a rally called “Trans Day of Vengeance.” Greene tweeted about the event after three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. Police say that the suspect in that shooting, who was killed during the incident, identified as transgender. Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, said in a ...

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Trump's Violent Rhetoric Deserves Outrage, Not Yawns

(Daily Beast) Is Donald Trump trying to inspire violence, or does he merely want to intimidate and obstruct justice? Based on his behavior, those seem to be the most plausible explanations for his recent behavior. Don’t take my word for it, take the word of Jan. 6 rioters, who effectively said they were just following Trump’s orders when they beat cops with flag poles, and such. Indeed, we should all be more concerned about Trump’s rhetoric. Those of us who warn of potential violence are not overreacting — as evidenced by the fact that political violence is a rising trend in America — particularly when it is stoked by Trump.

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How Trump's own lawyer may have cooked his goose in Mar-a-Lago documents case

(Salon) There was already a strong case against former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, in the form of evidence that he intentionally concealed over 100 classified and top-secret government documents, even after he was repeatedly asked and even subpoenaed to return them. But if Trump was in trouble before, testimony and documentation from his own lawyer, Evan Corcoran, could turn out to provide the final evidence necessary to charge Trump — and soon.

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No firearms allowed at upcoming NRA convention

(Fox 59) A number of prominent Republican figures are slated to speak at the upcoming annual National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis, including former President Donald Trump, former vice president and former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, and current Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb. The three are among a list of confirmed speakers at an NRA leadership forum at the Indiana Convention Center on Friday, April 14. Firearms will NOT be allowed at the event, and the NRA says gun storage will not be available within the facility.

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'Pissed off at cowards and profiteers': Outrage grows over gun safety inaction

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