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Judge Again Finds Donald Trump In Contempt And Warns Of Jail Time For Violating Gag Order

(Daedline) A judge again found Donald Trump in contempt of court for violations of a partial gag order. Trump was fined $1,000 over a statement he made attacking the jury in the case. The judge in Trump’s hush money case, Juan Merchan, also warned the former president of possible jail time. “The last thing I want to do is put you in jail,” Merchan said. “You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well.” To jail him, Merchan said, “would be disruptive to the proceedings,” adding that it would pose a challenge as well for the Secret Service.

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Democrats prepare to go on the offensive on immigration in the coming weeks

(NBC News) Democrats are preparing an aggressive new immigration strategy months after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border security bill aimed at easing record-high illegal crossings along the southern border, according to officials who discussed the plans with NBC News. At a White House meeting last week, key administration officials and top Democratic lawmakers discussed a path forward that would include forcing votes that Republicans would be likely to oppose, two sources said. The discussions included potential executive actions within the coming weeks, three sources said.

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VP Harris announces more than $100 mln to support auto workers

(Reuters) U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday announced more than $100 million in funding and resources to support American auto workers and small auto suppliers. Historic contracts secured by the United Auto Workers with the Big Three Detroit automakers and recent organizing victories ensure that these jobs will provide comparable wages, retirement security and respect at work, the office of the VP said in a statement.

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'If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall,' says Jeffries in stressing importance of elections

(The Hill) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) emphasized the stakes of the 2024 election in a "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday, warning that much more than abortion rights are at risk if former President Trump gets a second term. He told CBS' Norah O’Donnell that reproductive freedom will be an "incredibly significant" issue in the race. "And the extreme MAGA Republicans have set in motion the erosion of reproductive freedom," he said. "We're gonna fight for it with everything that we've got at our disposal."

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In a second term, Trump intends to address 'a bias against white'

(MSNBC) It was about a month ago when Axios reported that in a prospective second term for Donald Trump, his team intends to “dramatically change the government’s interpretation of Civil Rights-era laws to focus on ‘anti-white racism’ rather than discrimination against people of color.” Asked for comment, the Republican’s campaign didn’t exactly deny its interest in rolling back policies designed to address systemic racism.

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Kristi Noem Suggests Biden's Dog Should Have Been Killed, Too

(New York Times) Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, already under fire for killing her family’s 14-month-old dog and boasting about it, on Sunday took aim at another family’s pet: Commander, President Biden’s bite-prone German shepherd. Appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Ms. Noem, a Republican, suggested that Commander, who was banished from the White House last fall after bloodying a number of Secret Service agents, should also have been put down.

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'Nuts And Clearly Disturbed': New RFK Jr. Spot Has Absolutely Bonkers Opening

(Huff Post) Critics are wondering how and why this new video from the independent presidential candidate ever got released. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spends the first minute and change of his new promotional video trashing an unexpected candidate: himself. The new 30-minute spot features the independent presidential candidate reading attacks on himself, almost like a Jimmy Kimmel “Mean Tweets” segment. But instead criticism from randos on social media, Kennedy reads attacks from analysts, pundits and media critics.

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RNC troubles continue as party parts ways with its chief counsel

(MSNBC) Almost immediately after Donald Trump’s handpicked team took the reins at the Republican National Committee — team that includes his daughter-in-law — the party’s new leaders got to work making significant staffing changes. In fact, in mid-March, the RNC hired two new lawyers to oversee the party’s election-year legal efforts. The other attorney was longtime Republican lawyer Charlie Spies, who was hired to serve as the RNC’s chief counsel. At least, that was the idea two months ago.

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Haaretz Editorial Board: Israelis Must Stop the Slide Toward an Operation in Rafah

(Haaretz) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition partners are quivering with excitement in anticipation of dispatching the Israel Defense Forces on a mission to conquer the Palestinian enclave in Rafah, which holds one million refugees who fled there from northern and central parts of the Gaza Strip. If Netanyahu insists on disdainfully disregarding the Americans, as he's done in his announcements, he may face an arms embargo and the removal of the American diplomatic shield at the UN Security Council.

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