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Marjorie Taylor Greene makes wild claim that Democrats want Trump to be 'murdered in jail'

2 hours ago Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has wildly claimed, without any evidence, that Democrats want Donald Trump to be “murdered in jail.” The right-wing lawmaker made the remarks during an interview with Infowars host Alex Jones, in which she suggested that the four criminal cases Mr Trump is facing - including an ongoing trial where he has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts relating to alleged hush money payments - are an intentional effort by his political rivals ...

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National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says

April 23, 2024, 2:48 PM EDT David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified at Donald Trump's trial Tuesday that the tabloid completely manufactured a negative story in 2016 about the father of Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, who was then Trump's rival for the GOP presidential nomination. The paper had published a photo allegedly showing Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, with Lee Harvey Oswald handing out pro-Fidel Castro pamphlets in New Orleans in 1963, not long before Oswald assa ...

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Santos ends congressional bid for New York's 1st District

Published 5:31 PM EDT, Tue April 23, 2024 CNN — Former New York Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New York’s 1st District. “I have decided to withdraw from my independent run for #NY1…I don’t want my run to be portrayed as reprisal against Nick Lalota… Although Nick and I don’t have the same voting record and I remain critical of his abysmal record, I don’t want to split the ticket and be respons ...

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Biden: I almost wanted to buy Trump Bible 'just to see what the hell's in it'

04/23/24 3:46 PM ET President Biden on Tuesday mocked former President Trump for hawking Bibles last month and eviscerated the presumptive GOP nominee over his abortion record. Biden, visiting Trump’s home state of Florida, delivered remarks in which he squarely blamed Trump for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the subsequent state-level abortion restrictions put in place by GOP-led legislatures. “He described the Dobbs decision as a miracle,” Biden said of Trump, ref ...

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FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes

Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation. “Noncompete clauses keep wages low, suppress new ideas, and rob the American economy of dynamism, including from the more than 8,500 new startups that would be created a year once noncompetes are banned,” said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan. “The FTC’s final rule to ban ...

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Biden heads to Florida to hit Trump on abortion rights

(NBC News) President Joe Biden is traveling to Florida on Tuesday to deliver remarks highlighting efforts by Democrats to safeguard abortion access and casting former President Donald Trump as a threat to reproductive rights. The trip to Tampa is intended to "forcefully advocate for reproductive freedom and call out Donald Trump’s abortion bans, as he’s been doing since Roe was overturned,” Biden campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler told reporters in a call previewing the president's travel plans.

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AZ-SEN: Kari Lake Wants Arizona Sheriffs to Enforce 1864 Abortion Ban

(Rolling Stone) In the wake of a state Supreme Court decision re-animating the 1864 law that prohibits abortion at any point in pregnancy for any reason except to save the life of the mother, Lake initially issued a statement declaring it “abundantly clear that the pre-statehood law is out of step with Arizonans” views on abortion. She called on state officials “to come up with an immediate common sense solution.” Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) had already offered one. The state’s top law enforcement officer announced her office would not enforce the ban, which snaps back into effect in June. The law declares anyone who “provides, supplies, or administers” an abortion be punished with up to five years in jail. But, last weekend, Lake suggested county sheriffs should enforce the 1864 abortion ban: “We can have that law, but it’s not going to be enforced with the people we have in office,” Lake reportedly told the crowd at a Mohave County Republican Party event.

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Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose

(The Hill) Steve Bannon, former President Trump’s 2016 campaign executive, railed against House Republicans on Monday, claiming that they “want MAGA to go away” and wish to see the former president lose his 2024 White House bid. The conservative pundit tore into House Judiciary Committee chairman, Jim Jordan, arguing that the Ohio Republican’s support of Trump has been entirely “performative.” “Don’t go on ‘Hannity’ and tell me everything you are gonna do and send some tweets,” Bannon quipped. “Nothing’s happening to support President Trump. Let me repeat that. Nothing,” he concluded.

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'That's not it': Maggie Haberman shreds Trump's excuse for absent hush money protesters

(Raw Story) Former President Donald Trump's most recent excuse about why hell has yet to break loose outside his criminal hush money trial was shredded Monday night by the New York Times reporter covering the case. New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman spoke with Anderson Cooper on CNN Monday night about the small number of of MAGA supporters who are holding court outside the Manhattan courtroom where Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star.

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National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says

8 hrs ago - April 23, 2024, 2:48 PM EDT David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified at Donald Trump's trial Tuesday that the tabloid completely manufactured a negative story in 2016 about the father of Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, who was ... (NBC News)

Biden blames Trump for Florida's 6-week abortion ban, says women nationwide face health crisis

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Santos ends congressional bid for New York's 1st District

9 hrs ago - Published 5:31 PM EDT, Tue April 23, 2024 CNN — Former New York Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House and is facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his bid for Congress in New York’s 1st District. “I have decided ... (CNN Politics)

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FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes

10 hrs ago - Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation. “Noncomp ... (FTC)

Biden: I almost wanted to buy Trump Bible 'just to see what the hell's in it'

11 hrs ago - 04/23/24 3:46 PM ET President Biden on Tuesday mocked former President Trump for hawking Bibles last month and eviscerated the presumptive GOP nominee over his abortion record. Biden, visiting Trump’s home state of Florida, delivered remarks in ... (The Hill)

Watchdog group asks 5 attorneys general to investigate crisis pregnancy center privacy practices

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Marjorie Taylor Greene makes wild claim that Democrats want Trump to be 'murdered in jail'

12 hrs ago - 2 hours ago Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has wildly claimed, without any evidence, that Democrats want Donald Trump to be “murdered in jail.” The right-wing lawmaker made the remarks during an interview with Infowars host ... (UK Independent)

Biden will speak at Morehouse commencement, an election-year spotlight in front of Black voters

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Appeals court greenlights release of secret Trump battles to block aides from testifying

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Justice Department to pay $138.7 million to settle with ex-USA gymnastics official Larry Nassar victims

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Testimony of David Pecker in the Trump Trial

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