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Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe

Updated 5:14 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2024 CNN — Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot. The previously unreported warrants gave prosecutors access to new Chesebro emails and his private direct mess ...

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'Rest of life in prison': RNC official frets about 'decades' in jail in fake elector case

Story by David Edwards • 3h • Republican National Committee lawyer Christina Bobb, a former conservative news anchor and attorney for Donald Trump, said she expected to spend the rest of her life in prison if she is found guilty of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Arizona. During a Monday interview on Real America's Voice, host Steve Bannon asked Bobb what her punishment could be if she is found guilty on nine counts of trying to organize fake electors to hand the ele ...

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"Unethical behavior": Sarah Huckabee Sanders knew about Trump hush payments, David Pecker testifies

Published April 29, 2024 11:21AM (EDT) Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, now the governor of Arkansas, was intimately involved in covering up Donald Trump's extramarital liaisons, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified last week, Politico reported. According to Pecker, who as testifying in Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal trial on Friday, Sanders participated in a conference call in which Pecker revealed plans to extend a hush money agreement with ...

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OAN Retracts and Apologizes for False Story About Key Trump Trial Witness

Published Apr. 29, 2024 3:22PM EDT Far-right cable news network One America News apologized to Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen Monday after retracting a report that suggested he—rather than Trump himself—had been the one who carried out an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels. The affair in question, and a subsequent hush-money payout to Daniels orchestrated by Trump and Cohen, is at the center of Trump’s first criminal trial, which opened two weeks ago in New Yo ...

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Prosecutors won't retry Arizona border rancher on murder charge after hung jury

A Nogales rancher who was accused of killing an unarmed Mexican man on his property is now a free man, after prosecutors declined Monday to retry the case that ended in a mistrial last week. "Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surrounding this case, the Santa Cruz County Attorney's Office has decided not to seek a retrial," said prosecutor Kim Hunley, Santa Cruz county attorney, during a status hearing in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Monday afternoon. Jurors ...

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VP Harris seeks to energize Black voters with economic opportunity tour

(Reuters) U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will launch a multistate tour to tout economic opportunities for Black Americans in an effort to mobilize a critical voting base for Democrats ahead of November’s election.The tour, which heads to Detroit next week, will focus on investing in communities, building wealth and ensuring Americans of all colors have economic opportunities, according to the White House. It will also highlight the administration's achievements, including a $158 million federal grant for Atlanta that will reconnect Black communities cut off by major highways with the city's downtown.

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White Supremacist Patriot Front Group Marches Through City

(Newsweek) Videos posted to social media on Saturday showed members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front marching through Charleston, West Virginia. Although it is unclear what prompted the group to march, the YWCA Charleston held its 8th annual Race to End Racism, which aims to raise funds for community engagement and racial equity and inclusion programming. The race took place during the same time the group of men began to march.

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Trump Allies Under Indictment in Majority of Swing States

(Political Wire) “At least four of the seven swing states expected to decide the 2024 presidential election have active criminal cases against pro-Trump fake electors,” Axios reports.

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Niece of Israeli hostage says Biden administration has shown 'unwavering and relentless commitment' to her family

(The Hill) The niece of an Israeli-American hostage being held by Hamas militants in Gaza said President Biden’s administration has shown it is committed to getting the hostages home. “What I know is that the Biden administration has shown unwavering and relentless commitment to my family and the families of all of the hostages, and I know that it is their priority to bring all hostages, including the Americans home and so I know that they are doing absolutely everything that they can,” Hanna Siegal told CBS’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”

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Regulator Investigates Ford's Hands-Free Driving System After Fatal Crashes

1 hr ago - U.S. auto-safety regulators have launched an investigation into the safety of Ford Motor’s hands-free driving system, following a pair of recent crashes that left three people dead. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the auto in ... (Wall Street Journal)

Cornell says it's suspending students after they refused offer to move encampment to an alternate location

2 hrs ago - Cornell University is suspending students after an encampment on campus declined to move to an alternate location, President Martha E. Pollack said in a message Monday. "Last Thursday, a group of individuals formed an encampment on the Arts Quad," P ... (CNN)

Matt Gaetz gets last-minute primary challenger

2 hrs ago - 5 hours ago Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) got a last-minute primary challenger for his seat as allies of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) look to exact revenge on the eight lawmakers who voted to oust the California Republican last fall. Why it ma ... (Axios)

Advanced automatic braking systems to be standard on new cars by 2029

2 hrs ago - TRANSPORTATION Advanced automatic braking systems to be standard on new cars by 2029 New federal car safety rules would require cars to have technology to avoid hitting pedestrians and other vehicles, even at high speeds By Ian Duncan April 29, 2024 ... (Washington Post)

FCC fines US wireless carriers over illegal location data sharing

3 hrs ago - April 29, 2024 2:19 PM EDT Updated 5 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for illegally sharing access to customers’ location info ... (Reuters)

U.S. Navy, Army ships building floating pier for Gaza aid. Pentagon estimates cost at $320 million

3 hrs ago - Apr 29, 2024 2:49 PM EDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the opera ... (PBS News Hour/AP)

OAN Retracts and Apologizes for False Story About Key Trump Trial Witness

4 hrs ago - Published Apr. 29, 2024 3:22PM EDT Far-right cable news network One America News apologized to Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen Monday after retracting a report that suggested he—rather than Trump himself&#1 ... (Daily Beast)

Prosecutors won't retry Arizona border rancher on murder charge after hung jury

4 hrs ago - A Nogales rancher who was accused of killing an unarmed Mexican man on his property is now a free man, after prosecutors declined Monday to retry the case that ended in a mistrial last week. "Because of the unique circumstances and challenges surro ... (Arizona Daily Star)

Columbia University begins suspending students after warning to clear out of protest camp

4 hrs ago - Students defied Columbia University's orders to vacate their pro-Palestinian protest by 2 p.m. Monday, despite warnings of suspension and after the school's president said it would not divest from Israel — a demand that has sparked protests on ... (NBC News)

Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe

4 hrs ago - Updated 5:14 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2024 CNN — Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained afte ... (CNN Politics)

President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador Discuss Migration in Latest Call

5 hrs ago - April 29, 2024, at 12:45 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, about cooperating on migration policy as the U.S. leader continues to deliberate whether to take ... (US News and World Report/AP)

'Rest of life in prison': RNC official frets about 'decades' in jail in fake elector case

5 hrs ago - Story by David Edwards • 3h • Republican National Committee lawyer Christina Bobb, a former conservative news anchor and attorney for Donald Trump, said she expected to spend the rest of her life in prison if she is found guilty of tryin ... (msn)

Paramount says CEO Bob Bakish is stepping down

5 hrs ago - Published Mon, Apr 29 2024 4:03 PM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish is stepping down, the company announced Monday, as merger negotiations with Skydance Media continue. Paramount reports its first-quarter earnings after the bell ... (CNBC)

House and Senate negotiate bill to help FAA add more air traffic controllers and safety inspectors

6 hrs ago - April 29, 2024, 12:22 PM Congressional negotiators have agreed on a $105 billion bill designed to improve the safety of air travel after a series of close calls between planes at the nation’s airports. House and Senate lawmakers said Monday that ... (ABC News/AP)

"Unethical behavior": Sarah Huckabee Sanders knew about Trump hush payments, David Pecker testifies

6 hrs ago - Published April 29, 2024 11:21AM (EDT) Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, now the governor of Arkansas, was intimately involved in covering up Donald Trump's extramarital liaisons, former National Enquirer publisher David Pec ... (Salon)

'Numerous' officers hurt in 'active' east Charlotte shooting, CMPD says

7 hrs ago - CHARLOTTE -- "Numerous" law enforcement officers have been shot Monday in what police are calling an "active" situation in east Charlotte. Around 2:15 p.m., the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said "multiple" people have been taken to local h ... (WSOCTV)

G7 agrees to shut down coal plants by 2035, UK minister says, in climate breakthrough

7 hrs ago - Updated 12:53 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2024 CNN — Ministers from the Group of Seven nations have agreed to shut down all their coal plants by 2035 at the latest, a UK minister said on Monday, in a climate policy breakthrough that could influence ... (CNN World)

Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News 'imminently'

7 hrs ago - A letter obtained by NBC News says action is pending because of Fox’s alleged "conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light. April 29, 2024, 11:45 AM CDT By Sarah Fitzpatrick Lawyers for Hunter Biden pla ... (nbc)

West Virginia and North Carolina's transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule

8 hrs ago - April 29, 2024, 1:14 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia and North Carolina's refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case likely h ... (ABC News/AP)

FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy and safety

8 hrs ago - April 29, 2024, 12:09 PM ED Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by the testing industry. ... (NBC News/AP)

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