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South Korea pledges to retaliate against North Korea over its launch of garbage-filled balloons over border

June 2, 2024 / 8:29 AM EDT South Korea said Sunday it'll soon take "unbearable" retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations. In the past week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump rubbish on South Korea, simulated nuclear strikes against its neighbor and allegedly jammed GPS navigation signals in the South in an escalation of animosities between the rivals. South Korea's national securit ...

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Trump attorney spars with ABC host over bias

06/02/2024 10:42 AM EDT Will Scharf, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, insisted Sunday that the Biden administration was firmly behind Trump’s prosecution even as ABC’s George Stephanopoulos pushed back on that idea. Speaking on “This Week,” Scharf responded to Stephanopoulos saying, “Of course, the attorney general of Manhattan has nothing to do with the Department of Justice,” by arguing in response: “I vehemently disagree that the district attorney in New York was not politic ...

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RNC co-chair Lara Trump slams Maryland GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan for urging Americans to 'respect' verdict

Updated 11:33 AM EDT, Sun June 2, 2024 CNN — Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump said Sunday that Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan “doesn’t deserve the respect” of any Republican after he urged Americans to respect the verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money trial before it was delivered. Speaking with CNN’s Kasie Hunt on “State of the Union,” Lara Trump called Hogan’s comments “ridiculous” and said the former Maryland governor “should have thought long and hard” ...

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Trump attorney says legal team will appeal conviction, comply with pre-sentence probe

June 2, 2024, 9:55 AM Will Scharf, a member of Donald Trump's legal team, said Sunday that the former president will appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York but will comply with a pre-sentencing investigation in the meantime. Trump's conviction, centered around allegations he covered up a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, will be the subject of an investigation from the Probation Department, which will include interviewing Trump. A ...

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Schumer promises contraception vote Wednesday

06/02/2024 04:28 PM EDT Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said his chamber will vote Wednesday on legislation aimed at ensuring a women’s right to obtain birth control. The announcement, which came in a dear colleague letter released Sunday, won’t mark the end of Democrats’ efforts to go on the offense on the issue, though. Schumer promised “more action to come after that.” “Democrats will never relent until we reverse the immense damage MAGA Republicans and the Supreme Court have inflicted,” S ...

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Central Park Five exoneree calls Trump verdict 'karma'

06/01/24 8:08 PM ET “Central Park Five” exoneree Raymond Santana called former President Trump’s verdict in his hush-money case “karma.” “For me, it was about karma,” Santana said during his Saturday appearance on CNN with anchor Victor Blackwell, highlighted by Mediaite. “It was the example of, this is what happens when rich billionaires who stand on white privilege now have to answer, right?” “So it becomes a surreal moment. It also becomes a moment where you just got to take it in, right ...

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Trump campaign sends Bob Good cease-and-desist over yard signs

06/01/24 6:46 PM ET Former President Trump’s campaign sent a cease-and-desist letter to House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good’s (R-Va.) reelection campaign to stop producing yard signs and other merchandise that imply his backing of the congressman. The Trump campaign sent the letter on Friday, a senior Trump campaign official confirmed to The Hill. It was sent after Good’s campaign utilized the former president’s image, name and the president’s past support of the candidate to boost his reele ...

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Netanyahu aide says Israel agreed to Biden's cease-fire plan for Gaza

June 2, 2024, 6:22 AM EDT An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Britain's Sunday Times that Israel had agreed to the framework for President Joe Biden's plan to bring an end to the war in Gaza, though he said it was "not a good deal." Israel’s official position remains unclear, and NBC News has reached out to the Isreali Prime Minister’s Office for confirmation. Biden announced Friday that Israel had proposed a three-part plan that would ult ...

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Netanyahu accepts Congress' invitation to speak despite blowback

06/01/2024 06:01 PM EDT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accepted an invitation from congressional leaders to address a joint session, a decision that has sparked tension within the Democratic Party over Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. In a post to X, formerly known as Twitter, Netanyahu wrote that he was looking forward to the opportunity to “present the truth” to Congress about the “just war” that Israel has been waging in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, when 1,200 Is ...

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China's Chang'e-6 probe successfully lands on far side of the moon

Updated 8:50 PM EDT, Sat June 1, 2024 Hong Kong CNN — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully touched down on the far side of the moon Sunday morning Beijing time, in a significant step for the ambitious mission that could advance the country’s aspirations of putting astronauts on the moon. The Chang’e-6 probe landed in the South Pole-Aitken Basin, where it will begin to collect samples from the lunar surface, the China National Space Administration announced. China’s most complex robo ...

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Sally Buzbee steps down as executive editor of The Washington Post

1 hr ago - NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post said Sunday that its executive editor, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years at the top of one of journalism’s most storied brands. She will be replaced by Matt Murray, former editor in chief o ... (AP)

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer Gonzlez

2 hrs ago - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by their pro-statehood party. The two ran on the same ticket ... (AP)

Federal judge shoots down 'orchestrated campaign' to remove Trump-appointed judge in classified documents case

3 hrs ago - Story by Michael Lee • 7h • 2 min read A federal judge derided an apparent effort to get the judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal classified documents case removed, arguing the Florida judge appeared to be the victim of a ... (msn)

'I stand in faith:' Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announces pancreatic cancer diagnosis

3 hrs ago - HOUSTON – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announced Sunday that she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In a statement, Lee said she is currently undergoing treatment to fight the disease. “To the constituents of the 18th Congressio ... (KPRC-TV)

ABC lawyers trash Trump reply in defamation lawsuit against George Stephanopoulos over 'found liable for rape' segment

4 hrs ago - Jun 2nd, 2024, 2:21 pm In the ongoing court fight over former President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against ABC, the TV network’s lawyers are working to buttress their argument to dismiss the complaint. Simply put, they argue that th ... (Law & Crime)

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy: 'Every American' should accept 2024 election results

5 hrs ago - June 2, 2024, 2:41 PM EDT Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said that “every American should accept the results” of the upcoming presidential election, as some Republicans repeatedly refuse to say whether they’ll accept the resul ... (NBC News)

Schumer promises contraception vote Wednesday

6 hrs ago - 06/02/2024 04:28 PM EDT Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said his chamber will vote Wednesday on legislation aimed at ensuring a women’s right to obtain birth control. The announcement, which came in a dear colleague letter released Sunday, won ... (Politico)

Trump attorney says legal team will appeal conviction, comply with pre-sentence probe

6 hrs ago - June 2, 2024, 9:55 AM Will Scharf, a member of Donald Trump's legal team, said Sunday that the former president will appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York but will comply with a pre-sentencing investigation in the meantime. Trump's co ... (ABC News)

RNC co-chair Lara Trump slams Maryland GOP Senate candidate Larry Hogan for urging Americans to 'respect' verdict

7 hrs ago - Updated 11:33 AM EDT, Sun June 2, 2024 CNN — Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump said Sunday that Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan “doesn’t deserve the respect” of any Republican after he urged Amer ... (CNN Politics)

California firefighters continue battling wind-driven wildfire east of San Francisco

7 hrs ago - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters expected to gain ground Sunday on a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco, burned down a home and forced residents to flee the area ... (Associated Press)

Israel assessing alternatives to Hamas rule in Gaza, defence minister says

8 hrs ago - June 2, 2024 11:17 AM EDT Updated 7 hours ago JERUSALEM, June 2 (Reuters) - Israel's defence minister said on Sunday that Israel would not accept Hamas continuing to rule Gaza at any stage during the process to wind down the war, and that it was exam ... (Reuters)

South Korea pledges to retaliate against North Korea over its launch of garbage-filled balloons over border

9 hrs ago - June 2, 2024 / 8:29 AM EDT South Korea said Sunday it'll soon take "unbearable" retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations. In the past week, North Korea floated hundreds ... (CBS News/AP)

Trump attorney spars with ABC host over bias

10 hrs ago - 06/02/2024 10:42 AM EDT Will Scharf, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, insisted Sunday that the Biden administration was firmly behind Trump’s prosecution even as ABC’s George Stephanopoulos pushed back on that idea. Speaking o ... (Politico)

GOP Sen. Tom Cotton says he will accept 2024 election results

11 hrs ago - June 2, 2024, 9:51 AM EDT Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday that he would accept the 2024 election results and would vote to certify the results in 2025, just as he did in 2020. “I don’t think Congress has the constitutional authority to ... (NBC News)

Jamie Raskin Hits Trump With Menacing 'Mob' Comparison: 'Whole World Is Friend Or Foe'

12 hrs ago - Jun 2, 2024, 06:30 AM EDT | Updated 2 hours ago Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) likened Donald Trump’s view of judges to the mafia on Saturday following the former president’s guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial. After he was convicte ... (Huff Post)

In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand

13 hrs ago - June 2, 2024, 1:53 AM Voters in at least three rural South Dakota counties are set to decide Tuesday whether to return to counting ballots by hand, the latest communities around the country to consider ditching machine tabulators based on unfounded c ... (ABC News/AP)

Mexico Votes In An Election Likely To Choose The Country's First Female President

13 hrs ago - Mexicans will likely choose the first female president in the country’s history Sunday between a former academic who promises to further the current leader’s populist policies and an ex-senator and tech entrepreneur who pledges to up the fi ... (AP)

Israeli ministers threaten to resign over cease-fire proposal

14 hrs ago - 06/01/24 11:28 PM ET Two Israeli far-right ministers have threatened to resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government over a cease-fire proposal outlined by President Biden on Friday. Both National Security Minister Itama ... (The Hill)

Donald Trump joins TikTok, rapidly wins over a million followers

15 hrs ago - Within hours of joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had attracted over 1.3 million followers on the short video social media platform that he tried to ban as president on national security grounds. The decision to join the ... (Reuters via AOL)

Gila River officer dead, five others, including another officer, hurt in Santan area shooting

15 hrs ago - SANTAN, AZ — A Gila River police officer is dead and another is hurt, along with four other individuals after a shooting broke out early Saturday morning in the Gila River Indian Community. Gila River police say around 2 a.m., they were called t ... (ABC15 in Phoenix)

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