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Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments

by MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press May 28, 2024May 28, 2024

Attorneys in Donald Trump’s hush money trial have finished their closing arguments after a marathon day in court.

Opinion

Opinion: Our judicial system is also on the 2024 ballot

by Jackie Calmes The Los Angeles Times May 28, 2024May 27, 2024

The message needs to be explicit, and frequent: The courts are on the ballot too.

Letters

Letter: Only one reasonable choice for president

May 28, 2024May 27, 2024

For those who are dismayed by the choices available in the coming presidential election, I would suggest there is only one reasonable choice: Joe Biden. Yes, he is old, and for some, too much of a centrist, not progressive enough. For others, he is too liberal. But what are the alternatives? Donald Trump? It should […]

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Trump loudly heckled at Libertarian National Convention

by Meryl Kornfield The Washington Post May 26, 2024May 26, 2024

The presumptive Republican nominee normally confines himself to audiences of confirmed supporters.

Nation & World, News

Netanyahu’s split with Biden and the Democrats was years in the making

by Yasmeen Abutaleb, Steve Hendrix and Tyler Pager The Washington Post May 26, 2024May 26, 2024

Israel has moved steadily to the right and the Democratic Party to the left in recent years, while memories of the Holocaust, which long undergirded Americans’ sympathy for Israel, have increasingly faded into the past.

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Trump TV: Internet broadcaster beams the ex-president’s message directly to his MAGA faithful

by RICHARD LARDNER and BILL BARROW Associated Press May 25, 2024

In less than a decade, Right Side Broadcasting Network has gone from an upstart internet broadcaster to a major player in Donald Trump’s universe.

Nation & World

Special counsel seeks court order limiting Trump’s false claims about FBI

by Devlin Barrett The Washington Post May 25, 2024May 25, 2024

The filing came in response to a number of statements from Trump or his campaign, including a fundraising appeal that screamed ‘Biden’s DOJ was authorized to shoot me!’

Nation & World

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump in classified files case from statements endangering law enforcement

by ERIC TUCKER Associated Press May 24, 2024

Donald Trump has already had restrictions placed on his speech in 2 of the other cases over incendiary comments officials say threaten the integrity of the prosecutions.