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New York grand jury indicts Trump in hush money payment case

A New York grand jury voted Thursday to indict former President Donald Trump in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, his lawyer told CNBC. Trump is the first former president to be charged with a crime. The indictment comes as he is… Read Full […]

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Top priorities in the Estonian general election: Ukraine and economy

Polling stations have opened in Estonia for a general election March 5, 2023, 2:23 AM ET • 2 min read TALLINN, Estonia — Polling stations have opened in Estonia for a general election that the center-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of… Read Full Article Here Source […]

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Trump pledges to stay in 2024 presidential race even if he is

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the recent derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, during an event at a fire station in East Palestine, Ohio, February 22, 2023. Alan Freed | Reuters Former president Donald Trump said on Saturday he will remain in the 2024 presidential race… Read Full Article Here CNBC

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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen expects to testify ‘very soon’

Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer to Donald Trump, said Friday that he believes he will “very soon” be called to testify before a New York grand jury collecting evidence in a criminal probe of the former president. Cohen’s comments came as he was en route to meet for the 18th time with… Read Full […]

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House ethics panel opens investigation of Rep. George Santos on

U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) sits in the House Chamber prior to U.S. President Joe Biden delivering his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The House ethics committee said Thursday that it has appointed a subcommittee… Read Full Article Here CNBC

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Key Georgia election official rips Marjorie Taylor Greene

A top election official in Georgia took aim at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for spreading “disproven conspiracies” after she falsely claimed during a House panel on election integrity that former President Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election. “I had a discussion with the… Read Full Article Here CNBC

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Nigerian elections: How Peter Obi disrupted a two-horse race

I​​t was in January that the comedy routine of Mr Makati began to change. His weekly Saturday night standup at the Memento Lounge in Lagos, Nigeria’s pulsing commercial capital, switched from gags about the daily hassles of living in Africa’s most populous nation to the practicalities of voting. “He was telling jokes about how to […]

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Fox News execs blocked Trump from doing interview during Jan. 6

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who announced a third run for the presidency in 2024, hosts a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 31, 2022.  Marco Bello | Reuters In the hours after a violent mob breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, executives at Fox Corp vetoed […]

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Sen. John Fetterman checks into hospital for clinical depression

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) departs a closed-door, classified briefing for Senators at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., checked himself into a hospital to “receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff said Thursday. Fetterman, the […]

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Georgia grand jury recommends perjury indictments in Trump

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop to unveil his leadership team, at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., January 28, 2023.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A Georgia grand jury looking into possible election meddling by former President Donald Trump said “one or more witnesses” may have lied […]