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Less turbulent ride for FAA bill predicted in House
WASHINGTON — The House is expected to easily clear the bicameral Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, sending the measure to the president’s desk with time to spare before a Friday funding deadline.
The legislation is scheduled to be considered in the House Tuesday under suspension of the rules. The measure would ...Read more
On Stormy Daniels payments, Trump told Michael Cohen, 'Just do it,' former fixer alleges
NEW YORK — In hotly anticipated testimony Monday, Michael Cohen took the stand at Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial as one of the final witnesses, telling a Manhattan jury of how he painstakingly arranged to pay off a porn star to influence the results of the 2016 election, working directly off the boss’ orders: “Just do it.”
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Biden, Trump head to Southern California in June for big-dollar fundraisers
LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are heading to Southern California in June for big-dollar fundraisers.
The former president arrives first for an event June 7 in Beverly Hills where top tickets go for $250,000 per person, according to an invitation obtained by The Times. The following day, he will headline a...Read more
Michael Cohen's damning hush money testimony about Trump's role in Stormy Daniels' payoff: Top moments
NEW YORK — For weeks, jurors have heard about Trump fixer Michael Cohen and the role he played in the hush money saga involving Stormy Daniels. Monday, the star witness took the stand, where he’ll be filling in the final blanks in the prosecution’s case, now is in its final days.
Once among the closest allies of the former president, ...Read more
Michael Cohen testimony ties Trump to hush money payment
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen directly connected Donald Trump to the hush-money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to keep their alleged sexual encounter out of the news ahead of the 2016 election.
Taking the witness stand in the Manhattan criminal trial Monday, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer recalled an October 2016 conversation in ...Read more
Crowd shows up to support Michigan lawyer, ex-clerk facing charges over voter data breach
HILLSDALE, Michigan — About 40 people crammed into a courtroom in Hillsdale Monday to show support for lawyer Stefanie Lambert and former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, who were arraigned on charges they mishandled voter data as they advanced dubious claims of 2020 election fraud.
Members of the crowd prayed for Scott before the ...Read more
Are mail-order abortion pills safe to use at home? New study provides answers
Since the overturning of Roe V. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022, abortions have become limited, restricted or banned in more than half of the country.
Seeking an alternative, many people have turned to abortion pills for their medical care, whether through an in-person clinic or by ordering them through the mail.
From 2012 to 2021, ...Read more
Facebook use may have raised Trump chances in 2020, Report shows
Using Facebook in the lead-up to the U.S. 2020 presidential election might have increased the chances of someone voting for Donald Trump, university researchers said in a study published Monday in the academic journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
As part of the study, the researchers asked nearly 19,900 Facebook and 15,600 ...Read more
5 reasons why Nevada may decide the 2024 presidential race
LAS VEGAS — All eyes will be on Nevada in November as a swing state likely to determine who will be the next president. After all, the Silver State has a long-standing reputation for picking the candidate who will head to the White House.
“It’s hard to think of a place where an individual vote is more valuable than Nevada,” said David ...Read more
Economy continues to drag Biden down in new Pennsylvania poll
WASHINGTON — A plurality of Pennsylvania voters name the economy as their top issue this fall and say former President Donald Trump is best able to fix it, according to a poll released Monday.
Almost 3 in 10 voters named the economy (22%) or inflation (9%) in the New York Times/Siena College/Philadelphia Inquirer poll. A majority (52%) said ...Read more
Ga. Sen Jon Ossoff: Support growing for federal housing aid for teachers, police
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff on Monday announced bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for a bill that would offer police, firefighters and teachers federal help in buying their first homes.
The Georgia Democrat said the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator and Responder Act or HELPER ACT he introduced in early 2023 with co-sponsors Sen. Marco Rubio,...Read more
India's vote crosses halfway mark as Kashmir goes to polls
Srinagar, a city in the volatile region of Jammu and Kashmir, voted Monday in the fourth phase of India’s national elections, amid rising concerns about low voter turnout and the campaign’s increasingly acrimonious tenor.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party isn’t contesting the Srinagar constituency or the two other ...Read more
NJ Sen. Menendez trial casts shadow over his son Rep. Rob Menendez Jr.'s reelection fight
As scandal-plagued Sen. Robert Menendez went on trial Monday in Manhattan, his son is battling for his own political survival across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
After winning the seat in 2022, first-term Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. faces a powerful Democratic primary challenge from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla in the 8th District once held by his ...Read more
Louisiana voters ask Supreme Court to change congressional map
WASHINGTON — A group of Louisiana voters urged the Supreme Court on Monday not to pause a ruling that threw out the state’s latest congressional map, arguing the state’s new map unconstitutionally prioritized race.
The voters argued to keep in place a ruling from a three-judge federal court that blocked the use of the newest map for any ...Read more
Michael Cohen says Trump worried Stormy Daniels tryst story would be 'disaster' for his campaign
NEW YORK — More than six years after Michael Cohen’s conviction for doing Donald Trump’s dirty work — cementing a bitter rivalry with the man he once said he’d “take a bullet” for — the former fixer testified Monday at Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Cohen testified about how the release of the infamous �...Read more
Michael Cohen says he'd 'lie, bully' and threaten people for Trump at hush money trial
NEW YORK — More than six years after his conviction for doing Donald Trump’s dirty work — cementing a bitter rivalry with the man he once said he’d “take a bullet” for — Michael Cohen testified on Monday at the former president’s hush money trial.
Prosecutors called Trump’s former personal lawyer to the stand as the marathon ...Read more
India's vote crosses halfway mark as Kashmir goes to polls
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Srinagar, a city in the volatile region of Jammu and Kashmir, voted Monday in the fourth phase of India’s national elections, amid rising concerns about low...Read more
Commentary: Being a porn star doesn't make Stormy Daniels a liar. Trump's lawyer should have known that
When Donald Trump’s attorney Susan Necheles tried to discredit the adult film actor Stormy Daniels on the stand during Trump’s hush money trial, she took this absurd position: Assume a sex worker has no integrity.
“You have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex appear to be real?” Necheles asked.
“Wow,” Daniels said. �...Read more
Jackie Calmes: Our elections have integrity. These politicians do not
Here they go again.
Six months before election day, for the third straight presidential contest, Donald Trump and his Republican lickspittles are sounding alarms about virtually nonexistent voting fraud, laying the groundwork to claim that he wuz robbed should he lose to President Biden.
Trump has refused in recent interviews to commit to ...Read more
Biden offers 17 billion reasons for Pennsylvanians to support him this fall
WASHINGTON — A high-ranking White House aide is traveling to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to highlight a massive infusion of federal dollars as President Joe Biden ramps up his pitch to voters that he deserves another four years in office.
The top official is expected to trumpet the nearly $17 billion Pennsylvania has received so far during the ...Read more
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