Michael Cohen to return after testifying he did everything to protect Trump: Live

Former president face to face with estranged ‘fixer’ in Judge Merchan’s Manhattan courtroom as details of story suppression scheme laid out for jury

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Nobel Prize Winning Author Alice Munro Dead at 92

The Canadian author won the Nobel for Literature in 2013.

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Why the U.N.’s Gaza Casualty Figures Were So Off

The U.N. nearly halved its estimate of women and children killed in Gaza after relying on figures from Hamas-controlled organizations.

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Is Michael Cohen still a lawyer? Here's how Trump's former fixer now makes a living.

Michael Cohen's fall from Trump's good graces cost him his job, freedom, and a whole lot of money.

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Trump’s MAGA Toadies Show Up to Trial, Barely Pay Attention

As the most damning evidence yet appeared at Trump’s NYC trial, three major politicians appeared as his guests of honor. Not all of them seemed very interested.

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Bumble accused of 'shaming women' with new anti-celibacy ad campaign

Public responses to the apology have been as fiery as the initial backlash.

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Melania Trump still hasn't shown up at the hush-money trial, but a long list of GOP elites have visited her husband in court

Donald Trump has praised Republican allies for supporting him "very beautifully" in Manhattan's grimy criminal courthouse.

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NYT Poll: Donald Trump Gains 8 Points Among 2020 Joe Biden Voters

Donald Trump gained eight percentage points among 2020 swing state voters who cast ballots for Joe Biden, per a poll.

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Kari Lake takes to TV with ad hitting Joe Biden, Ruben Gallego over border

Kari Lake's new TV ad focuses on border security and seeks to tie her Democratic challenger to President Joe Biden.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority questions past ruling barring ballot drop boxes

The new liberal majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is questioning its conservative members' past decision to bar the use of ballot drop boxes.

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Howard Stern Defends Seinfeld From ‘Blatant Antisemitism’

The radio host also revealed that he forgave Seinfeld for his public diss after “Jerry called me immediately and was like, ‘Oh, fuck, I fucked up, and I want to apologize.”

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Fed's Powell downplays potential for a rate hike despite higher price pressures

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to raise its key interest rate in response to signs of stubborn inflation and underscored his view that price increases would soon start to cool again.

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Mike Johnson acts as proxy for ‘friend’ Trump as he bashes ‘sham trial’ outside court

The Republican speaker’s defense of Trump comes in the midst of Michael Cohen’s testimony

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IDF Kills 15 Terrorists in 'War Room' At UNRWA School

The IDF killed 15 terrorists, at least 10 of whom were from Hamas, in a strike on a "war room" that they had set up at a UNRWA school.

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Cicadas can urinate jet-like streams due to unique digestive system, study finds

Scientists who study such things have found that cicadas urinate in a jet stream because they consume an incredible volume of fluid during their brief time above ground.

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How Has Trump Changed the G.O.P.? His Criminal-Trial Guest List Tells the Tale.

The former president’s trial has become a staging ground for aspiring allies to prove their fealty, the latest litmus test in a party increasingly defined by loyalty to Donald Trump.

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Piers Morgan Says Netflix ‘Failed’ ‘Baby Reindeer’s Real-Life Martha

After his viral, heated interview with Fiona Harvey, the British host is now defending her against Netflix.

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R.F.K. Jr. Isn’t a Spoiler Now, Poll Suggests, but He Could Be in November

Kennedy draws disproportionately from voters who usually back Democrats but have defected to Trump.

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Google IO live updates: Get ready for AI news at the tech giant's big summer event

Google IO 2024 is expected to include news on the company's AI models, search product, and Android 15. CEO Sundar Pichai's keynote starts at 1 pm ET.

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: AMC, GameStop, Sony, Planet Fitness and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

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Assaults on law enforcement in the US reached a 10-year high in 2023, the FBI says

A new FBI report shows the rate of assaults on American law enforcement reached a 10-year high in 2023, with more than 79,000 officer attacks reported.

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Trump judge wants Michael Cohen to stop talking until he testifies

Plus: Two Presidential candidates with two very different campaigns. A move to admit Palestine as a full member of the UN. It's all on The Excerpt.

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New York Times Poll: No Chance Majority Would Vote for Joe Biden

Among the 52 percent who said they would not vote for Joe Biden, nine percent voted for Biden in 2020, and seven percent are Democrats.

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Behind the Curtains of the Global Arms Industry

Photographer Nikita Teryoshin offers a rare inside look at the luxuries of the defense business juxtaposed with the menace that fuels its profits.

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Tucker Carlson claims conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is a supernatural prophet

‘He’s channeling something,’ Carlson insisted

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Biden Team Reportedly In Denial About President Getting Trounced In Polls By Trump

Biden and his team are in denial about polling numbers showing Biden trailing Trump across several key swing states, people familiar with the matter told Axios.

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NY v. Trump: Appeals court rejects Trump's request to end 'unconstitutional' gag order

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court rejected former President Trump's request to end the gag order imposed on him amid the NY v. Trump case.

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Jen Psaki Says Her Joe Biden Watch Claim Will Be Removed From Book

The former White House press secretary disputed reports about Biden's conduct at a ceremony for fallen soldiers in her new book "Say More."

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A Simple Experiment Reveals Why It’s So Hard to Measure R.F.K. Jr.’s Support

Which polling question is asked first can matter a great deal.

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'Country is in crisis': House GOP unleashes on Dems with blistering ad marking 6 months until Election Day

A new ad from the NRCC calls out House Democrats for "extremism" within their party, placing the blame on them for the "crisis" Republicans say currently faces the country.

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Bumble dating app removes ads mocking celibacy after getting stung backlash

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Appeals court upholds ruling requiring Georgia county to pay for a transgender deputy's surgery

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff’s deputy by failing to pay for her gender-affirming surgery.

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Appeals court rejects Trump’s attempt to throw out gag order in hush money trial

New York appeals court said judge overseeing hush money trial ‘properly determined’ Trump’s statements ‘posed a significant threat’ to integrity of testimony

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Killer whales attacks and sink sailing yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

An unknown number of orcas managed to sink another sailing yacht near coastal Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar.

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At least 8 people killed, dozens injured in Florida bus crash

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Biden Administration's plan to increase tariffs on China imports can affect consumers

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Proposal: Organizations Receiving Federal Grants Not Permitted to Aid Illegal Immigration

Organizations that receive federal grants will be barred from aiding illegal immigration, according to a proposal from Rep. Virginia Foxx.

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Trump hush money trial: Michael Cohen takes the stand in Manhattan

Michael Cohen took the jury step-by-step through Trump's alleged efforts to buy the silence of adult film actress Stormy Daniels. More on The Excerpt.

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Huge billboard in Mumbai toppled by storm, killing more than a dozen people in India's financial capital

A metal billboard bigger than an Olympic swimming pool crumpled onto a gas station in Mumbai, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more.

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Roman Polanski Victorious in Rape Accuser’s Defamation Case

The 90-year-old director had said in an interview that Charlotte Lewis lied about an alleged assault.

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See inside Oheka Castle, the 127-room Long Island estate that inspired 'The Great Gatsby'

Oheka Castle, the second-largest private home in the US, has been through a lot over the last 100 years. It cost $40 million to restore in the '80s.

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After Democrats Save his Speakership, Mike Johnson Again Gloms Onto Donald Trump

Speaker Mike Johnson travelled to a New York courtroom today to appear by Donald Trump just days after ruling out using his power to aid Trump in the "politically motivated" battle to imprison the president.

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'Too Little, Too Late' — American PPE Manufacturer: Joe Biden's Tariffs on China Come Years Too Late

An American PPE manufacturer told Breitbart News that the Biden administration's tariffs on Chinese-made PPE are too little, too late.

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Colorado Avalanche player suspended for 6 months just one hour before playoff loss

Valeri Nichushkin was placed in stage 3 of the league’s player assistance program before Game 4 on Monday night of a second-round series with Dallas.

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Young workers are flocking to these fast-growing job markets—they're not on the coasts

Recent college grads are flocking to Sun Belt states for high-paying jobs, ample opportunity and low costs of living.

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Latinas juggle gender rules and 'dueling cultural pressures,' survey shows

A Pew Research Center survey found most Latinas face pressures to succeed at work, provide for their families, prioritize children and marriage, and maintain certain beauty standards.

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Anti-abortion activist who led a clinic blockade is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison

An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation’s capital has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison.

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Why Did ‘The Rings Of Power’ Season 2 Make Sauron Look Like *That*?

I’m supposed to believe that this guy forged a magical ring that subjugated all of Middle-earth? *This* guy?!

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Nearly half of RFK Jr. backers mostly just don't like Trump or Biden. The rest are actually into him.

New polling shows that many supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aren't that into him, they just really don't like their other options.

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Why the Big TV companies aren't 100% completely screwed. Yet.

A new metric that tracks viewership across platforms happens to be the same pitch the TV guys are making to advertisers right now.

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