Background Checks Surge as Democrats Continue Gun Control Push

Background checks are surging as the Democrats and their willing surrogates continue to push gun control at all levels of government.

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Watch Live: Alejandro Mayorkas Testifies Before Congress

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will testify before Congress on Tuesday, April 16.

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Trump Can’t Stop Whining and It’s Only Day Two

The former president ranted and raved on Truth Social, then showed up at the Manhattan courthouse to rant and rave some more.

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Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor's call to spend $125M to combat so-called forever chemicals

Wisconsin Republicans plan to ignore the latest call from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to spend $125 million to combat so-called forever chemicals.

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What to expect at jury selection for Trump’s criminal trial

‘What you are largely going to be left with is a left-of-centre, relatively well-off group of jurors, relative to the rest of the country because that’s Manhattan,’ Steve Duffy tells The Independent

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One-third of Americans say they think Donald Trump acted illegally in hush money case

Jury selection continues into day two of the historic criminal trial

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CDC Urges Vaccinations as Measles Cases Rise Across U.S.

The first quarter of 2024 has seen the number of measles cases recorded in the U.S. stand significantly higher than in recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns.

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The 3,100-mile Olympic torch relay is underway. Here's what to know about the symbolic tradition.

A whopping 10,000 athletes will cary the torch 3,100 miles over 68 days.

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Trump angrily denies falling asleep ahead of day two of hush money trial: Live

As jury selection got underway in the New York criminal case, the former president appeared to struggle to keep his eyes open, prompting commentators to deride him as ‘Sleepy Don’ and ‘Don Snoreleone’

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A popular YouTuber's negative video of Humane's AI Pin raises questions about critical reviews in the age of innovation

In today's big story, we're looking at a critical tech review that caused a bit of a stir on social media.

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U.K. Culture Secretary Tells Sports Chiefs to Protect Female Athletics: ‘Give Women a Sporting Chance’

Lucy Frazer met Tuesday with the heads of various sports bodies to urge them to keep males out of female divisions.

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Biden returns to campaign trail as Trump forced to remain in court for second day of New York hush money trial

President Biden returns to the campaign trail on Tuesday while Trump has been ordered to attend the court proceedings Tuesday and every day of the trial.

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‘Almost 50’ Hamas Massacre Survivors Later Took Their Own Lives, Survivor Says

“There are many survivors who had to be forcibly hospitalized due to their psychological state,” one survivor testified at a parliamentary hearing.

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Gaza Is Dividing Democrats

No recent Democratic president has faced such fierce internal conflict over a foreign-policy issue.

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Capitol Attack Prosecutions Have Ensnared Over 1,380 People

Prosecutors have suggested that a total of 2,000 or 2,500 people could ultimately face indictment for their roles in the attack.

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House to send articles of impeachment against Mayorkas to the Senate

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Florida’s Democrats were in chaos. Then the abortion bans came along

The party ‘didn’t do its job’ for 20 years — then suddenly, Florida became a winnable state for Biden. John Bowden reports on how Democrats plan to win over demographics they haven’t acknowledged in decades

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US Pentagon chief speaks with Chinese counterpart for first time since November 2022

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with China’s national defense minister in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific.

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Biden pushes his economic populism in battleground Pennsylvania as Trump’s stuck in a New York courtroom

President Joe Biden is seeking to draw a sharp economic contrast with former President Donald Trump during a three-day swing through Pennsylvania with campaign officials framing the election as a debate between his “kitchen table” Scranton outlook and Trump’s “Mar-a-Lago vision.”

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Johnson to advance Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan aid as separate bills

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Trump's hush money trial has begun: What to know from Day 1

Plus, Trump Media's stock price plummeted Monday. Congress is grappling with foreign aid after Iran's attack on Israel. It's all on The Excerpt.

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Bitcoin is about to undergo another 'halving' event. Here's why that could send its price soaring.

Previous halvings have powered the cryptocurrency's price higher because they reduce the supply of new tokens in circulation.

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Venezuela Oil Production Grew 18% After Biden Sanctions Relief

Venezuela documented an 18-percent increase in oil output in the first trimester of 2024 when compared to the same period in 2023.

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1.5 billion more passengers flew last year than in 2022. These are the 10 busiest airports in the world.

Once again, the US makes up the biggest proportion of the world's 10 busiest airports, but Asian airports have seen passenger numbers surge.

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Supreme Court considers scope of federal obstruction law used to prosecute Trump and Jan. 6 rioters

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