The Onion Finally Finds Someone to Buy It From ‘Herb’ G/O Media CEO

The company that bought the iconic satirical website shares a name with one featured in a book written by former Onion editors.

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Trump Claimed Trial Interferes With His Campaign, but on His Day Off He Went Golfing

At what point will the former president’s golfing obsession qualify as “election interference?”

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Net neutrality is back: FCC bars broadband providers from meddling with internet speed

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Supreme Court might not give Trump sweeping immunity — but it's likely to give him the one victory he wants

A majority of justices appear to want to create a standard of presidential immunity that will take time to craft and even more time to implement.

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Pro-Palestinian protests continue to grow at campuses in New York and Texas

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A Chinese Firm Is America’s Favorite Drone Maker

U.S. authorities consider DJI a security threat. Congress is weighing legislation to ban it, prompting a lobbying campaign from the company, which dominates the commercial and consumer drone markets.

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Battle of the Supermodels: DiCaprio’s Ex Hits Out at Hadid

Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has taken aim at Bella Hadid for a pro-Palestinian post that she labeled “fake news.”

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Man who fatally shot ex-Saints star Will Smith after a car crash gets 25 years in prison

Smith, a 34-year-old father of three, was a defensive leader on the Saints team that lifted spirits in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.

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Trump trial live: David Pecker testifies about Stormy Daniels hush money payment

Day seven of the former president’s historic election interference trial is underway in New York City

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Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu

The Vermont Senator, one of America’s highest-profile Jewish lawmakers, said the Israeli leader was head of an ‘extremist and racist government’

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Here’s the latest on the argument.

The justices will consider on Thursday whether the former president must face trial on charges that he tried to subvert the 2020 election.

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Buyer's Market: Experts Ponder What Company Could Buy China's TikTok Preventing Ban

While President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday that would force Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell TikTok in nine months or else be banned in the United States, the question of who could actually swoop in and buy the social media platform remains.

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OnPolitics: A ham sandwich? A solar eclipse? Justice Alito has questions

During Supreme Court arguments Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday aimed for the stars – and the deli counter.

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What Weinstein Accusers Are Saying About the Shock Reversal

Dozens of accusers reacted with shock and outrage to a New York Court overturning the disgraced producer’s conviction on Thursday. Here’s what they had to say.

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Antony Blinken Promotes 'Expansion of Exchanges' with Chinese Businesses in Shanghai

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with low-level Chinese Communist Party officials, students, and businessmen in Shanghai on Thursday.

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Trump loses latest bid for new E Jean Carroll defamation trial

A federal court denied former president Donald Trump’s request to have a new trial related to the charges that he defamed writer E Jean Carroll, who accused him of sexual assault.

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Can a new batch of tech earnings rescue the market? Here are the factors at play

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

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Venice becomes first city in the world to charge day trippers a tourist fee to enter

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Justice Department Doubles Down on Refusal to Give House Republicans Audio of Special-Counsel’s Biden Interview

Republicans have threatened to hold AG Garland in contempt if the Justice Department does not turn over all the records from Hur’s probe.

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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.

H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served on Trump's COVID task force, is getting deja vu.

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SCOTUS considers whether Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law

Plus: A grand jury has charged Arizona Republicans and former aides to Donald Trump in a scheme to falsely claim he won the state in 2020.

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Native American tribes want US appeals court to weigh in on $10B SunZia energy transmission project

Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line.

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Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election

Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election.

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The US economy may be barrelling towards stagflation, an outcome worse than recession

As US growth shows signs of sputtering and inflation keeps rising, a re-run of the tumultuous 1970s is looking more likely.

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Sheppie Abramowitz, Who Advocated Relief for Refugees, Dies at 88

She helped people fleeing conflicts in Vietnam, China, Kosovo and elsewhere around the world, and established the Washington office of the International Rescue Committee.

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Attorneys for American imprisoned by Taliban file urgent petitions with U.N.

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Arnie Schwarzenegger dragged into Trump trial during tabloid boss’s testimony

David Pecker testified that The Terminator actor asked him not to publish negative stories about him while he was running for governor of California

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The US is under pressure to lead the way in reducing plastic pollution — but it keeps making more of it

World leaders are negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution, and the US is under pressure to step up.

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NFL Draft 2024 live updates: Caleb Williams top prospect; Bears, Commanders and Patriots get first picks

The latest news and live updates as the 2024 NFL Draft kicks off. Follow real-time updates as 2024 prospects learn which teams are drafting them for the 2024 season.

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DOJ will not turn over Biden's recorded interview with Special Counsel Hur to Congress

The Justice Department said Thursday it will not produce subpoenaed audio recordings of former Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden to House Republicans, maintaining that its “cooperation" with the congressional investigation has been “extraordinary."

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Supreme Court hears Trump presidential immunity claim

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MAGA conspiracy blog files for bankruptcy amid string of defamation lawsuits

The blog’s founder Jim Hoft said the site will continue publishing despite its legal and financial troubles

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Supreme Court justices appear poised to offer Trump some immunity

It is unclear how much immunity the Supreme Court could offer presidents but justices recognized the case will have the ‘huge implicaitons’ for the country

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Metal detectorist finds centuries-old religious artifact once outlawed by emperor

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How Columbia’s Campus Was Torn Apart Over Gaza

The university asked the N.Y.P.D. to arrest pro-Palestine student protesters. Was it a necessary step to protect Jewish students, or a dangerous encroachment on academic freedom?

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In-depth reporting, commentary on breaking news, political analysis, and opinion from The New Yorker.

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SCOTUS weighs monumental constitutional fight over Trump immunity claim

The Supreme Court is considering an unprecedented landmark area of law on whether former presidents have total immunity from criminal prosecution.

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Biden and 17 leaders call for ‘immediate release’ of Hamas hostages

The joint statement calls on Hamas to accept a deal that has been under negotiation in Qatar

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SCOTUS asks Trump's lawyer whether a president would have immunity after ordering assassination of political rival: It would 'depend on the hypothetical'

Trump's lawyers are arguing in front of the Supreme Court that presidential immunity protects him from criminal prosecution.

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National Enquirer editor said Stormy Daniels' affair story was true: Texts shown to jury

National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard texted David Pecker about Stormy Daniels, saying her affair with Donald Trump was a true story, texts show.

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From Military Coups to Selling Nuclear Secrets, Supreme Court Wrestles With Implications of Granting Trump Immunity

“This case has huge implications for the presidency, for the future of the presidency, for the future of the country,” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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CNN reporter describes scene inside Trump trial courtroom

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Secret Service agent assigned to Harris’ detail removed from assignment after displaying ‘distressing’ behavior, agency says

A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris’ detail was removed from their assignment after displaying behavior that colleagues found “distressing” at Joint Base Andrews earlier this week, the agency said.

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Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers

The FCC on Thursday restored rules to prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others — for instance, by slowing or blocking certain content or by offering higher speeds to customers willing to pay extra.

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Supreme Court Signals It Could Hand Trump Partial Win In Immunity Case As Biden DOJ Gets Grilled

Supreme Court justices appeared to signal they may hand former President Donald Trump a partial victory after hearing his presidential immunity argument.

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The Supreme Court Is Frighteningly Warm to Trump’s Immunity Argument

At this morning’s oral argument, the justices debated the ins and outs of a dangerous idea.

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Amendments to Missouri Constitution are on the line amid GOP infighting

Republican Missouri lawmakers are divided over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution.

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What’s Next in Trump’s Immunity Case

Arguments heard in late April almost always yield decisions near the end of the court’s term, in late June or early July.

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Trump’s lawyer makes important concession during Barrett’s questioning

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Judge reject's Trump's bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case

A federal judge in New York has rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the former president for defamation.

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