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China's TikTok Files Lawsuit in Response to U.S. Sell-or-Ban Law

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Judge Postpones Start of Trump Documents Trial Without New Date

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Judge indefinitely delays Trump classified documents trial

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UC Police Using 'January 6 Tactics' to Find Pro-Israel Vigilantes Who Attacked UCLA Encampment

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US brings home 11 Americans held in Syrian refugee camp for ISIS families

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Speaker Mike Johnson Says U.S. Universities Are ‘Hostile’ to Jews

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Trump’s hush money trial resumes after former president threatened with jail time

Warning: the following livestream has not been independently fact-checked and may contain misinformation. The Independent strives to counteract misinformation across its platforms.

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Boy Scout Movement Becomes Trans-Friendly 'Authentic Self' Group

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What Stormy Daniels said on the stand

Spanking, gold tweezers, silky PJs. Stormy Daniels testified in Donald Trump's criminal trial. It's Tuesday's news.

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Conservatives Call for Mike Johnson to 'Come Home' or Face Ouster Vote

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Bragg prosecutor leading Stormy Daniels questioning in Trump trial donated to Joe Biden, Democrats

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Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress

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Truth Social platform was not shut down. No truth to that viral claim

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Judge Cannon indefinitely postpones Donald Trump's trial for classified document retention

A federal judge indefinitely postponed Donald Trump's trial on charges he mishandled classified documents because of unresolved legal disputes.

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Judge indefinitely postpones Trump's classified documents trial

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Stormy’s Testimony: Old Spice, Silk Jammies, and No Condom

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The Trump Trial Is Basically an Episode of Real Housewives

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Idaho man gets 30 years in prison for trying to spread HIV through sex with dozens of victims

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Judge Aileen Cannon Delays Trump Documents Case Trial Date Indefinitely

Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday delayed the May 20, 2024, trial date for the documents case involving Donald Trump indefinitely.

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Democrats hope abortion issue will offset doubts about Biden in Michigan

Two women who faced medical emergencies because of abortion restrictions in their states are campaigning for President Joe Biden in Michigan.

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Judge Indefinitely Postpones Trump’s Classified Documents Trial

Cannon’s decision follows an admission last week by Jack Smith’s team of prosecutors that evidence was rearranged after the FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

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Trump's Mar-a-Lago document trial has been delayed again. He now has a chance to dodge it entirely.

The judge previously set a May 2024 trial date, but it has long been clear the lawyers wouldn't be ready to bring the case to a jury by then.

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Head fakes? Here's why Donald Trump and Joe Biden claim they'll win states the other has in the bank

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Brittney Griner, in new memoir, says Putin weaponized her Blackness

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MSNBC Legal Analyst Claims Stormy Daniels’ Explicit Testimony ‘Lent Her Credibility’ Despite Judge’s Rebuke

Greenberg asserted that Daniels' explicit testimony against Trump earned her "credibility" despite Judge Juan Merchan chiding her for giving excessive details.

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FDIC workplace was toxic with harassment and bullying, report claims, citing 500 employee accounts

FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg is also a focus of the report, which claims he treated staff in a "demeaning and inappropriate manner."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Chickens Out On Moving Against Mike Johnson

Greene said she's not following through on last week's threat to force a vote against the House speaker because she's just being patient.

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Biden Overwhelms Immigration Courts with 3.5 Million Cases Pending

The nation's immigration court backlog, where judges decide whether migrants can remain in the U.S., now exceeds more than 3.5 million cases.

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Stormy Daniels, Unfiltered, Takes the Stand

The porn star at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal trial testified, at times in graphic detail, about the sexual encounter she said she had with Trump in 2006.

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Federal Judge Hands Trump a Big Win in Classified Docs Case

The postponement likely means the case won’t go to trial before the 2024 election.

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Judge In Trump Classified Docs Case Indefinitely Postpones Trial Date

The judge presiding over the case against Donald Trump involving allegations surrounding classified documents indefinitely postponed the trial date.

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Judge in Trump's classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set

The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.

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Stormy Daniels Put Trump’s Toxic Horniness on Full Display

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