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Donald Trump will give the final word in his defense against claims his business engaged in a decade of fraud as the New York trial threatening his business empire nears its end. The former president is expected to take the witness stand for a third time Monday, this time under questioning from his own legal team. |
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's strong debate performance in Tuscaloosa, Ala., has given him a renewed reason to stay in the GOP presidential primary, even as his prospects for the nomination remain slim. Christie fiercely criticized former President Trump at the Wednesday debate hosted by NewsNation. He landed attacks on the three rivals who appeared on stage and got in the most debate speaking time he has had so far, by CNN's count. |
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BY ZACK BUDRYK AND RACHEL FRANZIN |
The exclusion of a measure to extend compensation for people exposed to radiation from U.S. nuclear testing from the annual defense bill this week marked yet another fracture in the Republican conference. The bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the Senate with a supermajority in August but was not included in the House version of the bill and was ultimately dropped from the final legislation. Co-sponsor Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called its removal a "betrayal" of the country's commitment to the victims of such radiation. |
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is looking to seize on the momentum from his strong performance at the fourth debate as he aims to solidify his place as the No. 2 Republican in the primary. Unlike his past presidential debates, DeSantis avoided fading into the background Wednesday in Alabama and went on offense against Nikki Haley, his most formidable non-Trump rival. A post-debate Washington Post/Ipsos poll showed a plurality of voters saying DeSantis won the debate. DeSantis's campaign manager celebrated the governor's debate performance in a statement on Wednesday, calling him "the only strong conservative on stage." |
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Senators are grappling with what the aftershocks of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) blockade of military promotions will look like — whether it will open the floodgates for members to institute widespread holds or scare them off. Tuberville relented on Tuesday, lifting his hold on hundreds of nominees after 10 months and ending a saga that has consumed the Senate GOP conference. But he left empty-handed, having not achieved his goal of forcing the Pentagon to repeal a policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel expenses to receive abortion care. |
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New York Attorney General Letitia James said that experts called for former President Trump's defense this week actually helped her legal case alleging Trump and his company falsified business records. "Donald Trump can continue to try to distract from reality. You can continue to call me names," she said in a video message Friday. "But as the judge said today, 'the standard is truth.' And the truth is on our side." |
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Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) feuded online Saturday over Santos' successful Cameo business after he was expelled from Congress last week. After being expelled, Santos turned to the video messaging service Cameo, where anyone can pay $400 for a custom message from the former congressman. |
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The Biden administration has authorized the sale of almost 14,000 tank shells to Israel, bypassing congressional rules, the Pentagon announced Saturday. The Department of Defense used an emergency declaration from the Arms Export Control Act to sell 13,981 tank cartridges, worth $106.5 million, immediately to Israel as the country continues its ongoing war against the militant group Hamas. |
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Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, was projected to win the Houston mayoral race, beating out a fellow Democrat in a runoff to represent one of the most populous cities in the country. Whitmire was up against Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for the mayor's seat after the race slipped into a runoff following the Nov. 7 general election. |
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University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned on Saturday following criticism of comments she gave in a House hearing this week about rising antisemitism on college campuses. At the hearing Tuesday, Magill and other college leaders controversially said that it would depend on context whether comments calling for genocide of Jewish people would be considered harassment. |
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OPINION | Last week it was the curse heard round the world. This week, it may be the posts that push Disney's Bob Iger out of a job. When Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX, Tesla and X, was being interviewed at the New York Times DealBook Summit on Nov. 29, reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him about companies pulling their ads from his social media site. Disney, Apple, Coca-Cola, Warner Bros Discovery, Comcast and others have suspended their advertising on X after Musk reshared a post which came across to many as antisemitic. |
OPINION | Are the MAGA Republicans who want to cut off U.S. aid to Ukraine acting ethically? To put the matter bluntly, are they supporting the war crimes Russia is committing in Ukraine or not? The questions are disturbing, even incendiary, especially as they force us — and the MAGA Republicans — to ask whether we are as guilty as the Russians in supporting a leader, Vladimir Putin, and a war that is intentionally destroying a nation. |
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BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI AND JOHN RABY |
Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were severely damaged in multiple cities. |
BY RORY JONESFOLLOW, SUMMER SAIDFOLLOW, DOV LIEBERFOLLOW AND SALEH AL-BATATI |
Yahya Sinwar drove a strategy to exploit Israel's willingness to trade Palestinian prisoners for hostages; Gaza leader spent two decades in prison in Israel.
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Republicans have been attacking elite universities for years. After a tense congressional hearing last week, many on the left are joining them. |
BY JACK STRIPLING, HANNAH NATANSON AND SUSAN SVRLUGA |
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill came under withering criticism for remarks in which she declined to state plainly that a call for genocide against Jews would violate the university's code of conduct. |
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