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US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was found guilty of bribery offenses and conspiracy to act as a foreign agent Tuesday after being charged for receiving more than $500,000 in cash, $100,000 worth of gold bars, and a Mercedes luxury car from three businessmen.  The senator’s trial lasted for a month, and jury deliberations took more [...]

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law Monday prohibiting schools from informing parents when students change their pronouns in school. The Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act also imposes responsibilities on the State Department of Education to develop resources to “increase support for LGBTQ pupils.” According to the California legislature’s LGBTQ [...]

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A US federal court on Monday dismissed all charges against Donald Trump in a case alleging the former president mishandled classified documents after leaving office. The ruling centered on Senior Counsel Jack Smith, whose appointment to prosecute the case was ruled unconstitutional. In November 2022, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith to serve [...]

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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Sunday said it is investigating the Pennsylvania shooting incident in which former President Donald Trump was injured and an attendee killed as an assassination attempt and potential domestic terrorism. The FBI also stated that there were no current public safety concerns at the time when the statement [...]

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US President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he ordered a review of the security measures for a rally in Pennsylvania where former President Donald Trump was injured and one spectator was killed. Biden stated that the FBI is leading the investigation into the incident at the Pennsylvania rally, noting that it is in the [...]

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US President Biden on Friday signed into law the Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act. The bill declares Congress’s position that Tibetans have a “religious, cultural, linguistic, and historical identity” distinct from the Chinese people which the Chinese government undermines by its claims and penalizes by its rights violations of Tibetans. Congress found [...]

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Meta announced the lifting of restrictions imposed on former US president Donald Trump’s accounts on Friday. This announcement comes as a product of a review process concerning political candidates originally introduced in January 2023, which involved periodic reviews of accounts subjected to suspension penalties for community standards violations. Meta viewed that allowing American users to [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided Friday that Emilee Carpenter, a religious wedding photographer seeking an exemption to the New York Human Rights Law under the First Amendment, had enough factual basis for a claim and could proceed to the district court. Carpenter sought a preliminary injunction for the New York [...]

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Former US President Donald Trump was taken to a “local medical facility” Saturday after apparent gunshots rang out at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. President Trump confirmed that he was “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of right ear.” The former president also said that the shooter and a rally attendee [...]

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday upheld an execution warrant for Marcellus Williams even though a prosecutor filed a pending motion beforehand to vacate Williams’s 2003 first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. The court initially issued a warrant of execution set for January 28, 2015. It later vacated the execution date after Williams petitioned for [...]

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