A federal judge on Friday rejected President Trump’s latest bid to fight his criminal conviction outside of New York’s state courts, a strategy aimed at citing presidential immunity, under which Trump could potentially toss charges that stem from a 2016 hush money payment in the trash can.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein has denied Trump’s attempts to move to federal court three times. An appeals panel had directed Hellerstein to take another look, saying he brushed aside the president’s arguments too easily.
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President Trump’s goal to reshape the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service has hit a snag as a senator from his own party presses the agency for reforms. Read more. |
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President Trump on Friday is visiting the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he will award Congressional Space Medals of Honor to the astronauts involved in the Artemis II mission. Read more. |
When Pete Buttigieg appeared at a rally in Michigan earlier this month in an attempt to unify the Democratic Party around Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate campaign, the former Transportation secretary wasn’t just lending a hand to the candidate. Read more. |
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A Missouri deputy attorney general has been found alive six days after authorities said he vanished during a hike through the Wyoming wilderness.
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Civil rights leaders and Democratic lawmakers, alongside hundreds of protesters, rallied on the National Mall on Friday to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington, with many speakers emphasizing the importance of November’s midterm elections.
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President Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing the U.S. Space Academy to educate and train the next generation of engineers, operators and service members in the space realm.
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Democrat James Talarico is leading Republican Ken Paxton in the Senate race in Texas, while Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is leading Democrat Gina Hinojosa in the gubernatorial race in the Lone Star State, according to a new poll from Texas Public Opinion Research.
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