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Trump campaign falsely claimed twice this week that he’s ‘stormed’ out of court

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A reporter from The Indpendent, who has been observing proceedings all week, says claims of the former president’s defiant exit on Friday were not entirely accurate

Outside court, Trump tries to command the narrative. Inside, he can only sit in silence

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The fomer president will face a jury of his fellow New Yorkers with a criminal trial that marks a culmination of his assault on the justice system, Alex Woodward reports from inside Manhattan criminal court

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Trump’s $175m bond in fraud case should be voided, says New York attorney general

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New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked the judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud case to void the whopping $175m bond posted previously by the former president, after questioning whether the insurance company has sufficient funds…

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Sleeping, smirking and stalking out of court: Donald Trump’s first week of criminal trial in pictures

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Donald Trump napped in court. Seated jurors were struck from the case. And a man set himself on fire in a horrifying incident outside court

Watch as Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York enters fourth day

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Watch as Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York continued for a fourth day on Friday (19 April).

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Trump campaign announces 100,000 poll watchers and attorneys poised for election day

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Mr Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election citing baseless allegations of fraud

Trump lawyers claim prosecutors want to ‘distract’ from hush money trial by ‘piling things on’ from other cases

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Judge Merchan will decide by Monday – when opening arguments in the hush money trial are expected to begin – what prosecutors can question Donald Trump about if he takes the stand to testify

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Trump trial live: Full jury seated in hush money case with first witness to testify as soon as Monday

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Jury of 18 was finally seated on Friday with opening statements expected to begin Monday morning

The Jinx director compares convicted killer Robert Durst to Donald Trump

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‘The Jinx’ director spoke to ‘The Independent’ about Durst’s ability to lie instantly

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Friday’s White House briefing was unexpected in multiple ways

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From Israel and Iran to the man who set himself on fire outside the Trump trial, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had little to say

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The Office adds first cast members for potential new series

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New series is reportedly in the works from ‘The Office’ US producer

Melania Trump gives rare interview stressing ‘unity’ as her husband faces hush money trial

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Former first lady attends event with GOP LGBT+ group the Log Cabin Republicans

Thai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran sanctions violations

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A Bangkok-based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 violations of Iran sanctions

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be disciplined for suit to overturn 2020 election, court says

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A Texas appeals court has ruled that Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton can face discipline from the state bar association over his failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election

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Mark Zuckerberg sports chain as he announces Meta AI upgrade

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Mark Zuckerberg sported a chain while announcing an upgrade to Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI).

Voices: I’m a comedian – here’s how I detoxified my masculinity (and you can too)

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Just because you lift weights and take care of your body doesn’t automatically make you a toxic male, writes comedian Robin Morgan. Just look at Joe Wicks and Bukayo Saka...

Ethics panel investigating whether Matt Gaetz got high at Florida party after he’d become a member of Congress

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Panel has obtained sworn written statement from female witness to party in Florida. Mr Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing

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California court to weigh in on fight over transgender ballot measure proposal language

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A California court will hear arguments Friday in a lawsuit alleging the state attorney general misled the public in a title and summary he released for a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their…

Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from App Store in China

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Apple has taken WhatsApp, Threads and others off the App Store in China, in response to a government request.

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Start of Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial is delayed a week to mid-May

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A federal judge has agreed to delay the start of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial by a week after lawyers said extra days would aid trial preparation

Ukraine and Israel aid packages head for House vote in defiance of GOP far right

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The vote was a defeat for the isolationist forces within the Republican Party, led by former President Donald Trump, who has blasted the idea of further US aid to Ukraine

Bank rate setter says he is now ‘more confident’ about UK inflation

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Dave Ramsden said the UK is no longer an ‘outlier’ but a ‘laggard’ when it comes to its inflation performance.

Tesla recalling nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks because accelerator pedal can get stuck

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Tesla is recalling nearly 4,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks after it discovered that the accelerator pedal can become stuck, potentially causing the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally and increase the risk of a crash

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Trump’s third day on criminal trial: Dozen jurors picked, two excused and defence kept in the dark over witnesses

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Jury selection nears completion but former president complains case is ‘a mess’, he’s too cold and being prevented from attending important campaign events in swing states

Trump complains to press about how cold it is in courtroom during criminal trial

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Donald Trump lamented how “cold” it was in the courtroom on the third day of his criminal trial in New York on Thursday, 18 April.

Netflix says it will stop telling the world how many subscribers it has

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Company has asked analysts to instead look at how much money it is making from users, rather than how many of them there are

US is building first new nuclear warhead in decades

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‘The W93 will also incorporate modern technologies to improve safety, security, and flexibility to address future threats,’ energy department agency says

The Halo capsule X cordless vacuum is better than my Dyson V15 – and it’s half the price

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I put the new cordless vacuum through its paces to test its suction power and try out the new features

Tennessee Volkswagen workers to vote on union membership in test of UAW's plan to expand its ranks

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The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere faces a key test Friday night, when workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will finish voting on whether to…

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Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store on Beijing's orders

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Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China on Beijing’s orders