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Friday, Apr 19

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Even Jury Selection Can’t Escape Trump’s Racism

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Donald Trump’s defense team reportedly believes that young Black men will help save the former president from a guilty verdict.

Trump Fumes as Judge Orders Him to Sit Like a Dog

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The first week of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York City ended with a power move by the judge, who ordered the former president to take a seat—where he remained fuming in his chair until the judge left the courtroom.

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The Trump Trial Self-Immolation Is Part of a Startling Trend

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A conspiracy theorist from Florida who ranted online about the government set himself alight outside the Manhattan courtroom where Donald Trump’s criminal trial was underway on Friday afternoon—the latest in an alarming string of recent…

CNN's Laura Coates Draws High Praise for ‘Breathtaking’ Coverage of Trump Trial Fire

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Shortly after it was announced that the entire jury had been empaneled in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial on Friday, CNN anchor Laura Coates was interviewing a legal expert about what the jurors could expect in the weekslong case.

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Trump Trial Finally Has a Jury—After a Week of Hiccups

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Donald Trump’s criminal trial is full steam ahead, with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office set to start presenting its case Monday before 18 jurors–a dozen on the panel and six alternates.

‘Sleepy Don’ Dozes Off in Court AGAIN

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Apparently Donald Trump needs to catch up on some sleep, as the former president appeared to doze off in a New York City courtroom yet again on Friday.

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Meghan Markle Starts Shooting Her Netflix Cooking Show Two Miles From Home

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Meghan Markle has started filming her Netflix cooking and homemaking show, and her 50-strong production team have rented a property two miles from her home to shoot the series.

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Biden’s Cannibal Quips Slammed by Papua New Guinea Experts

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President Joe Biden’s baffling suggestion that his uncle might have been eaten by cannibals after a plane crash off Papua New Guinea during World War II has, unsurprisingly, not gone over great with the people who actually live there or…

Back on the Job: Prince William Pops Up at WWII Hero’s Funeral

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Prince William made his second public appearance since Kate Middleton’s cancer announcement as he attended the funeral of a World War II veteran on Friday morning.

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Trump Bellyaches About ‘Sitting in a Courthouse’ All Day

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Donald Trump kicked off Day 4 of his criminal hush-money trial in a familiar fashion: with the airing of grievances.

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Ukraine Claims it Blasted 1st $40M Bomber Out of Russian Sky

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Ukraine claims to be behind the fiery crash of a long-range Russian bomber on Friday morning, an incident which Moscow has attributed to a technical problem with the aircraft.

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Bibi Just Flat Out Ignored Biden’s Warning Not to Bomb Iran

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Israel’s retaliatory attack against Iran early Friday came despite President Joe Biden’s stringent warnings against doing just that to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with the leaders appearing to become increasingly at odds…

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Will Meghan Markle’s Strawberry Jam Deliver Her a Sweet Victory?

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Not a lick has yet been tasted by the masses, but the headlines around Meghan Markle’s American Riviera Orchard strawberry jam continue unabated. Fifty pots were sent to influencers, and all the hype around it helped spike sales of King…

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Iran’s State TV Laughs Off Israel’s ‘Feeble’ Reprisal Attack

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Iran’s tightly controlled state media made fun of Israel’s reprisal attack on Friday, claiming that a few drones had been intercepted and no serious damage was done—with a top Israeli minister appearing to agree.

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Explosion Reported in Major Iranian City as Israel Launches Retaliatory Attack

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Israel launched an attack on Iran early Friday morning local time—the first retaliatory strike following an Iranian missile and drone attack on Israeli soil last weekend, U.S. officials told CBS and ABC News.

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Fox News Anchor Reminds GOP Senator That Trump Killed His Border Deal

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Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), the GOP co-architect of the Senate’s failed immigration bill earlier this year, made what were perhaps his most critical comments yet on Donald Trump’s role in scuttling the legislation, alluding to Fox News…

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Openly Gay Actor Subtly Skewers School Board That Nixed Talk Due to His ‘Lifestyle’

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The author and 30 Rock actor Maulik Pancholy, an openly gay man, has spoken out after a Pennsylvania school board voted unanimously to cancel a scheduled talk at a local middle school because of his “lifestyle.”

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Trump Whines About ‘Freezing’ Courtroom, Thumbs Through Stack of Op-Eds

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In what has now become a daily procedure, an angry Donald Trump emerged from a lower Manhattan courthouse on Thursday to complain about the “very unfair” hush-money trial that will keep him busy for the next few weeks.

Religious Group Attempts to Distance Itself From Oklahoma Murder Suspects

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A religious group linked to the abduction and slaying of two Kansas moms has condemned the attack as a “senseless act of murder” that goes “against God’s word,” asserting it has no ties to the alleged murderers.

Thursday, Apr 18

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GOP Rep. Jake LaTurner Says He Won’t Run for Re-Election

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Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS) announced on Thursday that he will not be seeking re-election, splashing into the steady stream of Congress members who are opting out of the rat race.

Climate Protesters Tumble Off Stage During Scuffle at GOP Senator’s Speech

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Things got physical when a group of climate protesters clashed with other event-goers at a gala hosted by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on Thursday. Several activists were pushed off stage and fell on top of one another while resisting…

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Crashes the Trump Trial Circus

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Hot on the heels of his latest “Let’s Make a Poop” game show special featuring Rob Schneider, “Weird” Al Yankovic, and more, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was spotted engaging with the MAGA faithful outside of Donald Trump’s criminal trial…

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Columbia Uni Directs NYPD to Remove Students Protesting War

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Scores of Columbia University students were arrested Thursday afternoon after they rebuffed authorities’ pleas to vacate an on-campus tent city erected in support of Palestine.

Iran Issues Unprecedented Nuclear Threat in Duel With Israel

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‘Shark Tank’ Guy Rages That Trump’s ‘Porn Star Case’ Is Hurting the ‘American Brand’

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Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary flew off the handle on Thursday over Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, claiming that it “hurts the American brand” to “go after the office of the president with porn star cases” because former…

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King Charles’ Jam Sells Out After Meghan Markle Unveils Her Preserves

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Meghan Markle’s limited launch of her first American Riviera Orchard product unexpectedly boosted her father-in-law King Charles’ rival jam this week, as royal followers stocked up on the sweet condiment in anticipation of her strawberry…

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Russian Court Holds Nutso ‘Terrorism’ Trial to Rage Against Meta Press Secretary

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A Russian military court convened on Thursday to rage against the press secretary of Facebook’s parent company over a tweet posted more than two years ago.

Son Who Allegedly Drowned Banker Dad During ‘Exorcism’ Faces Jury

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A trial is underway for 22-year-old Jack Callahan, two years ago after he was accused of drowning his father during what he described to investigators as an exorcism.

Dismissed Juror: Trump ‘Looked Less Orange’ Than I Expected

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With the jury selection process underway in Donald Trump’s trial of the century, some members of the culled pool were struck by the experience of encountering the former president in the flesh for the first time.

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Trump’s Trial Now Has 12 Jurors—and One Angry Man

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Despite the troubles plaguing Donald Trump’s first criminal trial in New York City, the process reached a milestone Thursday afternoon when the judge filled all 12 seats of the jury that will determine his fate.