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Is the Gaza war tearing U.S. campuses apart?

theweek.com Campus unrest over the war in Gaza "has reached a fever pitch in the final weeks of classes," said , with confrontations between authorities and pro-Palestinian protesters…

Every Kennedy family member that opposes RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign

businessinsider.com President Joe Biden has welcomed the support of Kennedy family members, some of whom have lined up against RFK Jr.'s campaign. Matt Rourke/AP Independent presidential…

Donald Trump makes new request in Fani Willis case

newsweek.com Donald Trump's attorneys asked Judge Scott McAfee to quash two more charges against the former president in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election…

Trump got one thing right: Banning TikTok would help Meta (and Google)

washingtonpost.com This article is a preview of The Technology 202 newsletter. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Former president Donald Trump is…

Biden signs a bill that could ban TikTok

aol.com WASHINGTON — Tucked inside the sprawling $95 billion national security package that President Joe Biden’s signed Wednesday is a provision that could ban TikTok, with an…

Trump Media Ropes In Congress to Pursue Claims of Illegal Shorts

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Stock Manipulation In Trump Media & Technology Group Stock? CEO Devin Nunes Urges House GOP Leaders To Investigate

benzinga.com Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. DJT shares are trading higher on Wednesday, although in a volatile trading session. The company sent the U.S. House of Representatives a…

Trump to receive bonus worth $1.2bn for Trump Media stock performance

theguardian.com Former president Donald Trump qualified for a bonus worth $1.2bn after shares in his social media company remained above a certain value despite falling sharply. Trump is…

Ex-Trump Lawyer Says ‘Compelling’ Pecker Doing ‘Very Good Job’ Setting Table For Trump Hush Money Trial

mediaite.com Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore told CNN that former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker has done a “very good job” setting the table with his testimony against…

Trump Media calls on GOP lawmakers for help in Wall Street fight

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TikTok CEO expects to defeat U.S. restrictions

theglobeandmail.com TikTok’s chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would…

Biden trails Trump in most battleground states as voters sour on the US economy

foxbusiness.com President Biden is losing support in key battleground states amid growing pessimism among voters about the state of the U.S. economy, according to a new poll. Findings…

What you need to know about new overtime rule that will benefit millions

washingtonpost.com Millions of American workers will soon be eligible for overtime pay thanks to a final rule announced by the U.S. Labor Department this week. The development represents the…

Trump Asks Georgia Judge to Toss Two Counts in Election Case

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Trump Media CEO urges House GOP leaders to probe possible 'manipulation' of DJT stock

cnbc.com Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during an impeachment inquiry hearing in Washington, Nov. 13, 2019. Trump Media CEO…

Workers earning less than $58K a year could soon become eligible for overtime pay

cnbc.com Millions more Americans could become eligible for overtime pay. The Biden-Harris administration announced a final rule Tuesday that raises the minimum salary threshold to…

Tommy Tuberville misses Ukraine aid vote after railing against it

aol.com None Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama has long been opposed to Ukraine aid. • None He delivered a nearly 10-minute floor speech railing against it before the bill passed on…

Ron Johnson’s line on security aid part of an unsettling pattern

msnbc.com About a month ago, Lev Parnas appeared on Capitol Hill and delivered some striking testimony. According to the Ukrainian American businessman, he used to work closely with…

More than 1 in 4 US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds

apnews.com More than one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds.…

Donald Trump trial will lose him evangelicals

newsweek.com The Stormy Daniels hush money trial will hurt Trump's evangelical Christian base as the sexual allegations continue, a former adviser to President Joe Biden has said. Moe…

Secret Service Has ‘Started Planning’ for What to Do if Trump Is Thrown in Jail: Report

mediaite.com Photographer: Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post/ Pool The Secret Service is tasked with the solemn duty of protecting our current and former presidents, and regarding…

How U.S. banning TikTok could affect you

pbs.org No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned…

WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers campaign remarks at construction union conference

pbs.org President Joe Biden will deliver campaign remarks at the North America’s Building Trade Union National Legislative Conference on Wednesday. The event is scheduled to begin…

The Biden campaign plans to continue using TikTok for at least the next year, with “enhanced security measures”, to help “meet voters where they are”

nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s re-election campaign plans to continue using TikTok for at least the next year, despite the president signing a law on Wednesday that would ban the…

RFK Jr.'s surprising pivot on climate change should have Trump worried

msnbc.com Before running for president as an independent candidate, Robert Kennedy Jr. spent a great deal of his career working as a leading environmental lawyer. He helped found and…

Opening Bell: 4.24.24

dealbreaker.com ‘Thunder Run’: Behind Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill [NYT]For nearly a year, lawmakers and some of their aides worked to write a version of the bill,…

Donald Trump prosecution appears fatally flawed

newsweek.com Legal experts have raised concerns about whether prosecutors can convince a jury to convict Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels trial. Several experts have pointed to the…

Who will win the 2024 presidential election?

theweek.com The year of America's next presidential election is here, which can only mean one thing: speculation will continue to ramp up about who will be the next person to occupy the…

Wanda Sykes Defends Trump’s Court Behavior Because He’s ‘Old’: ‘You Fall Asleep and You Toot a Little Bit’

thewrap.com Wanda Sykes may not support Donald Trump, but she is defending him in one very specific way: the alleged courtroom farting. “I am enjoying the Trump trial, I really am. I…

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong on American Idiot‘s Impact: ‘It Changed Everything for Me’

billboard.com This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2004 Week continues here as we hear from an artist behind…

TikTok Will File Court Challenge to U.S. Divest-or-Ban Law, CEO Says: ‘The Facts and the Constitution Are on Our Side’

variety.com As expected, TikTok said it will file a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S.’s legislation — signed into law Wednesday by President Biden — that will ban the app unless its…

Donald Trump fears David Pecker's "power": Attorney

newsweek.com Former President Donald Trump is afraid of former publisher David Pecker's "power," according to attorney Asha Rangappa. Despite facing a gag order that bars him from making…

Trump Claims Abortion Is ‘Off the Table’ And Everyone Is ‘Very Happy’ He Ended Roe In New Interview

mediaite.com Former President Donald Trump claimed abortion is “largely off the table” and people are “very happy” that he helped end Roe v. Wade in an interview taped on the eve of a…

WATCH: Garland speaks at inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit

pbs.org Children fatally shot in their classrooms. Law enforcement gunned down while doing their jobs. Victims of domestic violence. And people killed on American streets. Photos of…

National Enquirer helped Trump in 2016, ex-boss says

theweek.com Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified Tuesday that he agreed to use his tabloid to boost and shield former President Donald Trump during the 2016…

Trump Picks Up Steam Against Biden in Swing States, Poll Finds

youtube.com President Joe Biden’s recent polling bump in key battleground states has mostly evaporated as a deep current of pessimism about the trajectory of the US economy hurts his…

Truth Social owner asks Congress to investigate ‘potential manipulation’ of share price

thehill.com Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, asked Congress on Tuesday to investigate “potential manipulation” of its share price. Trump Media CEO…

‘The Surprise of the Night!’ Fox News Anchor Marvels at Nikki Haley Taking 150,000+ Votes Away from Trump in Pennsylvania Even After Dropping Out

mediaite.com Fox News’ Dana Perino deemed former candidate Nikki Haley’s performance in the Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary the “surprise” of Tuesday night on America’s…

Ukraine Wants $60 Billion Fresh U.S. Funds

watcher.guru The U.S. has a pending bill of $60 billion as a fresh aid package to Ukraine. The impending bill is to help the country fight against its aggressor Russia and the funds…

Congress starts clock on TikTok ban in foreign aid bill

theweek.com The Senate on Tuesday night passed a $95 billion bill to aid Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and ban TikTok if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, doesn't sell the social media…

Whether TikTok is banned or not, this is the end as we know it for the loss-making app, which may lose focus due to advertiser, creator, and staff uncertainty

spyglass.org The tok is tiking... Later today, President Biden will sign a bill which, among other things, will put TikTok on the clock. Chinese parent ByteDance will have 270 days to…

Chamber, business groups sue FTC to block noncompete ban

thehill.com Business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenging its decision to ban noncompete agreements. The FTC voted 3-2 Tuesday…

Tennessee Republicans agree to let teachers carry guns in schools

msnbc.com It was about a year ago when a gunman killed six people — three children and three staffers — at the Covenant School in Nashville, and much of the public looked to…

Georgia’s black Republicans have a battle plan for 2024

economist.com On the last Sunday of Black History Month there was real energy in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. Between gospel songs that made even your agnostic correspondent feel…

The case of Stormy Daniels echoes past scandals

economist.com Almost 30 years ago, in May 1994, a former Arkansas state clerk, Paula Jones, filed a sexual-harassment suit against President Bill Clinton. She said that in 1991, as…

CNN Legal Analyst Says Trump ‘Probably Did’ Violate Court’s Gag Order

thewrap.com “CNN This Morning” had a chuckle Wednesday while discussing whether Donald Trump violated his court-mandated gag order on social media – immediately after the latest hearing…

15 photos that show how divided Congress has become

businessinsider.com Marjorie Taylor Greene gives a thumb down as President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address. Jim Watson/Getty Images Photos show how breaches of decorum have…

Banning TikTok could haunt Biden's reelection campaign

businessinsider.com Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the US Capitol Building on March 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images On Tuesday, the Senate passed…

Donald Trump 'angling' for incarceration, prosecutors warn judge

newsweek.com A prosecutor in Donald Trump's hush money trial has claimed the former president is trying to be jailed for contempt of court. Attorney Chris Conroy made his comments on…

Ex-President Trump Mulls NFT Comeback Amidst Legal Costs

coingape.com Former President Donald Trump is facing mounting legal costs as his legal battles continue to escalate. With the commencement of the first of four criminal trials in…

Pennsylvania's high-stakes U.S. Senate contest will pit Casey against McCormick

pbs.org Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will face each other in Pennsylvania’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest this fall, as Tuesday’s primary…

Truth Social owner Trump Media asks Congress to investigate ‘troubling’ market manipulation claims

aol.com Trump Media & Technology Group is asking Congress to investigate its suspicions that illegal activity is driving down its share price. In a letter disclosed on Wednesday,…

CNN Analyst Accuses McConnell of ‘Punching Down’ with Tucker Carlson Dig Over Ukraine: ‘Ignoring the Elephant in the Room’

mediaite.com CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of “punching down” by partly blaming Tucker Carlson for delaying Congress…