EU denounces Iraqi law threatening LGBTQ+ community with prison
The law imposes 10 to 15-year prison sentences for same-sex relationships and lesser penalties for gender-transition procedures or advocacy for certain organisations.
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“I think people have to remember who Melania really is,” said Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.
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Ex-Aide Predicts Melania Trump's Response To 'Humiliating' Trial Moment
Stephanie Grisham said it was an "absolutely" significant development for Donald Trump.
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Eric Trump’s ‘Incredible’ New Boast Backfires Spectacularly
Critics aren’t buying this big claim by the son of the former president.
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Rachel Maddow Gags On Air After Relaying Trump Story From Michael Cohen Testimony
The MSNBC host did not hide her disgust.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin Finally Gets His Revenge From Beyond the Grave
Yulia Morozova/ReutersLess than 24 hours after Vladimir Putin sent his defense minister packing after reportedly privately blaming him for failures in the war against Ukraine, another top Defense Ministry official was yanked out of bed by masked security forces.Counterintelligence agents reportedly arrived armed to the teeth to detain Lieutenant-General Yury Kuznetsov, the head of the Defense Ministry’s personnel department, on bribery charges Monday. The Investigative Committee announced in a p
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J.D. Vance's 'Pathetic' Reason For Visiting Donald Trump In Court Has People Howling
The Ohio Republican's explanation went awry.
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The Case is Pretty Much Over: Akerman on Trump Trial
Nick Akerman, Former Assistant US Attorney and Former Watergate Prosecutor, shares his insight on if the appearance of Speaker Mike Johnson, Governor Doug Burgum, and other Republicans attending former President Trump's court hearing calls for a judge to remove them due to potentially intimidating to a witness. Akerman also talks about Michael Cohen's second day of testimony, and states that at this point the case is pretty much over. He speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power."
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Journalist Says He Saw Trump Editing Speeches For His Stooges To Give Outside Court
MSNBC's Alex Wagner questioned the legality of the move, given the gag order the former president is currently under.
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'Make sure it doesn't get released;' Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his 2016 White House campaign. “You handle it,” Cohen quoted Trump as telling him after learning that a doorman had come forward with a claim that Trump had fathered a child out-of-wedlock. The Trump Tower doorman was paid $30,000 to kee
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‘Now I know what he sounds like’: Listen to Barron Trump’s voice in resurfaced video
The teenager is about to graduate high school
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Angry Trump blasts judge after Cohen testimony
Former President Trump on Monday laced into the New York judge handling his hush money trial after his former attorney, Michael Cohen, spent hours on the witness stand. Trump was asked as he exited the courtroom why a handful of elected officials joined him at the courthouse, with Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville…
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Canada's Justin Trudeau Accused of Introducing Law To Imprison Anyone Who Ever Posted Hate Speech. We Looked Into It
Canada's proposed Online Arms Act was described as "Orwellian" by some social media users.
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Robert De Niro Exposes Donald Trump’s True Intentions With NSFW Slogan
The Oscar-winning actor’s furious commentary on the “vicious” former president was muted on ABC’s “The View.”
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Donald Trump, Who Is Banned From Buying Firearms, To Address NRA
The former president's appearance will mark the ninth time that he has addressed National Rifle Association members at a major public gathering.
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Abcarian: 'Diaper Don'? Trump's supporters turn the tables on his puerile critics
At MAGA rallies across the country, Trumpers joyfully proclaim that 'real men wear diapers.'
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Jake Tapper Immediately Fact-Checks Trump's 'Very Angry' Courthouse Rant
Donald Trump shouted about the case against him in remarks to reporters outside the Manhattan courtroom.
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Controversy follows Gov. Kristi Noem as she is banned by another South Dakota tribe
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Putin backs China's Ukraine peace plan, says Beijing understands the conflict
Putin, speaking to China's Xinhua news agency ahead of his visit to Beijing this week, said Russia remained open to dialogue and talks to solve the more than two-year-old conflict. China's plan and further "principles" made public by President Xi Jinping last month took account of factors behind the conflict, Putin said.
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'Ongoing Debasement' Of Donald Trump's GOP Allies Laid Bare On 'Morning Joe'
“It’s very sad," MSNBC's Willie Geist told Joe Scarborough of Sens. J.D. Vance and Tommy Tuberville's kowtowing to the former president.
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'They should all be executed.' How Trump's attacks on judges are fueling online calls for violence
Trump's broadsides have unleashed a torrent of violent comments from his fans on Truth Social and other sites, experts say.