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'Very offensive to American Jews': CNN panel whacks Trump for latest tirade

A CNN panel on Tuesday whacked former President Donald Trump after he lobbed an angry attack on the majority of American Jews.

Trump this week told right-wing podcaster Sebastian Gorka that "any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion, they hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves."

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U.S. finalizes ban on last form of asbestos in use

President Joe Biden's administration on Monday finalized a rule banning the last remaining form of asbestos in the United States, half a century after the government first targeted the cancer-causing mineral.

Chrysotile asbestos -- used in industrial processes, vehicle brake linings, pipe gaskets and more -- has already been prohibited in more than 50 countries, with the U.S. a notable outlier.

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Six pivotal battlegrounds in 2024 presidential election

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump clinched enough support last week to become the standard-bearers for their parties in November's presidential election.

Under the U.S. Constitution, each of the 50 states holds its own vote for the next commander-in-chief and candidates are awarded "electors" from each state according to its size.

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Biden summons Israeli team in bid to avoid Rafah assault

Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said Monday he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to send a team to Washington to discuss how to avoid an all-out assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The move is one of the clearest attempts yet by Biden to rein in the key US ally, amid fears that the already huge death toll and humanitarian crisis in Gaza could be drastically worsened by a full attack on Rafah.  The White House said separately that Israel had killed one of Hamas's top commanders in a strike in Gaza. "I asked the Prime Minister to send a team to Washington to di...

'Practically impossible': Trump lashes out hours after revelation he can't pay $464M bond

Donald Trump hit back Monday night after his lawyers revealed he couldn't pay his $464 million fraud trial bond.

In a post to Truth Social, he claimed that it wasn't that he couldn't find a company willing to underwrite a bond of that amount of money — it's that no company possibly could.

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Trump insiders worry as critical small-dollar donors abandon his campaign: report

While Donald Trump's team may be courting big-dollar donors like Elon Musk to catch up with President Joe Biden's war chest, the warning bells are sounding for an erosion in small-dollar donors.

Trump's campaign team is quietly vexed about the lack of the smaller donors that buoyed the former president to the White House back in 2016, according to a CNBC report that cites members of Trump's inner sanctum.

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'The feeling is mutual': Trump blasted over attack on Jewish Democrats

Donald Trump targeted Jews who vote Democratic Monday, barely days after the criminally-indicted ex-president threatened there would be a “bloodbath” if voters do not put him back in the Oval Office.

His remarks, which include claiming Jewish Democrats “hate” Israel and their own religion, were quickly labeled antisemitic.

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Biden signs order advancing women's health research

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to bolster women's health research as he took aim at Republicans "bragging" about overturning the national right to abortion and vowed to make them pay at the ballot box this November.

The initiative, aimed at closing gender gaps in clinical trials and care, comes as Democrats seek to channel voter anger over the rollback of reproductive rights in nearly half the country, following a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2022.

Doc dump suggests Michigan sheriff warned Jim Jordan of foreigners hacking 2020 election

A social media account has released a cache of documents that it claims to be from a Michigan sheriff who worked to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 victory in the state. The documents include sensitive information from Dominion Voting Systems.

The X account @SheriffLeaf uses a photo of Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, though it is not confirmed that Leaf, who has investigated the 2020 result for years, is actually connected to the account. It shared the documents in posts on Sunday and Monday.

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MAGA descends into conspiracy theory frenzy as Barack Obama visits with UK prime minster

A surprise visit paid by former President Barack Obama to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London Monday has sparked speculation from Trump supporters that it was another sign that President Joe Biden is not in charge.

While it's not known exactly what the meeting was about, a Downing Street spokesperson said the visit was an "informal courtesy drop-in" as part of Obama's visit to London, according to news reports.

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Biden asks Netayahu to send team to Washington for talks on Rafah

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that President Joe Biden has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone call to send a team of representatives from the military, intelligence services and humanitarian aid specialists to Washington in the coming days.

Biden wants to explain his government's reservations about the planned offensive in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip and discuss possible alternatives.

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Laken Riley's father says people on 'both sides' are 'politicizing' his daughter's murder

The father of murdered nursing student Laken Riley says people are politicizing her death to bolster their agendas and inflame people's emotions.

Riley, 22, was bludgeoned to death in February on the University of Georgia’s campus. The suspect who was charged in her killing is José Ibarra, a Venezuelan migrant who was in the country illegally at the time of Riley's death -- a detail conservatives have seized on, saying it represents the failure of President Joe Biden's border policies.

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Biden, Netanyahu hold first call in over a month: White House

U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday, the White House said, their first call in more than a month amid growing tensions over Israel's offensive in Gaza.

The pair last spoke on February 15, and Biden has been increasingly vocal in his criticisms of the Palestinian death toll and dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as Israel responds to Hamas's October 7 attacks.

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