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3 former Memphis officers convicted of witness tampering in beating death of Tyre Nichols

Three Memphis, Tennessee police officers were convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in a traffic stop last year, reported NBC News.

The three officers, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, and Taddarius Bean were convicted of witness tampering. Haley was further convicted of violating civil rights causing bodily injury, but acquitted of the more serious charge of violating civil rights causing death. Smith and Bean were acquitted of all civil rights charges.

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Watch: Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney hold joint rally at Republican Party's birthplace

On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris is set to hold a rally alongside former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in Ripon, Wisconsin, the site of an 1854 schoolhouse meeting that kicked off the founding of the Republican Party.

Wisconsin is a crucial battleground state, and part of the so-called "blue wall" of three competitive states that are likely to decide the election, alongside Michigan and Pennsylvania.

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‘Unprecedented misconduct’: Top Democrats call for removal of Trump era inspector general

Accused of misleading Congress, abusing his powers and being an “embarrassment to the inspector general community,” two Democratic congressmen are demanding the removal of the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security for his “extensive and shocking record of misconduct.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) called for Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to be removed from office a day after a damning report detailed multiple instances of misconduct, including his waste of millions of dollars in taxpayer money.

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'Republicans are frauds': Reporter shreds Trump over hurricane relief 'lies'

A North Carolina-based reporter blasted former President Donald Trump on Thursday and said he has "lied" about Hurricane Helene relief efforts even as many are dead, dying or missing, and before communities even began to pick up the pieces.

Despite the extensive work of both FEMA and the National Guard to help the six affected states from Florida to Virginia, Trump has already declared the response a failure, saying Biden was "sleeping" even as governors in both parties confirmed the federal government was giving them all they needed, and even suggested with no evidence that the Biden administration and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper are "going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas."

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Bombshell new Trump filing seeks to dismiss half of Jack Smith's charges

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are urging a federal judge to dismiss two of four counts in special counsel Jack Smith's superseding indictment in his election subversion case — and claim the two others are "fatally" undermined.

In the filing Thursday afternoon, Trump's attorneys said the special counsel "cannot ignore or hide" from "binding precedent," and pointed to the Supreme Court decision Fischer v. United States as "yet another key application of the rule of law to reject lawfare overreach" targeting the MAGA leader.

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'The teleprompter just went out!' Trump rants after losing access to speech

Former President Donald Trump scrambled Thursday after admitting that he lost access to his speech because of failing teleprompters.

As Trump spoke to a crowd in Saginaw, Michigan, it was clear that he lost track of what he was talking about.

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'Violent criminal organizations policy': Laura Loomer says YouTube just blocked her

Far-right activist and self-described "proud Islamophobe" Laura Loomer said YouTube blocked her video channel for potential violations of its "violent criminal organizations policy" — but YouTube said Thursday it set one video to private.

Loomer took to X on Thursday afternoon to complain she was being censored for supporting the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump.

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'Number of falsehoods': CNN cuts away from Trump rally to deliver brutal fact-check

CNN cut off live coverage of former President Donald Trump's campaign speech Thursday to deliver a lengthy fact-check over a "number of falsehoods."

Anchors Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez interrupted the Republican presidential nominee's rally in Saginaw, Michigan, to correct a series of false statements, even as Trump railed against "lying" Vice President Kamala Harris, whose name he mispronounced.

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'Sincerest form of flattery': Republican gives excuse after photos show him in blackface

Photos obtained by The New York Times show Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) sporting a Michael Jackson costume wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume in 2006.

According to the report, the images were taken around October 2006 when Lawler, then 20, was at a college social gathering. They show him wearing a black shirt and a red jacket, with him striking a signature Jackson dance pose in another, the publication reported Thursday.

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'You are a charlatan': Judge reams out MAGA clerk as he gives her 9-year sentence

A judge in Colorado slammed a former Mesa County clerk as he sentenced her to nine years behind bars for her scheme to interfere with election equipment on behalf of former President Donald Trump, reported 9News anchor Kyle Clark.

Tina Peters was convicted of election tampering and misconduct after she breached voting equipment to try to prove Trump's conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. She was also separately found guilty of obstruction of government operations earlier this year, for trying to stop police from seizing an iPad that was under search warrant.

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Kamala Harris busts Trump with split-screen video as he claims half-filled rally is full

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign called out former President Donald Trump as he gave a speech at a rally in Saginaw, Michigan.

Moments after taking the stage Thursday, Trump bragged about his crowd size.

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Kamala Harris has hit on new tactic that’s 'definitely bothering Donald Trump': reporter

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has had her share of conservative endorsements, including former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).

Liz Cheney, in fact, is scheduled to appear with Harris at a campaign rally in Wisconsin — a key Rust Belt battleground state — on Thursday.

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‘Authoritarian bargain': Source reveals disturbing gift Trump wants to hand violent cops

Former President Donald Trump is mulling unprecedented protections for violent police officers accused of abusing their power, according to a new report.

The Republican presidential nominee has floated the idea in private of disbanding police units that investigate accusations of misconduct, including corruption and civil rights violations, in local departments nationwide, a source told Rolling Stone.

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