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Donald Trump addresses civil fraud trial after judge receives bomb threat

Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump still got a brief chance to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil trial on Thursday, calling the proceedings a fraud on me" before the judge cut him off. We have a situation where I am an innocent man, the former president said. I'm being persecuted by someone running for office and I think you have to go outside the bounds. After about six minutes, Judge Arthur Engoron who had denied Trump permission earlier to give a closing statement at the trial cut him off and recessed for lunch. The exchange took place hours after authorities responded to a bomb threat at the judge's house. Police checked out the threat at Engoron's Long Island home, which came a day after he denied the former president's extraordinary request to deliver his own courtroom close, officials said. The proceedings were not delayed. Trump, the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, has repeatedly disparaged Engoro

Kim calls South Korea 'principal enemy' amid heightened tensions with US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea our principal enemy and threatened to annihilate it if provoked, as he escalates his inflammatory, belligerent rhetoric against Seoul and the United States before their elections this year. Experts say Kim will likely further raise animosities with weapons tests to try to influence the results of South Korea's parliamentary elections in April and the U.S. presidential election in November. Kim made the remarks during inspection tours of munitions factories in North Korea this week, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday. He said North Korea's priority in its relations with Seoul "is to bolster up the military capabilities for self-defense and the nuclear war deterrent first of all, KCNA said. If South Korea dares to use his military force against North Korea and threaten its sovereignty, Kim said We will have no hesitation in annihilating (South Korea) by mobilizing all means and forces in our hands, ...

SC agrees to review Colorado decision to decide Trump's 2024 ballot access

The decision made by the state court last month almost guaranteed that the justices would have to hear the contentious issue and decide whether or not Trump could be struck from the ballot

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Biden administration grants Louisiana power to approve carbon capture wells

The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects at a time when the state's influential energy sector wants to make the Gulf Coast a hub for the rapidly expanding industry. Louisiana will be able to issue permits for wells that store carbon dioxide, a critical component of carbon capture and removal technology. In all but two other states, the Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for permitting. Proponents of the change say it will speed up approvals of new projects that are critical for reducing climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental groups had opposed the move, doubting that a state home to a concentrated stretch of oil, gas and petrochemical plants commonly called cancer alley is capable of proper industry oversight and protecting residents. The EPA said the Louisiana agreement includes safeguards to protect poorer, often majority-Black communities that live near those facilities and that

Democracy to face toughest challenge in face of fake news in 2024

The stakes are extraordinarily consequential for the future of democracy itself. In the US, the electoral favorite appears to revel in the possibility of becoming a dictator

Nikki Haley leaves out slavery when asked about reasons behind Civil War

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn't mention slavery in her response leading the voter to say he was astonished by her omission. Asked during a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she believed had caused the war the first shots of which were fired in her home state of South Carolina Haley talked about the role of government, replying that it involved the freedoms of what people could and couldn't do. She then turned the question back to the man who had asked it, who replied that he was not the one running for president and wished instead to know her answer. After Haley went into a lengthier explanation about the role of government, individual freedom and capitalism, the questioner seemed to admonish Haley, saying, In the year 2023, it's astonishing to me that you answer that question without mentioning the word slavery. What do you want me to say about slavery?" Haley ..

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US elections: Kennedy Jr draws Biden and Trump voters united by distrust

Some voted for Donald Trump, others for Joe Biden. A few had never wanted anything to do with politics before they heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on a podcast or YouTube video. Lined up outside a Phoenix wedding hall tucked between a freeway, a railroad track and a U-Haul rental centre, the hundreds of people who turned out on Wednesday to hear Kennedy speak shared little in common ideologically. What united them was a deep-seated distrust of the media, of corporations and especially of the government and a belief that Kennedy is the only person in politics willing to tell them the truth. I like that he talks to us like adults, said Gilbert Limon, a 48-year-old pharmacist from Phoenix. He tells you the majority of what you need to know. Whereas I feel like (other politicians) just give you bits and pieces to try to fit their agenda. I've had enough of that. Voters are not enthusiastic about a Biden-Trump rematch, and alternatives like Kennedy or the No Labels third-party movement, .

Trump urges federal court to grant him immunity in election subversion case

Trump wants the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower-court ruling rejecting his claims of immunity in special counsel Jack Smith's election subversion case

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to put off hearing case on immunity claim

As per Trump's brief, Smith's desire for expedited treatment was driven by political considerations

Trump's Colorado ballot fight rallies Republicans before key primaries

The ruling once again illustrates the difficulty that Trump's Republican rivals have had in addressing the former president's legal problems head-on

Colorado court ruling on Trump: What it means for 2024 presidential polls

Donald Trump has been declared ineligible for the White House by the Colorado Supreme Court under the US Constitution's insurrection clause

Hindu-Americans can play key role in Prez Biden's re-election: Official

The Democratic Party must mobilise Hindu-Americans as they can play a critical role in President Joe Biden's re-election next year, given the backlash his administration is facing from the Muslim-Americans amidst the Israel-Hamas war, according to a prominent Indian-American fundraiser for the party. Ramesh Kapur, a Massachusetts-based political fundraiser who was here to attend the winter retreat of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said Hindu-Americans and Indian-Americans have traditionally been overwhelming Democratic supporters, but in the last few election cycles, the Republican share in their vote banks has seen an upward trajectory. Kapur, who was also invited to the Holiday Party by President Biden at the White House, told PTI that he has submitted a detailed report to the DNC and party leaders as to why Hindu votes have become "very critical" for Biden's re-election campaign ahead of the 2024 general elections. Kapur, who claims that he helped convince California ..

Market outlook 2024: Over to the interim Budget, general elections

The only concern for the markets, analysts say, is whether the cumulative rate hikes executed across the globe would lead to growth slowdown, or will the global economy recover significantly

How 2016 US election could factor into Trump's 2020 race overturning case

To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia's interference in the 2016 election, motivated as president to focus on cybersecurity and had a good-faith basis four years later to worry that foreign actors had again meddled in the race. But to federal prosecutors, 2016 is significant as the year that Trump spread misinformation about voter fraud and proved himself resistant to accepting the outcome of elections that might not go his way. Even though a trial set for next year in Washington is centred on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, lawyers on both sides have signalled their desire for totally different purposes to draw attention to the tumultuous presidential contest four years earlier as a way to help explain his state of mind after his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. When we're talking about someone's belief or mental state, there is usually no one piece of evidence that is dispositive, said David Aaron, a former Justice Department national security

Nikki Haley looks for strong showing, not necessarily win, in Iowa caucuses

For Nikki Haley, a win in Iowa doesn't necessarily mean a win in the state's Republican presidential caucuses. The way I look at it, we just need to have a good showing in Iowa, the former South Carolina governor said Friday in response to a question during a town hall event in Sioux City. I don't think that means we have to win necessarily, but I think that means we have to have a good showing. The comments stand in stark contrast to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who declared decisively that we're going to win Iowa on NBC's Meet the Press last Sunday. DeSantis wouldn't say whether he would end his campaign if he didn't finish first or second. DeSantis and Haley are likely battling for a second-place finish, since former President Donald Trump continues to sit comfortably atop the field in polls of Republicans in Iowa and nationwide. The DeSantis campaign has largely focused on Iowa, hoping to deny Trump a big win in the caucuses. A super PAC supporting DeSantis has invested more than

Biden dings Trump on infra, while showcasing $8 bn for major rail projects

President Joe Biden went to Las Vegas on Friday to say he's "putting high-speed rail on the fast track," and he used the moment to blast Donald Trump his predecessor and likely 2024 challenger as a do-nothing politician. "Trump just talks the talk. We walk the walk," Biden said at a hall for unionized carpenters. "He likes to say America is a failing nation. Frankly, he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. I see shovels in the ground, cranes in the sky. People hard at work rebuilding America together." The president showcased USD 8.2 billion in new federal funding for 10 major passenger rail projects across the country. He also emphasized the fundamental differences between Trump and himself, a sign that his policy speeches are taking an ever greater political bent with the election now roughly 11 months away. The Democrat said Trump "failed" to deliver on his promises to invest in US infrastructure. Biden countered that his rail funding could help to connect Las Vegas t

2020 election case: Donald Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim

Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Lawyers for the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner filed a notice of appeal Thursday indicating that they will challenge US District Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision rejecting Trump's bid to derail the case headed to trial in Washington, DC, in March. The one-page filing was accompanied by a request from the Trump team to put the case on pause so the appeals court can take up the matter. The filing of President Trump's notice of appeal has deprived this Court of jurisdiction over this case in its entirety pending resolution of the appeal, Trump's lawyers wrote. Therefore, a stay of all further proceedings is mandatory and automatic. The appeal had been expected given that Trump's lawyers had earlier signalled their plans to pursue