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Jury selection will continue Thursday in former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

mdash; President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Thursday as he aims to undermine former President Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of former Attorney General Robert F.

Rep. Jamie Raskin laid into James Comer after the two got into a heated argument that lasted almost five minutes over the fact that Comer has not found any crime President Biden actually committed, but continually lies about it. Since Republicans began investigating President Biden to aid Trump in his 2024 election bid, Reps.

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The Washington Post reported that the charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were dismissed after Republicans quashed their opportunity for limited debate and the creation of an impeachment committee. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dreams of being the MAGA star of the day must have been so crushed once she learned she and the other House impeachment managers would never have the opportunity to perform make their case. More from WaPo: Some senators appeared bored at their small desks as Republicans made procedural point after procedural point, forcing a series of failed votes to delay the trial and other matters.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would like to say that it doesn’t matter who wins the U. S. election in November because his country will be fine with a second Joe Biden or Donald Trump term. But he can’t. “I think it would be artful to say that we do not watch closely the political cycle that is ongoing in the United States,” Marcos told reporters at a forum Monday, just days after a historic trilateral summit in Washington to reinvigorate the strategic partnership between the U.