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CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks the speech former President Donald Trump made while the jury deliberated during his hush money trial, where he claims the charges he is facing are rigged.

When he authored the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade two years ago, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may have taken away women’s right to abortion and ability to decide their destiny, while forcing many to endure near-death medical trauma. But one thing he will not tolerate is stopping a woman from flying a flag as she chooses—any flag, no matter how offensive.

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(WASHINGTON) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over his homes. In letters to members of Congress on Wednesday, Alito said his wife was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over his home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Neither incident merits his recusal, he wrote. “I am therefore duty-bound to reject your recusal request,” he wrote. The court is considering two major cases related to the Jan.

(NEW YORK) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, putting the outcome of the historic case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The jury of seven men and five women was sent to a private room just before 11:30 a.m.

The closing arguments for Donald Trump’s hush-money trial have ended and a jury now decides Trump’s fate in a Manhattan courtroom. But in many ways, it is truth itself that is on trial. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] For the past several weeks, jurors have heard arguments regarding Trump’s alleged attempt to disinform Americans and sway the 2016 presidential election by falsifying business records and concealing hush-money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.