Live Updates: Six Jurors Chosen for Trump Criminal Trial On the trial’s first day, more than half the initial group of prospective jurors was dismissed after they indicated they could not be impartial in the first prosecution of an American president. 04/16/2024 - 5:22 am | View Link
Lawsuit accuses Conway Medical Center employees of sharing patient’s ‘extraordinarily personal’ health information A former Conway Medical Center nurse is accusing the hospital and two of its employees of sharing her “extraordinarily personal” health information with people who were not authorized to see it, ... 04/16/2024 - 4:50 am | View Link
The Latest | First day of Trump's hush money trial adjourns with no jurors selected The first day of Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial has ended after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excused after they said ... 04/15/2024 - 10:42 am | View Link
Ahead of jury selection, prosecutors ask judge to fine Donald Trump over social media posts Scores of people are due to be called into the courtroom to start the process of finding 12 jurors, plus six alternates. 04/15/2024 - 7:11 am | View Link
Trump trial updates: Over half of potential jurors dismissed for saying they can't be impartial Donald Trump’s lawyers have requested that the trial not be held on May 17 so that the former president may attend his son Barron’s high school graduation. A Trump lawyer has also requested the trial ... 04/15/2024 - 5:59 am | View Link
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hits the Trump trials in New York City and reports like only he can. He interviews many people from a crowd of true diversity, which is practically a rainbow of all the different mental illnesses. There are too many zingers to repeat them all here, but it is so funny that even Trump would fill his Depends five times over from laughing so hard.
But seriously, who do you think will win, the bleach blonde with the big jugs or Stormy Daniels?
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“Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched missiles in a retaliatory strike against Iran,” ABC News reports.
“The missile launches follow Iran’s attack last Saturday, where the country sent a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials previously said. All but a few were intercepted by Israel and its allies, including the United States.”
CNN: “Iran’s air defense systems have been activated in several provinces of the country.”
Bloomberg reports Israeli officials notified the U.
“In its first week, Donald Trump’s criminal trial is forcing the former president, a man who famously surrounds himself with sycophants, to sit quietly and listen to the unfiltered opinions of those typically kept at arm’s-length: People he might call his ‘haters,'” Politico reports.
“During jury selection, Trump has heard himself described by those under consideration as racist and sexist and a narcissist.
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (I) said he could beat both President Biden and former President Trump in a hypothetical match-up Thursday, The Hill reports.
Said Ventura: “If I had ballot access in all 50 states and I were allowed to debate, I could beat these two major party candidates.”
Colorado will distribute $24 million in one-time funding to public school districts and charter schools impacted by the unprecedented influx of immigrant students who arrived after the annual October headcount that determines districts’ state funding.
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed the bipartisan bill, HB24-1389, authorizing that money to be distributed this fiscal year from the State Education Fund.
The Colorado Department of Education now will determine how much school districts receive using a multi-tiered funding model that’s based on how many new-to-the-country students they enrolled following the count.
“What is going on now really has been quite substantial and unusual in terms of scope, and these thousands of new students coming require services,” said Rep.