State: Clinton budget hearing announced too early The state has flagged the city of Clinton for giving notice too far in advance of its annual budget hearing. "The city continues to work with its legal team and the Department of Management to reach a ... 05/3/2024 - 9:45 am | View Link
The Latest | Court in Trump's hush money trial adjourns for the day following Hope Hicks' testimony Court in Donald Trump's hush money case has adjourned for the week, following hours of testimony from ex-Trump adviser Hope Hicks. Her testimony Friday on the trial’s 11th day was ... 05/3/2024 - 9:15 am | View Link
Hope Hicks Weeps In Testimony At Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial; Top Aide Details Payoff To Porn Star & How She Learned Of It – Update Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks told a Manhattan jury today that Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign hoped that Rupert Murdoch would delay an explosive Wall Street Journal ... 05/3/2024 - 7:30 am | View Link
Trump hush money case reveals hypocrisy in US justice system; what about Bill, Hillary Clinton?! Jessica Burbank and Amber Duke give updates on the ongoing Donald Trump hush-money trial and the Supreme Court weighing whether Trump is immune. 04/26/2024 - 6:18 am | View Link
The mysterious life of Melania Trump, a former supermodel who is the subject of fashion scandals and bizarre conspiracy theories Melania Trump broke from first lady tradition in many ways. On her birthday, here's a look at her life and how she fared as the first lady. 04/26/2024 - 5:27 am | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.