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Even as He Faces Prison Time, Binance’s Founder Plans a Comeback
Since pleading guilty to violating money-laundering rules, Changpeng Zhao, who ran the giant crypto exchange Binance, has networked across the United States to set up his next act.The New York Times - Business -
Analysis: McIlroy had a blast in New Orleans. It was just what he needed
Rory McIlroy says it was during a drunken lunch after the Ryder Cup that he asked Shane Lowry to be his teammate in the Zurich Classic of New OrleansABC News - Sports -
Trump Wants to Prosecute Biden. He Also Thinks Presidents Deserve Immunity.
In arguing to the Supreme Court that he cannot be charged for acts while in office, Donald Trump has asked the justices to enforce a norm that he has long threatened to shatter.The New York Times - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Schoolhouse Taught Me What Marriage Didn’t’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.The New York Times - Lifestyle -
DeSantis opens door to Trump truce as he weighs political future
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is taking steps to thaw relations with former President Trump, his primary-season rival, as he considers his next political move — including another potential White House bid in 2028. DeSantis met with Trump in a ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump -
Blinken offers hostage families hope as he pushes for Israel-Hamas truce
In Israel for his 7th visit during the war in Gaza, Antony Blinken conveys "cautious optimism" to hostage families that a deal could be reached.CBS News - Top stories - Israel -
Prisoner meets son, 14, whom he last saw as a baby
Thomas White's family have been fighting for the meeting for more than a decade.BBC News - Top stories -
Blinken offers hostage families hope as he pushes for Israel-Hamas truce
In Israel for his 7th visit during the war in Gaza, Antony Blinken conveys "cautious optimism" to hostage families that a deal could be reached.CBS News - World - Israel -
Trump confirms he wanted to go to Capitol on Jan. 6
Former President Trump on Wednesday confirmed he told Secret Service agents he wanted to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while he mocked the claim that he lunged at officers in his vehicle when they refused. Trump, speaking to supporters in ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump -
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Schoolhouse Taught Me What Marriage Didn’t’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.The New York Times - Lifestyle -
Johnson suggests he wants to lead GOP next Congress
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested this week that he wants to remain at the top of the GOP in the next Congress despite fierce pushback from conservatives who are furious with his leadership style and want him gone at the end of the term — or ...The Hill - Politics -
Trump Acknowledges He Wanted to Go to the Capitol on Jan. 6
The former president recalled a key detail central to testimony before the Jan. 6 committee during a campaign event in Wisconsin.The New York Times - Top stories - Donald Trump -
JD Vance says he is 'skeptical' Pence's life was in danger on Jan. 6
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Wednesday he is “skeptical” that former Vice President Pence’s life was endangered during the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Vance on “The Source” whether the Ohio Republican had “any ...The Hill - Politics -
Speaker Johnson calls on Biden to visit Columbia amid pro-Palestine protests
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is urging President Biden to visit Columbia University and observe the pro-Palestine protests roiling its Manhattan campus after Johnson and a group of GOP lawmakers stopped by the university grounds and denounced the ...The Hill - Politics - Joe Biden -
Trump rails against hush money gag order while witnesses pile on Michael Cohen
Another day of testimony has wrapped in former President Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday. The day saw a host of witnesses take the stand, including an ex-banker for Michael Cohen, a C-SPAN archives director and a lawyer for two women central ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump -
Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
Nothing screams ‘covering up war crimes’ like insisting that there should absolutely not be an independent investigation. Did you know that the Palestinians are the very first people in the world to ethnically cleanse and mass murder themselves? I ...The Guardian - World -
Italy's Salvini backs suspended general who called gays 'not normal'
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Czech President Pavel calls EU enlargement a 'geostrategic necessity'
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Trump Calls for Release of Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich
“I think he’s a very brave young man,” the former president said.The Wall Street Journal - World - Donald Trump -
Top UN court rejects Nicaragua’s call to block German support for Israel
Latin American country had sought interim restrictions on military and financial support over war in GazaFinancial Times - World - Israel -
Trump campaign calls commission's refusal to move up debates 'unacceptable'
Former President Trump’s campaign called the Commission on Presidential Debate's refusal to move up its debate schedule “unacceptable” Tuesday and suggested the 45th president could go around the body that’s sponsored all general election ...The Hill - Politics - Donald Trump -
GOP senator calls for deporting certain foreign student protesters
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for the U.S. government to revoke the visas given to international students who are Hamas sympathizers and deport them as college protests continue nationwide. “You cannot go around yelling ‘I am Hamas’ or ...The Hill - Politics -
Columbia Officials Said They Had ‘No Choice’ But to Call the Police to Clear Protest
Columbia’s president expressed regret about calling in the police to clear a previous protest. On Tuesday, she said she had “no choice” after protesters occupied a building on campus.The New York Times - Top stories -
Florida Abortion Ban Takes Effect, and U.C.L.A. Calls in Police
Plus, a possible shift on marijuana policy.The New York Times - Top stories - Abortion -
Opposition leader demands action after calls for caliphate in Hamburg
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As it happened: Police move in on University of Texas at Dallas protesters
State troopers are moving in on protesters in Dallas, Texas, as campus demonstrations continue across the US.BBC News - Top stories -
‘Enough with the gaslighting’: Harris responds to Trump’s insistence that he doesn’t back national abortion ban – live
Vice-president calls abortion access a ‘fundamental freedom’ in Florida as state’s six-week ban takes effect. Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effectArizona Democrats to make final push to repeal near-total abortion banGreene wrapped up the ...The Guardian - World - Abortion -
Scotland’s SNP government wins no confidence vote called by Labour – as it happened
Scottish government wins vote by 70 votes to 58, with no abstentions after debate where Humza Yousaf defended government’s record. Labour has accused Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, of championing single-sex spaces as part of a “culture ...The Guardian - World -
Raskin calls Republican senator 'climate fatalist' in oil industry hearing
The Senate Budget Committee’s Democratic majority and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) took aim at the oil industry Wednesday for historically minimizing the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate in a hearing on the results of a bicameral investigation ...The Hill - Politics -
Comer calls hearing to grill DC mayor, police over GWU protests
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday announced a hearing set for May 8 focused on the pro-Palestinian protests at the George Washington University (GWU), calling Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel ...The Hill - Politics -
Gun control groups call on Congress to undo background check change for veterans
Congress has created an "enormous threat to the safety and well-being of veterans" by blocking Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reports of mental incompetency from entering the federal background check system, gun reform groups said in a letter ...The Hill - Politics -
Trump calls Columbia protest raid "beautiful thing to watch"
With former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial in recess on Wednesday, Trump hit the campaign trail in Wisconsin. CBS News campaign reporter Olivia Rinaldi has the details.CBS News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Republicans Call on NPR’s Chief, Katherine Maher, to Testify on Bias
Katherine Maher, the radio network’s new chief executive, has been in the spotlight since an editor published an essay accusing the organization of leftward-leaning bias.The New York Times - Business - Republican Party -
Several college protests turn violent; police called in to clear encampments
Violence erupted between protesters and counter-protesters at UCLA late Tuesday night, just hours after the NYPD moved in and arrested dozens of protesters who had occupied a building on the Columbia University campus. Lilia Luciano has the latest ...CBS News - Top stories -
A veteran activist joined Columbia protesters. Police call her a ‘professional agitator.’
As pro-Palestinian student protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York City early Tuesday, one person in the crowd outside stood out — a gray-haired woman who delivered orders to young people helping to barricade a door.NBC News - Top stories -
Co-op Live chaos continues as Olivia Rodrigo gigs cancelled
The star is "bummed" to be the latest act to fall foul of problems at Manchester's troubled new arena.BBC News - Top stories -
Biden calls U.S. ally Japan ‘xenophobic,’ along with China and Russia
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that U.S. ally Japan was struggling economically because of xenophobia, along with other countries such as China and Russia.NBC News - Top stories - Joe Biden -
Ex-Tesla worker says he lost job despite sacrifices, including sleeping in car
One ex-Tesla employee's post about the shock of losing his job amid a round of layoffs is sparking a workplace debate.CBS News - Top stories -
House Democrats Say They’ll Save Speaker Johnson if He Faces Ouster Vote
Party leaders said their members would join an effort to table any attempt to remove the Republican speaker after he allowed House passage of military aid to Ukraine.The New York Times - Top stories - House -
Trump says he may free every Jan. 6 rioter. His team is eyeing 'case-by-case' pardons.
Former President Donald Trump said he'd "absolutely" consider pardoning every Jan. 6 defendant while his campaign said they'll consider pardons "case-by-case."NBC News - Politics - Donald Trump