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Jury choice is about to start at a federal court docket in New York in a civil trial over a author's declare that Donald Trump raped her practically three many years in the past in a division retailer altering room.Former recommendation columnist E Jean Carroll is predicted to testify about an opportunity assembly with the previous president within the mid-Nineties that she alleges turned violent. She has claimed that after working into Mr Trump at Manhattan's Bergdorf Goodman, he invited her to buy with him for a girl's lingerie present earlier than they teased each other to strive on a garment.Ms Carroll has alleged that they ended up alone collectively in a altering room, the place Mr Trump pushed her towards a wall and raped her earlier than she fought him off and fled. ...

Joe Biden has formally introduced that he's working for re-election in 2024, asking voters to offer him extra time to "finish the job".The announcement of his run for the 2024 election comes 4 years to the day since he declared his preliminary bid for the White House by promising to heal the "soul of the nation" amid the turbulent administration of former president Donald Trump. Already the oldest president in historical past - Mr Biden could be 86 on the finish of a second time period.Mr Biden mentioned in a pre-recorded video message: "Personal freedom is fundamental to who we are as Americans. There's nothing more important. Nothing more sacred."That's been the work of my first time period: To battle for our Democracy. Please...

CNN host Don Lemon has been sacked by the cable information community simply two months after apologising for on-air feedback about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley.Chairman and CEO Chris Licht introduced after Lemon had co-hosted Monday's present that they'd "parted ways". However, the presenter insisted he was fired and that the choice was a shock to him."After 17 years at CNN I would have thought someone in management would have the decency to tell me directly," he mentioned on Twitter.The transfer follows a dialogue on CNN This Morning in February with co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins in regards to the ages of politicians. Lemon mentioned Ms Haley was not "in her prime" - insisting for that to be the case she must be "in her 20s, 30s and maybe her 40...

ATLANTA — The prosecutor in Atlanta investigating whether or not then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled within the 2020 election in Georgia stated Monday she expects to announce charging choices within the case this summer season and urged “heightened security.” Fulton County District...

The College Board has introduced adjustments will probably be made to the brand new AP African American course framework amid criticism earlier this yr that the company bowed to political strain and eliminated a number of matters from the framework, together with Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life. ...

It appears I've misplaced a guess.In the Rose Garden yesterday afternoon President Joe Biden replied with only one phrase - "yes" - once I requested him if he would run once more. Many months in the past my colleague and I guess on whether or not or not he'd go for a second time period.My (flawed) logic - that he wouldn't - was based mostly merely on his age.My assumption was that his spouse, First Lady Jill Biden, would counsel him that he'd achieved sufficient in his first time period and that it was time to take a again seat; let another person full his work. After all, he can be 82 on the time of re-election and nearer 90 on the finish of the second time period.I've already been accused of ageism for elevating this level, nevertheless it's legit to debate the difficulty, ...

At least seven demonstrators have been arrested on the Montana State Capitol on Monday after a raucous crowd interrupted the legislature with a loud protest to assist a transgender lawmaker who was suspended from talking on the ground for incendiary remarks. Rep. Zooey Zephyr, 34, was proven elevating a mi...

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by 30 information organizations to carry a gag order within the felony case of a person accused of stabbing 4 University of Idaho college students to dying. The excessive courtroom didn't weigh in on whether or not the gag order, which pro...

President Biden has nominated Gen. Randy George, the Army’s present vice chief of employees, to take excessive place after this summer time’s retirement of Gen. James McConville as Army chief of employees. According to the Congressional Record, the Senate acquired Gen. George’s nomination for the highest A...

Senate Democrats introduced Monday that they'll drive a vote this week on a measure that might try to revive the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by retroactively eradicating the ratification deadline. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer made the announcement in New York, saying the necessity...