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DA Bragg wants to bring up Trump’s past cases if Trump testifies Apr 18, 2024

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If Donald Trump opts to testify at his New York criminal trial, Manhattan prosecutors want to use his past legal run-ins to discredit him to the jury. In a filing released Wednesday, prosecutors for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office say they’ll ask the former president about the recent verdicts against him, including the recent civil fraud trial with the New York attorney general, where a judge found Trump and his company liable for committing persistent and repeated fraud by inflating the value of his assets to get better loan rates.

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Trump rails against criminal trial on social media Apr 17, 2024

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On day two of the Trump hush money trial seven jurors were placed on the panel that will decide former President Donald Trump’s guilt or innocence. So far four men and three women have been selected to serve on the jury that will ultimately consider 34 counts of falsifying business records against Trump. Trump’s courtroom conduct got him once again – briefly – in hot water with a judge.

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Israel vows response to Iran’s attack: “face the consequences” Apr 16, 2024

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After day one of Trump’s hush money trail, more than half of first batch of prospective jurors say they can’t be fair and impartial, the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape can’t be played, but Karen McDougal, an actress and model who alleged she also had an affair with Trump, will be allowed to testify. Plus, the world awaits Israel’s response to Iran’s retaliatory strikes from over the weekend.

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The DEI debate: necessary policy or flawed strategy? Apr 13, 2024

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Judge Juan Merchan has rejected yet another attempt by former President Trump to delay his criminal hush money trial set to begin in New York on Monday. Merchan issued an order denying a motion from Trump’s attorneys to delay the trial due to excessive pretrial publicity. Plus, a roundtable discussion on DEI and why it is dividing America.

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O.J. Simpsons dies at 76 Apr 12, 2024

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O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster whose athletic achievements and fame were eclipsed by his 1995 trial in the brutal killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, has died of cancer, his family announced Thursday on X. He was 76. Murder trial witness, Kato Kaelin, a friend of Nicole Simpson, joins to discuss the impact and legacy of the trial.

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Monday: jury selection begins in Trump’s New York trial Apr 11, 2024

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Sen. Raphael Warnock joins to discuss the hot-button issue of abortion after Trump and Biden both weigh-in. Plus, for the third time in three days, a New York appellate judge has denied an attempt by former President Donald Trump to delay his hush money trial.

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Parents of school shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in prison Apr 10, 2024

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The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. Plus, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life – a significant ruling that will make a Civil War-era abortion law enforceable in the state.

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Trump jurors to be asked if they support QAnon, Proud Boys Apr 09, 2024

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CNN has obtained the jury questionnaire in Trump’s New York hush case. Prospective jurors will be quizzed on their feelings about Trump and asked if they or anyone in their circle have ever been to a Trump rally or worked or volunteered for a Trump presidential campaign, the Trump presidential administration, or any other political entity affiliated with Trump. But they won’t be asked explicitly what political party they belong to, who they’ve voted for or who they have made political contributions to. Plus, Donald Trump elaborated on his position on abortion, saying it should be left to individual states to determine abortion legislation.

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Trump loses bid to dismiss classified docs case Apr 05, 2024

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Former President Donald Trump was dealt two major setbacks Thursday in his efforts to derail the criminal cases against him, with judges in the Georgia election interference case and in the federal classified documents case both rejecting bids by the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee to have those cases thrown out. Plus, musician Ne-Yo joins to discuss AI and music.

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Biden, Netanyahu to hold first call since strike on aid workers Apr 04, 2024

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President Biden faces a red line moment and a high-stakes call over the deadly strike against aid workers in Gaza. Will it change anything? Plus, new footage from inside the raid on Diddy’s home and new reporting on the interviews federal agents are now conducting.

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