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 CNNSen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) shrugged off the "catch-and-kill" scheme at the heart of Donald Trump's hush-money trial on Sunday, claiming that it wasn't a big deal because "a lot of celebrities" had done the same thing with the National Enquirer.
CNN anchor Dana Bash, meanwhile, helpfully reminded the Trump sycophant that those celebrities weren't running for president at the time.
During an appearance on CNN's State of the Union, Graham said that he believes the Supreme Court will likely send Trump's immunity claims back to a lower court to decide which actions fall under the scope of presidential immunity. He also added that it doesn't worry him at all that this could mean the ex-president's criminal cases won't be decided before November's election.
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 CNNCNN anchor Dana Bash decimated her colleague David Urban on Sunday when he insisted that pro-Palestinian protests outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner received no cable news coverage.
"You were inside drinking!" Bash shot back after Urban, a CNN senior political commentator, claimed he never saw CNN's reporting on the demonstrations.
During Sunday's broadcast of CNN's State of the Union, Urban was part of a panel that discussed Saturday evening's dinner, otherwise known as "Nerd Prom." At one point in the conversation, the former Trump campaign adviser contrasted President Joe Biden's struggling poll numbers with the specter of "liberal elites" bashing conservatives at the D.C. gala.
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 AFPAlthough Colin Jost is no stranger to solo stand-up comedy, most of America recognizes him best as part of a duo. He's famous for being the straight-edged "Weekend Update" co-anchor on Saturday Night Live, working alongside the much raunchier, more dangerous Michael Che. How would Jost fare on his own? The answer, it turns out, is perfectly fine. His roast at Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner was nowhere near as brutal as Stephen Colbert's famous WHCD roast in 2006, but it was certainly entertaining.
Jost predictably focused a lot on the speculation that President Joe Biden might be too old to run for re-election, starting off his speech with, "I have to admit, it's not easy following President Biden… I mean, it's not always easy following what he's saying."
The comedian also referenced Biden's viral stumbling on the steps of Air Force One, and made light of the accusations that Biden was high on amphetamines during his recent energetic State of the
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 Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty ImagesLONDON—A crucial difference between the dinosaurs and Britain's ruling Conservative Party is that the dinosaurs had no way of knowing the asteroid was coming. For the Tories, portents of doom abound, with some polling suggesting that an extinction-level event of catastrophic political losses could be on the way in the next general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has signaled that he'll call the election in the second half of the year, and it can legally come no later than January 2025.
With his party trailing the opposition Labour Party by over 20 points, most pundits expect the election will be the end of Tory rule. But will it be the end of the Conservative Party altogether?
Lawmakers will get an early, if imperfect, indication of whether or not a Tory Götterdämmerung is in the making on Thursday, when local elections are held across England and Wales. The complex and varied ballots—which include elections for thousands of local council seats, several regional mayors, and law enforcement officials—will not affect the makeup of the British Parliament and therefore pose a direct threat to Sunak's grip on power. But some Tories fear this could be where the unraveling of th
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 Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen Republican Gov. Kristi Noem proudly bragged about shooting her puppy in her new memoir, what she may have actually done was kill her chance at being Donald Trump's VP. At least this time, it was an accident.
Ever since The Guardian first reported that the MAGA politician, and potential Trump running mate had written a gruesome account about executing her puppy into her new memoir, Noem has been lambasted online, including by several members of her own party.
Alyssa Farrah Griffith, the Trump administration's former director of strategic communications, wrote that she was "horrified" by the story, in a post on X. "A 14-month old dog is still a puppy & can be trained. A large part of bad behavior in dogs is not having proper training from the humans responsible for them."
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 HamasThe militant group Hamas has released footage of 64-year-old American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, still alive after more than 200 days in captivity.
In the video, Siegel and Israeli hostage Omri Miran, 46, appear gaunt and clearly emotionally distressed as they address the camera. The two men speak in Hebrew to identify themselves and say they're hoping for a hostage deal that could allow them to return home, according to a translation by The Times of Israel.
Siegel has been missing since he and his wife, Aviva, were kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 from the Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Aviva Siegel was released during the seven-day November ceasefire and hostage deal.
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 Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesDonald Trump's presidency has served as a wake-up call that our Constitution and our laws were not designed to handle an authoritarian like him. And Thursday's Supreme Court hearing on presidential immunity was yet another reminder of that fact.
It's dangerous to try and divine the court's opinion based on oral arguments; however, the consensus seems to be heading in a direction that says that a president should be immune from prosecution over "official," but not private, acts. On the surface, this seems like a reasonable precedent. After all, we don't want a banana republic where former presidents are unfairly targeted for prosecution after they leave office.
Still, this foreboding thought remains: It is virtually impossible to untwine "official" acts from personal crimes. Someone like Trump can always lie about his motives.
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