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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty The eternal victim of our time, Donald Trump, wants you to know that he is a deeply misunderstood man. The former president, who incited the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, is offended that anyone would think that he was talking about violence when he used the word "bloodbath."
On social media Monday morning, Trump lashed out at the "Fake News Media, and their Democrat Partners in the destruction of our Nation," for distorting what he said at a rally Saturday in Vandalia, Ohio.
When he warned that there would be "bloodbath" if he wasn't elected, Trump insisted, "he was simply referring to imports allowed by Crooked Joe Biden, which are killing the automobile industry."
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Jay Paul/ReutersDonald Trump once again pushed an antisemitic trope during a radio interview Monday, claiming that Jews who vote for Democrats "hate Israel" and "their religion."
Appearing on former Trump White House aide Sebastian Gorka's show on the Salem Radio Network, Trump was asked about some Democrats' comments that have been critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week, for instance, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called Netanyahu one of several "major obstacles" to peace between Israel and Palestine, and said he supported an election to replace him.
"Why is it, seemingly, that this administration, including Chuck Schumer in the Senate, so hate the man that Israel chose as their prime minister?" Gorka asked. "Why do the Democrats hate Benjamin Netanyahu?"
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Former Trump aide Peter Navarro is scheduled to report to federal prison in Miami before 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Couy Griffin will not be able to return to his seat as a county commissioner, which he was removed from under the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Couy Griffin Supreme Court rejects appeal by New Mexico official ousted from office over Jan. 6
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Lack of transparency, barred candidates, and vote-stuffing allegations marred the election's legitimacy.
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The NRA said a former New York official violated the First Amendment by targeting the group.
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Reuters/Handout/Vyacheslav Gladkov via TelegramRussia has allegedly lost 600 men in the attacks on its border regions in recent days, and the operation has hindered Vladimir Putin's war efforts by keeping his troops distracted, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
The armed offensive—waged by three anti-Kremlin Russian militia groups earlier this month—has also left more than 800 Russians wounded, according Andrii Yusov, a representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense's Main Intelligence Directorate. Speaking on a telethon Monday, Yusov added that 20 Russian armored vehicles and seven tanks have been damaged in the attacks, which he described as having caused "serious enemy losses."
The militia groups—the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps, and the Siberian Battalion—have said that the intended goal of their campaign is to bring an end to
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The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment by encouraging entities to break ties with the group after the Parkland mass shooting.
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyRussian President Vladimir Putin continued to maintain his unrelenting grip on power through the latest sham election, in which none of the other contenders had any hopes, plans or even dreams of winning. The only peace candidate, Boris Nadezhdin, was threatened by top pro-Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov and prevented from participating in the election. Some of his supporters are now being arrested and their homes are being searched by law enforcement. The main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, died suddenly in prison, just in time for Putin's big show.
Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), who ended up in the last place, hammered home the obvious, as he said during a TASS press conference, "In these elections, the main point is not victory but participation." Slutsky added, "This percentage—the difference between the three candidates—does not matter in the slightest. It matters that we participated in the historic campaign for the Russian presidential election, which once again
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyPortions of the internet spent Monday pondering the following question: if the most famous woman in the world, whose whereabouts has prompted the exchange of countless billions of terrabytes of data in recent weeks, went to a kids' sports match and farm shop over the weekend, wouldn't someone have got a photo?
The grand enigma of the whereabouts and wellbeing of Princess Kate Middleton got even more curious Monday morning, when the Sun carried a front page picture of a happy looking Kate accompanied by the headline that she had been "seen out with (husband Prince) William" at a sports event for her kids and at a local farm shop in Windsor on a "public trip."
Only one problem; this juicy royal apple had a worm. As a community "context" note swiftly appended to the Sun's X post made clear: "This post and accompanying image are misleading. The photo of Kate used here is from last autumn. Kate was not seen by any verified sources and there are no photographs of her ‘public trip.'"
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The comments, on a conservative radio program, echo an antisemitic trope and escalate claims he made as president that were widely criticized.
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Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesAn attempt by Donald Trump to block Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen from testifying at his upcoming criminal trial in New York was thrown out on Monday by the judge overseeing the case.
The former president's legal team had requested both Daniels and Cohen's testimony be barred, saying in a filing last month that Cohen was a liar and that Daniels is an opportunist.
"Similar to Cohen, she seeks to tell contrived stories with salacious details of events she claimed occurred nearly 20 years ago," his lawyers wrote.
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With President Biden and former president Donald Trump assured of their parties' nominations, Tuesday's primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio will feature key down-ballot races.
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Jane Barlow/Pool via ReutersWhen Catherine, Princess of Wales was spotted at a local farm shop near her family's home in Windsor, England on Saturday, tabloid stories about the sighting of the recently reclusive royal were oddly devoid of any photographic proof. Royal fans, well-wishers, and the growing contingent of conspiracy theorists wildly speculating about Kate's disappearance from the public eye since undergoing abdominal surgery late last year just had to take their word for it.
But on Monday afternoon, a 38-second video purportedly showing the outing was finally published in tandem by The Sun and TMZ—though neither outlet gave a reason for the delay.
The cell phone footage appears to capture Kate walking alongside her husband, Prince William, in leggings and a sweatshirt. The Sun, describing her as "relaxed and happy," reported that the footage had been obtained "just hours" after its initial report about the shopping trip was published on Sunday.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Relatives of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have pointedly backed President Biden as their family member pursues a White House bid that they've condemned as "dangerous."
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We get an update from Rafah as the World Food Programme warns of worsening catastrophic hunger in the Gaza Strip and Israel continues to block most aid from entering the territory. Despite growing international criticism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans for a full-scale ground invasion of Rafah, where over 1.4 million Palestinians are penned in after repeated forced evacuations from elsewhere in Gaza since October 7. "I'm hoping from the U.S. government to put a serious pressure on the Israeli government in order to prevent such a catastrophe," says Mohammed Abu Lebda, a poet and translator from Rafah, who says an Israeli ground invasion could kill up to 100,000 more Palestinians. Abu Lebda describes the daily hardships in Rafah, including the severe mental toll, Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza has unleashed. "I'm not sure that I'm going to be the person that I used to be before the war," he says. "I'm 100% sure that I was changed, and I was changed forever."
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Kemi Badenoch says a "small minority" of MPs calling for a new prime minister should not be allowed to "dominate the news narrative".
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At an international forum, the secretary of state said artificial intelligence's ability to disrupt the global flow of information could prove politically perilous during a year of elections.
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HBO/screengrabJohn Oliver got one quick joke off at Kate Middleton's express during the opening moments of HBO's Last Week Tonight on Sunday. At the top of his quick recap of the week, the fellow Brit cracked, "A certain someone's Adobe free trial expired in a pretty public manner," as the Princess of Wales' now infamously doctored family photo appeared on the screen beside him.
It wasn't quite the 30 minute deep dive into the mystery surrounding Middleton that some viewers may have been hoping for, but the throwaway line perhaps makes more sense when you consider Oliver may have realized he went a little too far earlier last week during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
"I was out. I thought, let's all just ignore this, we've moved on—until the photoshop thing," Oliver said when asked directly about what in the world was happening with the royals. "It feels like you're almost handling badly in an impressive way at this point."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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In a caustic and discursive speech in Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump once again doubled down on a doomsday vision of the United States.
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The California Democrat Ro Khanna pointed to the need for a federal data privacy law, and a Democrat and a Republican in the Senate suggested sympathy for the calls to ban the app.
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The spending watchdog says the costs remain too high and public awareness of the technology remains low.
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The president's campaign and affiliated groups, including the D.N.C., hold a significant cash-on-hand advantage over Donald J. Trump and Republicans, as Mr. Trump continues to spend on legal bills.
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Fox NewsDonald Trump claims he'd be able to end the war in Gaza simply by pressuring Israel to seek out peace.
During an interview with Fox News' MediaBuzz, Trump blasted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and said Israel should disassociate itself from Democrats. He then claimed that he would tell Netanyahu to end the war "quickly," urging the country to move on from a state of violence.
"I think you have to finish it up and do it quickly and get back to the world of peace," Trump told host Howard Kurtz. "We need peace in the world."
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Chris Jackson/Pool via ReutersKate and William "will not be rushed" into talking
Friends of Kate Middleton tell the U.K. Sunday Times that she has been "devastated" by the furore over the doctored Mother's Day image she and Prince William distributed last week showing her and her three children, which caused a frenzy of rumor and speculation about her health—and the state of their marriage. The paper says Kate is now considering revealing details of her health mystery—though how, when, and where are still unknown.
In a detailed report, the paper's royal editor Roya Nikkhah writes that Kate and William have been "shaken" by all the rumors and conjecture, which went into overdrive when the image showed she wasn't wearing her wedding ring.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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A judge has ruled whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the Georgia election subversion case she brought against Donald Trump. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
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The trip made history and offered a vivid look at how the politics of abortion rights have transformed since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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President Biden, saddled with negative poll numbers, keeps saying he intends to run for re-election, but some potential 2024 Democratic White House hopefuls keep raising their profiles
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a series of cases seeking to expand gun rights, showing that even with its conservative majority it remains hesitant about wading into the contentious issue.
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