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VP Stakes: Trump meeting with potential running mates this weekend

Former President Donald Trump moves from the courtroom in New York City to the banquet rooms in South Florida on Friday, as he headlines a gathering of top Republican donors and teams up with potential running mates. Trump starts his day in a Manhattan courtroom, where the former president is being tried on nearly three-dozen state felony charges for falsifying …

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'Damning' report details Biden admin’s Big Tech 'censorship' push

Internal communications of executives from Big Tech companies reveal “damning discoveries” of the Biden administration’s attempt to muzzle the platforms, a new House committee report published this week revealed. Following House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) subpoena last year, tech giants like Google-parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft were investigated regarding their communications with the federal government. Jordan said …

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Democratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election

ATLANTA (AP) — Several Democrats serving as their state’s top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In the letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the secretaries of state from Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Vermont …

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Matt Gaetz blasts House antisemitism legislation as 'ridiculous hate speech bill'

Rep.Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., railed against the House’s antisemitism legislation on Wednesday, blasting it as a “ridiculous hate speech bill” before the legislation was ultimately passed. The Antisemitism Awareness Act aims to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses and would expand the legal definition of antisemitism used to enforce anti-discrimination laws. The bill comes at a time when anti-Israel protests …

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Biden condemns violent anti-Israel protests, won't call up National Guard

President Biden broke his silence on Thursday regarding the anti-Israel demonstrations that are roiling colleges and universities around the nation, condemning the violence that has broken out and saying that “order must prevail.” “We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent. The American people are heard. In fact, peaceful protest is in the best tradition …

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NYPD chief scolds 'defund the police' lawmaker after she criticized police clearing out Columbia

A high-ranking NYPD chief has ripped a “defund the police” radical New York City lawmaker who he accused of hating the city and being a “colossal disgrace” after she slammed the force for dismantling the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University on Tuesday. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell on Wednesday responded to a post by socialist City Councilor Tiffany Cabán, …

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NY v Trump to resume with gag order hearing after Trump fined $9K, threatened with jail time

The judge presiding over former President Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial will hold a hearing Thursday morning to consider the remaining alleged gag order violations after fining the 2024 presumptive Republican nominee $9,000 and threatening him with jail time. Trump’s criminal trial is set to resume at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Court does not meet on Wednesdays. JUDGE FINES TRUMP THOUSANDS OVER …

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Thune targets IRS staff's use of personal devices after reported failure to comply with TikTok ban

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Republican Whip John Thune of South Dakota is looking to restrict the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’) use of a program that allows some employees to work from their personal devices, after a recent government report showed the agency had not fully complied with the ban of TikTok on federal devices. The South Dakota Republican, who is …

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Anti-Israel agitators join pro-Israel counterprotesters in embarrassing moment for Biden

Anti-Israel agitators and a pro-Israel crowd found unlikely unity during a demonstration at the University of Alabama. On college and university campuses across the country, heated protests have resulted in violent beatings, pepper spray and campus takeovers – but in Alabama, two opposing groups remained peaceful and rallied together against President Biden. “F— Joe Biden,” both groups apparently chanted in …

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'Gutless' vote on bill to undo Biden's Alaska energy 'sanctions' could doom Dem in tough race

Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is facing renewed criticism from her GOP challengers for refusing to take a stand against the Biden administration’s agenda, which they claim will harm Alaska’s “resource development” and “economic prosperity” in the United States. The current frustrations with Peltola, the only Democrat to hold statewide office in Alaska, came after she voted “present” on a bill …

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