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TODAY: Jury Selection In Hunter Biden’s Gun Trial

The Guardian reports: Hunter Biden goes on trial in Delaware on Monday on gun charges in a case that could prove an embarrassment to his father, Joe Biden, and hand a political weapon to Republicans desperate for a distracting issue in the wake of Donald Trump’s 34-count conviction last week. Prosecutors allege that Biden lied about his drug use on …

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Mexico Elects Its First Female President [VIDEO]

Reuters reports: Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become Mexico’s first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph. Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won the presidency with between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a …

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Senate To Vote Wednesday On Protecting Birth Control

Axios reports: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the chamber will vote on a bill to protect a person’s ability to access contraceptives this Wednesday. Schumer wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter released Sunday: “Democrats will be putting reproductive freedoms front and center.” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Wade that the bench should reconsider …

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CNN: Trump Did Say “Lock Her Up” Many Times

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reports: Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a new interview that he didn’t make a “lock her up” call for the imprisonment of his Democratic opponent of the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton. During campaign rallies in 2016, Trump sometimes paused his remarks as his supporters engaged in chants of “lock her up,” giving the …

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Sheila Jackson Lee Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, the congresswoman shared in a Sunday statement on social media platform X. “My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis for pancreatic cancer,” Jackson Lee said. “I am currently undergoing treatment to battle this disease that impacts tens of thousands of Americans every year.” Jackson Lee, …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: ABBA fans had not necessarily expected to see the group together again. But the prospect of being knighted brought all four members back together again Friday in their native Sweden, as they showed up at the royal palace in Stockholm to be honored by the king and queen. Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Benny Andersson were …

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Trump Joins TikTok, Which He Once Attempted To Ban

Reuters reports: Within hours of joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had attracted over 2 million followers on the short video social media platform that he tried to ban as president on national security grounds. Trump posted a launch video on his account, which has the address @realdonaldtrump, on Saturday night. The video, which has more than 34 million …

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Trump Claims He Woud Be “Okay” With Jail Time But That It Might Be “Breaking Point” For Cultists [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Former President Trump said he would be “okay” with being sentenced to either house arrest or jail time after he was convicted last week on 34 felony counts in New York. When asked on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends” how he deals with the prospect of being sentenced to house arrest or jail, Trump said, “I’m OK …

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