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Judge In Trump’s Fraud Case Gets Sent White Powder

NBC News reports: Judge Arthur Engoron, who handed down a $355 million ruling against former President Donald Trump in his civil fraud trial, was sent an envelope containing white powder on Wednesday, causing an emergency response at his New York City courthouse, a source with direct knowledge of the incident confirmed to NBC News. The judge and his staff were …

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Meadows Loses Appeal To Move Trial To Federal Court

USA Today reports: A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to reconsider former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request to move his Georgia racketeering charges to federal court, where he has argued the charges should be dismissed. Meadows, one of former President Donald Trump’s 14 remaining co-defendants in the case, had argued that he should be shielded from state …

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Florida DOH Attacks “Politicizing” Of Measles Outbreak

The right wing Florida’s Voice reports: The Florida Department of Health scathed media outlets for false reporting and “politicizing” on new measles cases in multiple schools across the state. There have reportedly been at least 10 cases, and some have slammed the department and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo for urging parental discretion on determining whether to keep their child home …

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BREAKING: McConnell To Step Down As Senate Leader

The Associated Press reports: Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November. McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wednesday in the well of the Senate, a place where …

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ABC: Trump To Offer $100M Bond In $465M Judgment

ABC News reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking to pause the enforcement of the penalties in his civil fraud trial, telling the court that he intends to post a bond of only $100 million — well short of the $464 million judgment ordered by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron. Engoron’s judgment ordered Trump to pay a …

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“Star Witness” Flames Out In His Fani Willis Testimony

The Washington Post reports: A lawyer billed as the “star witness” in the case to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) testified Tuesday that it was mere “speculation” when he told a defense attorney that Willis began a romantic relationship in 2019 with the outside lawyer she appointed to lead the case against Donald Trump, years earlier …

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Hunter Biden Excoriates GOP In Opening Statement

Mediaite has the transcript: I am here today to provide the Committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business. Not while I was a practicing lawyer, not in my investments or transactions domestic or international, not as a board member, and not as an …

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Study: 50% In Some States Back Christian Nationalism

Religion News Service reports: A new report released Wednesday (Feb. 28) found that roughly 3 in 10 Americans express some sympathy for Christian nationalism, with its greatest popularity concentrated in the Southeast and Upper Midwest. The findings appear in a study from the Public Religion Research Institute, which probed public support for Christian nationalism as part of a broader survey …

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Wildfires Sweep Texas Panhandle, Evacuations Ordered

USA Today reports: The second-largest wildfire in Texas history continued to rip across the Texas Panhandle along with other major blazes on Wednesday, prompting evacuations, school closures and a temporary shut down of the nation’s primary nuclear weapons facility. The blazes began on Monday but spread quickly the following day as strong winds, dry conditions and unseasonably high temperatures, which …

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