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A jury of his peers: A look at how jury selection will work in Donald Trump's first criminal trial

A jury of his peers: A look at how jury selection will work in Donald Trump's first criminal trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy.
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McCormick gets Trump's endorsement in Pennsylvania's Senate race despite awkward history

McCormick gets Trump's endorsement in Pennsylvania's Senate race despite awkward history

Former President Donald Trump endorsed U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick of Pennsylvania on Saturday, urging his supporters in the state to “go out and vote for him” in one of the year’s most hotly contested Senate races.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns Iran's attacks on Israel

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns Iran's attacks on Israel

OTTAWA — Canada "unequivocally condemns" Iran's attacks on Israel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday evening as tensions boiled over between the two countries and pushed the Middle East closer to a region-wide war.
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Trump goes after the judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial begins

Trump goes after the judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial begins

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before what he called a “communist show trial” begins Monday.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes hundreds in Iowa to try for access to November ballot

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes hundreds in Iowa to try for access to November ballot

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a one-day blitz Saturday to gain access to Iowa's presidential ballot as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding question.
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Members of Quebec health care workers union vote against tentative deal with province

Members of Quebec health care workers union vote against tentative deal with province

MONTREAL — Members of a union representing more than 80,000 health care workers in Quebec have decisively rejected a tentative collective agreement with the province that was endorsed by the labour group's leadership.
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Biden wins Wyoming's caucuses, with Democrats in Alaska still to get their say in the nomination

Biden wins Wyoming's caucuses, with Democrats in Alaska still to get their say in the nomination

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Joe Biden nudged further ahead in the Democratic nomination for reelection by winning the party caucuses in Wyoming and was the only choice on the ballot later Saturday in Alaska .
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'Unrepentant' N.B. Tory worker who called for Higgs's leadership review steps down

'Unrepentant' N.B. Tory worker who called for Higgs's leadership review steps down

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick Progressive Conservative party volunteer who spearheaded an unsuccessful effort to trigger a leadership review of Premier Blaine Higgs has resigned from his post.
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Will Biden be on the ballot in Ohio and Alabama? That's up to Republicans

Will Biden be on the ballot in Ohio and Alabama? That's up to Republicans

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden's reelection campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots , as once-mundane procedural negotiations get caught up in the n
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How a hush money scandal tied to a porn star led to Trump’s first criminal trial

How a hush money scandal tied to a porn star led to Trump’s first criminal trial

NEW YORK (AP) — It was the kind of tawdry tale that Donald Trump might have relished before politics: a porn actor claiming they had had sex.
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