The crowd was small, by the standards of New York City protests, which routinely draw thousands, but there was plenty of chaos.
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Video: Sen. Collins, while touring Augusta theater, urges calm as Trump is charged with felonies
Susan Collins, speaking at the Colonial Theater in downtown Augusta on Tuesday, also reiterated that the former president is not her first choice for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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EU lashes out at China for support of Russia in Ukraine war
Even if Beijing says it is neutral in the war, President Xi Jinping’s visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow 2 weeks ago had all the visuals and speeches of a meeting among trusted friends.
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Trump is heading to court. Here’s what to expect
Former President Donald Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime.
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Tennessee House moves to expel 3 Democratic reps for joining gun control protest
The extraordinarily rare move resulted in a chaotic and fiery confrontation between lawmakers and supporters opposing the move and has further fractured an already deep political division inside the Tennessee Legislature.
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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts in hush money scheme
The case involves payoffs through an intermediary to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election.
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Legislature takes on gun control, including background checks, waiting period
Lawmakers heard hours of testimony, with supporters saying the bills would help reduce gun violence, while opponents said the bills would infringe on law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment rights.
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Proposals to roll back school vaccine requirements draw crowd to State House
While the bills to reintroduce religious and philosophic exemptions for school vaccines have little chance of passing, advocates on both sides packed a daylong hearing before the Legislature’s Education Committee.
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Abortion rights hang in the balance in most expensive Wisconsin high court race
Liberals have cast the race as a defining moment for their side to potentially overturn the state’s 1849 abortion ban law and redraw maps created by Republicans that have led to them increasing their control of the Legislature.
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Immigration reform is mired in politics a decade after Gang of 8’s big push
President Biden endorsed a sweeping immigration package on his Inauguration Day, but it went nowhere in Congress.