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Biden, Trump win Kentucky primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end

by JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press May 21, 2024May 22, 2024

After Tuesday, 8 presidential nominating contests will remain: Democrats in Idaho, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Virgin Islands, and both parties in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

Health, Nation & World, News, Politics

Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception, then backpedals

by CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

This is the first time Donald Trump has suggested he would have a policy on contraception since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion 2 years ago.

Business, Nation & World

Trump or Biden? Either way, U.S. seems poised to preserve heavy tariffs on imports

by PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

The one thing they both seem to agree on is the view that opening the country to more imports has wiped out American manufacturing jobs.

Nation & World, Politics

Defense rests without Trump taking witness stand in hush money trial

by MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether the former president is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Nation & World, Politics

Trump’s social media account shares campaign video with headline about ‘unified Reich’

by MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

It was shared on the former president’s Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial.

France Cannes 2024 The Apprentice Red Carpet

Arts & Entertainment

‘The Apprentice,’ about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes

by JAKE COYLE Associated Press May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

The film, directed by the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Judge in Trump’s hush money trial threatened to throw witness out of court for behavior on stand

by MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

Donlald Trump’s lawyers also pressed the Judge to stop the case from going to the jury and throw out the charges after prosecutors concluded their presentation of evidence.