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New York (AFP) - Trump's onetime campaign press secretary Hope Hicks on Friday became the first former member of Donald Trump's inner circle to take the witness stand in his historic criminal trial. "I'm really nervous," said Hicks as Trump, sitting just feet away, stared at her intently. Hicks was intimately involved with the final stages of Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign when hush money payments to X-rated star Stormy Daniels were allegedly made. Trump is charged with falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to Daniels just day...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A zebra that made a break for freedom while being transported to a petting zoo in the western United States was on the run Friday. The striped African mammal -- named Z -- was one of four that bolted from a trailer on the side of a highway in Washington state on Sunday. Owner Kristine Keltgen was taking the recently acquired creatures to Montana when she pulled over to fix a flapping floor mat. The moment she opened the trailer, the four zebras, all females, took off. "The first thing I thought was, 'Keep them away from the (road),'" Keltgen said, according to US media. "Th...
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New York (AFP) - Pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US campuses for weeks were more muted Friday after a series of clashes with police, mass arrests and a stern White House directive to restore order. Police in Manhattan cleared an encampment at New York University after sunrise, with video posted to social media by an official showing protesters exiting their tents and dispersing when ordered by loudspeaker. The scene appeared relatively calm compared to crackdowns at other campuses around the country -- and some worldwide -- where protests over Israel's war in Gaza have multiplied in ...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden will award the top US civilian honor Friday to a host of Democratic allies some six months before elections, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, secretary of state John Kerry and vice president Al Gore. The 19 winners of the Presidential Medal of Freedom also include Oscar-winning Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky and, posthumously, a Black civil rights leader who was murdered in 1963. The 81-year-old Biden, who faces a tough battle for reelection against Republican former president Donald Trump in November,...
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Washington (AFP) - US job growth was markedly below analyst expectations in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signaling that the labor market is cooling. But with the world's biggest economy adding 175,000 jobs last month according to the Department of Labor, hiring appears still resilient despite the lower reading than 315,000 in March. Analysts had expected growth of 250,000 jobs, according to Briefing.com. The jobless rate edged slightly higher from 3.8 percent in March to 3.9 percent last month. "The great American comeback continues," said US President Joe ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden insisted Thursday that "order must prevail" on college campuses after weeks of turmoil, clashes with police and mass arrests involving student protests against Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Biden, who had remained tight-lipped as the student unrest expanded, spoke just hours after hundreds of police moved in to forcibly clear a sprawling encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, tearing down barriers and detaining more than 200 protestors. For weeks, authorities on campuses from New York to California have tried to thread the needle b...
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Washington (AFP) - Illegal immigration on the US southern border is a top talking point among Republican politicians, but some are taking it a step further by promoting disinformation about non-citizens voting in the presidential election. With the election possibly to be decided by several thousand votes in battleground states, social media has filled up with allegations that foreigners are entering the country to swing the poll in favor of President Joe Biden. AFP has extensively debunked those claims in both English and Spanish, explaining that non-citizens cannot vote in federal elections ...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden broke his silence Thursday on the student protests against Israel's war with Hamas but the US president faces a difficult balancing act to avoid hurting his reelection chances against Donald Trump. "There's the right to protest but not the right to cause chaos," the 81-year-old Democrat said in a televised address from the White House. Biden took a tough, law-and-order tone after police broke up some of the protests that have rocked US college campuses, even as he insisted the United States would not "squash dissent." "Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shut...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Arizona's Democratic governor on Thursday signed a bill overturning an 1864 law banning abortion, a month after the state's supreme court said the Civil War-era rule was valid. Katie Hobbs' move caps a quick turnaround in the swing state, which is expected to play a crucial role in this year's presidential election between incumbent Joe Biden and Donald Trump. "I am proud to sign this bill and provide a moment of relief for Arizonans," said Hobbs in a video posted on social media. "We still have work to do." When the repeal comes into effect in the summer, terminations will...
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New York (AFP) - The lawyer who negotiated a hush money payment from Donald Trump to porn star Stormy Daniels was grilled on Thursday by the former US president's defense attorney, who suggested his activities bordered on "extortion." Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to Daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton. The trial, the first ever of an ex-president, resumed on Thursday after a day off on Wednesday with prosecutors urging Judge Juan Merchan to fine Trump for more violations of a...
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