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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump is the first former US president to face criminal trial, and on Monday his defense as well as New York prosecutors presented their opening arguments in the closely-watched case. The trial is a watershed moment for the country, coming in the run up to November's election -- and it could feature several high-profile witnesses and explosive, salacious testimony. Here are the key characters linked to the trial, which focuses on an alleged hush money payment to a porn star and Trump's alleged business fraud as part of a plan to cover up those payments. Donald TrumpTru...
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Washington (AFP) - Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn. They were responding to yet another hoax, increasingly seen as a tool of intimidation in a crucial election year. In recent months, election workers, judges, and politicians -- on both sides of the aisle -- have been "swatted," a potentially deadly prank when a caller triggers a large law enforcement response after reporting a false violent crime. The shenanigans have stoked concern in the build up to the widely anticipated Nove...
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Phoenix (AFP) - When two volunteers from the Biden-Harris presidential campaign knocked on Davine Cortez's door in Arizona, the businesswoman -- who is not usually interested in politics -- was hesitant to talk to them. But when she realized they were collecting signatures to protect the right to abortion in the southwestern US state, Cortez opened the front door wide. "I'll sign, of course!" she said. The 50-year-old from Phoenix even grabbed a handful of pens to give to the volunteers: "Take these, take these, so that more people can sign," she said. The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday r...
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New York (AFP) - Donald Trump will become the first former US president to face criminal trial Monday, a watershed moment for the country as November's presidential election approaches. The process to select the jury which will decide the case gets underway first, with a cast of key players expected in court as the case develops. Here are the key characters linked to the trial: Donald TrumpFormer president Trump's successful 2016 run for the White House is at the heart of the case. Prosecutors allege that as he closed in on victory in 2016, he paid $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels to...
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Washington (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund confirmed Thursday that its current managing director is the only candidate to lead the global financial institution once her first term expires later this year. With the period for submitting nominations closing one day earlier, "One candidate, the current Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, has been nominated," the IMF said in a statement. The announcement makes Georgieva's return to the top job at the IMF almost certain once her term ends on September 30. Under a controversial, decades-old agreement between Europe and the ...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden may be a regular churchgoer, but his challenger Donald Trump, who rarely appears in church and spent Easter raging at opponents, is the only candidate comparing himself to Jesus Christ. Biden is a lifelong Catholic who attends Mass most Sundays and has talked often about the importance of religious faith in his personal life. To mark Easter, he issued a proclamation on "the power of hope and the promise of Christ's Resurrection." However, Trump -- who before entering politics reveled in his image as a playboy tycoon -- now talks loudest about God and, des...
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Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump said Sunday he favors a national abortion ban after a certain number of weeks, with exceptions -- but did not confirm how many weeks, leaving his stance on a top US election issue murky. The former president said that he would "soon" issue a proposal on the number of weeks at which a ban should be implemented, as he spoke to "MediaBuzz" on Fox News days after becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for November's White House race. Trump was asked about a New York Times article from February that said he had told advisers he liked the idea of a 16-week nation...
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New York (AFP) - New York has begun rolling out a large-scale organic waste collection program, but the landmark initiative has upset many of the local groups that previously handled composting, who say they now face critical funding cuts. John Surico, a resident of the Queens borough, started separating his food scraps seven years ago. At the time, he carried his organic waste -- which he stored frozen in his refrigerator -- across his neighborhood to a collection site. "It was a commitment," he told AFP recently. "But now, all I have to do is go downstairs." After Queens and Brooklyn, New Yo...
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New York (AFP) - Much speculation has swirled around megastar Taylor Swift's potential power in the US presidential election, and on Tuesday she toe-dipped in, urging her fans to vote. Swift, one of the world's most famous and most-discussed artists, did not urge her loyal Swifties towards any particular political position or candidate, instead focusing on the importance of casting one's ballot. "Today, March 5, is the Presidential Primary in Tennessee and 16 other states and territories," the 34-year-old wrote on Instagram, referencing the state she spent much of her youth living in. "I wante...
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Washington (AFP) - Former US president Donald Trump met leaders of one of the country's largest labor unions on Wednesday as he seeks the backing of blue-collar America in his bid for a stunning White House return. The sit-down with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington came with Trump, a Republican, hoping to leach away support for Democratic President Joe Biden among manual laborers as the pair look set for a rematch in November's election. Republicans are the less labor-friendly of the two parties, but many of their conservative social policies have been able to resonate...
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