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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A New York City hospital fired a Palestinian American Muslim nurse after she called Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide” during an acceptance speech for an award for her work with bereaved mothers who lost their children during pregnancy and childbirth. A spokesperson of the hospital, NYU Langone Health, …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. After deliberations over two days, the 12-member jury announced it …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After the jury in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial returns a verdict, the judge likely will lift his gag order barring the Republican presidential candidate from speaking publicly about witnesses, jurors and others involved in the case. The former U.S. president has complained about the gag order …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for illegally covering up a hush money payment to a porn star will not prevent the Republican candidate from pursuing his campaign to retake the White House, even if he were sentenced to prison before the Nov. 5 election.  Here’s why. HOW CAN TRUMP BE PRESIDENT …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Adult film star Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump told her in 2006 that having sex with him was the only way she would get out of the “trailer park.” Nearly two decades later, she testified against Trump as a crucial witness for the prosecutors who won the first-ever criminal conviction …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump emerged a convicted felon on Thursday from the first of four criminal cases he faces, but it is also the only trial the 2024 presidential hopeful is likely to undergo before the Nov. 5 U.S. election. A jury found him guilty of falsifying business records to conceal …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order next week to curb migration along the U.S. southern border with Mexico, two sources familiar with the plans said on Thursday. Biden’s order will likely shut off asylum requests and deny entrance to migrants once a daily threshold is exceeded, …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. government is nearing an agreement to fund a late-stage trial of Moderna’s mRNA pandemic bird flu vaccine, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as an H5N1 outbreak spreads through egg farms and among cattle herds. The federal funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) could come as soon …

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