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Bitcoin shy of $100,000: Why world's largest cryptocurrency is breaking records daily after Trump's win
1 month ago

Bitcoin shy of $100,000: Why world's largest cryptocurrency is breaking records daily after Trump's win

Firstpost  

Bitcoin, for the first time on Thursday, topped $98,000, extending a record of almost daily all-time highs since Donald Trump’s win in the US Presidential election. Here’s why investors are betting big on the world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin, on November 21, 2024, topped $98,000 for the first time in European trading. Another spike for bitcoin, as the world’s largest and …

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Trump has probation interview ahead of July sentencing
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump has probation interview ahead of July sentencing

Raw Story  

Donald Trump was interviewed by New York's probation service on Monday ahead of his sentencing next month for concealing hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. "President Trump and his legal team are already taking necessary steps to challenge and defeat the lawless Manhattan DA case," said Trump's communications director Steven Cheung. U.S. media reported that Trump -- …

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Election 2024: Voting concludes for 18th Lok Sabha polls; last phase records 60% turnout
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024: Voting concludes for 18th Lok Sabha polls; last phase records 60% turnout

The Hindu  

After six weeks, voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, which began on April 19, concluded with a nearly 60% turnout recorded till 8.45 p.m. in the seventh and last phase on Saturday. While votes cast in the Lok Sabha election and Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha will be counted on June 4 from 8 a.m., counting for …

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Trump already 'playing fast and loose' with facts about the jury's verdict: expert
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump already 'playing fast and loose' with facts about the jury's verdict: expert

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's allies are parroting his claims that the judge in his hush money trial has allowed jurors to choose which crime to convict of committing, but MSNBC's Lisa Rubin explained how the former president is misleading his followers. The quadruple-indicted ex-president claimed New York justice Juan Merchan "is not requiring a unanimous decision on the fake charges," but, in …

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Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune and in Votebeat. Election administration experts and voter advocates say Texas lawmakers need to find a better balance between transparency and voters’ ballot privacy — and clarify the roles county elections administrators and the Secretary of State’s office play in getting there. In a public statement last week, Nelson’s office said county …

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Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump’s hush money trial
8 months ago

Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump’s hush money trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Monday’s opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said the heart of the case is a scheme to …

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In a shock for Europe, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders records a massive win in Dutch elections
1 year, 1 month ago

In a shock for Europe, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders records a massive win in Dutch elections

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge victory in Dutch elections, according to a near complete count of the vote early Thursday, in a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed as a beacon of tolerance. Despite his harsh rhetoric, Wilders has already begun courting other right and center parties by saying …

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In a historic first, former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts
1 year, 8 months ago

In a historic first, former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts

NPR  

In a historic first, former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts Enlarge this image toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP Seth Wenig/AP Former President Donald Trump was charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsification of business records in the first degree. The criminal charges — a historic first against a sitting or former president …

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Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud
1 year, 10 months ago

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and accurately by election …

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Punjab: Sangrur Lok Sabha Bypoll Records 37.01% Voter Turnout
2 years, 6 months ago

Punjab: Sangrur Lok Sabha Bypoll Records 37.01% Voter Turnout

News 18  

A low turnout of 37.01 per cent was recorded in the bypoll to Punjab's Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday, according to official figures. Sangrur had recorded 72.44 per cent voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Following this, the Election Commission asked Punjab's chief secretary and the deputy commissioner of Sangrur to explain why they sought an extension …

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Judge orders Vos to be questioned about election probe
2 years, 11 months ago

Judge orders Vos to be questioned about election probe

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday ordered that Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos sit for a deposition with attorneys for a liberal watchdog group seeking records related to the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 election. Vos last year hired former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who claimed without evidence that the presidential election was stolen, to lead …

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Arizona Senate releases more records of 2020 election review
3 years, 3 months ago

Arizona Senate releases more records of 2020 election review

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Lawyers representing the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate in a review of 2020 election results in the state’s most populous county released a slew of communications between GOP lawmakers, their audit liasions and others under a court order obtained by a watchdog group that is fighting for transparency in the election recount. Among the communications were text messages from a …

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Supreme Court denies Trump bid to block access to tax, financial records
3 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court denies Trump bid to block access to tax, financial records

Live Mint  

Wshongton: The Supreme Court denied former President Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to keep New York prosecutors from seeing his tax returns and other financial records, issuing a one-sentence order Monday with no noted dissents. Mr. Trump then asked the Supreme Court to halt enforcement of the subpoena while he appealed those legal findings; Monday’s decision denied that request. Prosecutors are …

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