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Biden’s star-studded NYC fundraiser raises more than $25M where photo with him, Clinton, Obama costs $100K

President Biden appeared with his predecessors — former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — at a star-studded fundraiser in New York City on Thursday night expected to fetch more than $25 million toward his re-election campaign. The one-night event was held at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. More than 5,000 people were expected at the sold-out gala. The event isn’t cheap.

CNN’s King: Some Crime Is Up, But Trump’s Trying to Exploit ‘Disconnect’ Between Perceptions and Stats

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” CNN Chief National Correspondent John King reacted to 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attending the wake of a slain NYPD officer by stating that “there’s a disconnect between the crime
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Gen. Charles Q. Brown Confirms: U.S. Denying Israel Some Weapons

General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed Thursday that the U.S. is not providing Israel with all of the weapons it has requested for its war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
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Biden highway climate rule struck down by Texas judge: ‘Unauthorized’

A U.S. judge ruled against the Biden administration in a decision about a highway climate rule on Wednesday.The rule was issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in December 2023. It requires states to measure and report the greenhouse gas emissions from any vehicles using the U.S. highway system.The rule also asked states to establish declining carbon dioxide targets, and to report back about progress on those goals.

Kentucky bill calling for harsher criminal penalties heads to governor’s desk

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand before final passage warned the measure would carry a hefty price tag with no assurances that a tougher approach will lower crime.The House voted 75-23 after another long debate to send the measure to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. The massive legislation is a priority for many in the GOP supermajority legislature.

Deceased North Dakota AG’s emails found, released

Thousands of emails of North Dakota’s late attorney general have been released by his successor — long-sought records mired in controversy and previously thought gone forever.Attorney General Drew Wrigley released about 2,000 emails with redactions on Wednesday. Another 6,000 emails and untold text messages remain to be reviewed and released, he said.

Former Watergate prosecutor calls Trump gag order ‘so unusual’: ‘This never happens’

Nick Akerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, said that in his 50-some years in law, he has never seen a gag order like the one imposed on former President Trump in his hush money payments case this week. New York Judge Juan Merchan issued the gag order on Tuesday following a request from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.”This is so unusual,” Akerman told CNN’s Fredericka Whitfield on Wednesday.