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May 18, 2024
USA Today

Dow Closes Above 40,000 for First Time

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new milestone Friday, closing above 40,000 for the first time and underscoring the stock market's resilience despite volatile inflation and uncertainty surrounding rate cuts.
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Associated Press

IDF Found Bodies of 3 Hostages

The Israeli military found the bodies of three hostages, including Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Itzhak Gelerenter, killed by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on the Nova music festival near Gaza.
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New York Post

Trump Wants Biden Drug Tested

Donald Trump demanded on Friday that Joe Biden be drug tested ahead of the two presidential debates. The former president cited the incumbent’s State of the Union, alleging that Biden was “high as a kite”.
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The Hill

Durbin Calls for Alito Recusal

Dick Durbin called on Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from all cases related to the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, after it was reported an upside-down American flag was flown outside his home.
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Wall Street Journal

Flag-Waving at the Supreme Court

The political left will never forgive Justice Samuel Alito for writing the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, and so like Justice Clarence Thomas he will be attacked to the end of his days.
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Reuters

Complaint Dismissed Against Merchan

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Yahoo!

Why the Race Remains a Stalemate

According to the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll, Trump and Biden are tied at 45% apiece among registered voters — just like last month, and (statistically speaking) just like every month before since Sept.
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Fox News

Trumps Attend Barron’s Graduation

Photos have captured Donald Trump and his wife Melania appearing together Friday at their son Barron’s high school graduation in Florida during a break in the former president’s New York criminal trial.
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Entertainment Weekly

Coppola New Movie: Epic or a Mess?

Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," a futuristic epic about an architect with the ability to start and stop time who envisions a harmonious New York, premiered at Cannes to mixed reviews.
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People

Wife of Chiefs Owner Weighs In

In the wake of the controversy surrounding Harrison Butker’s commencement address, the wife of Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt is supporting many of the same values the kicker championed in his speech.
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CBS News

Suspect Arrested in Buscemi Attack

Williams is facing two counts of assault. One is a misdemeanor, but the attack on Buscemi was upgraded to a felony because he's 66 years old, which makes him a senior citizen in the eyes of the law.
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Hollywood Reporter

Dabney Coleman Gone at 92

Dabney Coleman, the popular comic actor from 9 to 5, Tootsie and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman whose many redeeming qualities including a knack for portraying characters who had none, has died. He was 92.
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