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 Reuters/Evelyn HocksteinHunter Biden's lawyers motioned Monday to again ask a judge to push back his federal gun trial that's slated to begin next month in Delaware, arguing in part there's no need for the case to push forward so quick.
His lawyers are also arguing the trial, scheduled to begin June 3, would push too close to a separate trial the president's son faces in California on tax charges.
"There is no urgency in having an immediate trial of Robert Hunter Biden, but the district court is pressing forward with a June 3, 2024 trial and imposing all the pretrial burdens that come with that," Biden's lawyers wrote in Monday's filing.
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President Biden said it was "outrageous" that ICC prosecutor Karim Khan had applied for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, while some liberal Democrats cheered the court's move.
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 Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDonald Trump followed up his endorsement by the National Rifle Association on Saturday with a speech stoking fears of the government under Joe Biden "coming for your guns" and a bizarre monologue set to dramatic music resembling a song favored by QAnon.
Addressing thousands of members of the NRA at their annual meeting in Texas, the former president stuck to his usual talking points, hailing the reversal of Roe v. Wade as an "amazing thing," comparing himself to Al Capone, and insisting "genius" runs in his bloodline.
Then, as he wound down, in a disorienting shift, sentimental music began to play and Trump furrowed his brow and shook his head to deliver the grim message that America is "a failing nation."
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President Biden has tried to contain a surge of migration by embracing, or at least tolerating, some of his predecessor's approaches.
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