Key moments from Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s immunity claims
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by Associated Press
9m ago
WASHINGTON >> There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling “for the ages” and of the Founding Fathers, too. The presidential race went unmentioned but was not far from mind ..read more
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Prosecutors say Trump continues to violate gag order
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by Associated Press
6h ago
NEW YORK >> Prosecutors said today that Donald Trump again violated a gag order in his hush money trial, as the criminal case resumed on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions taken during his time as president ..read more
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Key committee passes Hawaii vacation rentals bill
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by Dan Nakaso
13h ago
The full House and Senate will now consider the question of whether to allow each county to determine how — if at all — to regulate short-term vacation rentals on their islands, including the possibility of outlawing them ..read more
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Compromise committee draft for state budget bill reached
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by Andrew Gomes
13h ago
Hawaii House and Senate leaders resolved their differences over spending priorities Tuesday evening, settling on a conference committee draft of the state budget bill that appropriates $19.2 billion for operations during the fiscal year beginning July 1 ..read more
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Ocean Safety chief placed on administrative leave, city says
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by Ian Bauer
13h ago
John Titchen, Honolulu’s Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services Division chief since 2018, has been placed on administrative leave without pay effective Tuesday, the city confirmed ..read more
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Hawaii lawmakers advance vacation rental bill to final votes
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by Dan Nakaso
22h ago
A bill that gives counties the clear authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals, including the power to ban them, unanimously passed out of a joint House-Senate conference committee today ahead of a vote by the full House and Senate next week ..read more
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Grand jury indicts 11 who falsely declared Trump won Arizona in 2020
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by Associated Press
22h ago
PHOENIX >> Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election were charged today with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, marking the fourth state to bring charges against “fake electors ..read more
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Trump named as unindicted conspirator in Michigan election interference case
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by New York Times
1d ago
Former President Donald Trump was named as an unindicted co-conspirator today in the investigation by the Michigan attorney general’s office into interference in the 2020 election ..read more
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Biden approves $95B war aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
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by Associated Press
1d ago
WASHINGTON >> President Joe Biden signed into law today a $95 billion war aid measure that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and that also has a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in the U.S ..read more
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Maui mayor seeks more funding to cover Lahaina disaster costs
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by Andrew Gomes
1d ago
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen is making an overtime plea to state lawmakers for more Lahaina wildfire recovery funding ..read more
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