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Two unnamed sources close to Clinton recently told The Washington Post that the 2016 Democratic nominee is still considering entering the 2020 presidential race as a Democrat, potentially to have another shot at defeating President Donald Trump. The New York Times on Tuesday also reported that Clinton has privately indicated in recent weeks that she would consider a 2020 bid for the presidency if she believed she could win. According to the newspaper, Clinton is skeptical that would be the case....

McDougal’s lawyer, Eric Bernstein, filed the lawsuit in December 2019 alleging Carlson defamed McDougal during a segment that aired on the channel one year earlier. During that Tucker Carlson Tonight segment—which discussed an alleged relationship President Donald Trump had with McDougal years earlier—Carlson said that McDougal “extorted” $150,000 from Trump in order to keep news of their alleged affair quiet, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit denied the extortion allegation, saying, “McDougal never approached Trump and threatened to ruin his career or humiliate his family if he did not give her money....

“Impeach Obama. Get him out of office,” Trump said during his stump speech in Colorado Springs on Thursday night. “No, nobody thought of that. We caught him in a lie 28 times at least he is on record. Nobody said, ‘Let’s impeach him.’” While it is not clear whether Trump meant Obama should have been impeached during his term, or now, there is a legal debate as to whether a former president can face impeachment, a process aimed at removing a politician from office....

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) confirmed Friday that classified national security documents were among the records included in 15 boxes taken by Trump when he left office. The records were transported back to the archives after they were sought by the National Archives last month. “NARA has identified items marked as classified national security information within the boxes,” archivist David Ferriero wrote in a letter to the House Oversight Committee....

Birx, who previously served as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, made the remark during an interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press on Sunday. She cautioned that the country needs to act quickly to prevent as much of the spread as possible. “We all are deeply concerned and [that’s] why we’ve been raising the alert in all metro areas and in all states,” the doctor explained. “No state, no metro area will be spared....

“No human being would want to live there,” the president of the United States tweeted about Baltimore, the city where I live, last weekend. While I would like to just ignore the president’s tweets and go about my job of being a humanities professor at a local university, I cannot. I am a human being, and I love living in Baltimore. I also realize that as a white woman with lots of education, I have the privilege to choose where I live....

The ex-president was speaking about defending parental rights when it comes to teaching children topics in school that are related to sexual identity and sexual orientation, before he switched to weighing in on women’s sports and the transgender community. “We will keep men out of women’s sports,” he told the crowd at CPAC, before calling Gaines to the stage as he described her as a “great champion” and a “beautiful” swimmer....

As of Wednesday afternoon, three of Trump’s governor endorsements—Tudor Dixon in Michigan, Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania and Tim Michels in Wisconsin—all lost to their Democrat opponents. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz also lost to Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania. After some anticipated a “red wave” on Tuesday, the disappointing losses prompted Republicans to turn on Trump and question his future in the Republican Party. On the other hand, Governor Ron DeSantis’ rout in Florida captured people’s attention and sparked conversations about his potential to represent the Republican Party in 2024....

Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for what press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said were routine medical tests as part of his annual checkup. Her statement came in spite of the fact that no medical appointments were scheduled in Trump’s diary and that it had been less than a year since Trump’s last annual checkup in February. “Anticipating a very busy 2020, the President is taking advantage of a free weekend here in Washington, D....

Speaking with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Thursday morning, the president said he was ready to get back on the campaign trail and continue his rallies, adding that he was feeling “great.” Trump, who tested positive for the new coronavirus a week ago, spent four days in the hospital before returning to the White House on Monday. “Remember you catch it and then you get better and then you’re immune,” Trump told Bartiromo....

Throughout his presidency, Trump portrayed himself as a loyal supporter of Israel and bolstered his administration’s work in fostering pacts between Israel and Gulf states. While the hope was that his actions would drive support with Jewish voters, his alignment with Israel wasn’t enough to sway Jewish voters to support Republicans. In an interview with Ami Magazine, an international publication that’s geared toward the Orthodox Jewish community, Trump said he was “surprised” about the lack of Jewish votes he received....

“That’s a very terrible thing that just happened. I think the NRA should move to Texas and lead a very good and beautiful life,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. “I’ve told them that for a long time. I think they should move to Texas. Texas would be a great place. Or to another state of their choosing.” Before and during his presidency, Trump has been an avid supporter of the nonprofit organization....

Trump has been one of Biden’s most vocal critics, targeting him for problems with the supply chain, the economy and the chaotic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. It’s possible the two American leaders could be gearing up for a rematch of the 2020 presidential election, and while Trump hasn’t committed to another presidential run, he’s already juxtaposing his time in office with Biden’s. “People are looking, they’re almost romanticizing about it because they look at what happened to our country in the last year,” Trump told Fox News, referencing his time in office....

“The FBI and others from the Federal Government would not let anyone, including my lawyers, be anywhere near the areas that were rummaged and otherwise looked at during the raid on Mar-a-Lago,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Everyone was asked to leave the premises, they wanted to be left alone, without any witnesses to see what they were doing, taking or, hopefully not, ‘planting.’” But legal experts argue that such claims would only further investigators’ speculations of guilt....

Trump will appear alongside Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio in Miami on Sunday, while DeSantis will be in Sun City Center as part of his “Don’t Tread On Florida” tour. Ahead of his trip to Florida Trump appeared to take a swing at DeSantis, a potential rival in the race to be named the Republican nominee for the 2024 Presidential Election, during a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The former president labeled his rival “DeSanctimonious” while discussing poll numbers that gave him a large lead over DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence....

Just over the halfway point of his initial presidential term this year, Trump showed frustration that the wall had not been built while immigrants began flooding the southern border at a record clip. During a meeting this spring, he offered a suggestion to stock the border with reptiles, sounding more like the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana than a border crossing in the southwest sector of the country. “Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate....

Mask-wearing, described by health experts as a common sense way to slow the spread of COVID-19, has become a political issue with many Americans refusing to comply with orders from local governments or companies to cover their faces in public. A photograph shared by reporter Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou shows the president wearing a dark blue face mask as he walks through the halls of the hospital. Before leaving on Marine One for the hospital, Trump indicated he’d likely wear one....

He was here, baseball royalty. And then he was gone. The way news traveled 50 years ago, most awoke to a new year, 1973, to find out that Pirates superstar Roberto Clemente had died in a plane crash the night before, Dec. 31, 1972, off the coast of Puerto Rico. Clemente, 38, and four others were killed when a cargo plane bound for earthquake-stricken Nicaragua crashed shortly after takeoff from San Juan....

The Cameroon international played from the start in PSG’s 3-0 semi-final victory, but failed to find the back of the net. Since arriving from Stoke City the 30-year-old has only scored twice for the Ligue 1 giants and his latest blank means he has netted just once in his previous 24 matches. With Edinson Cavani and Neymar sidelined with injury, Choupo-Moting’s lack of goals has been even more noticeable, but Tuchel retains faith in the forward....

Neymar scored his 50th PSG goal on Saturday – the club’s underwhelming end to the season continuing with a 1-1 draw in Paris. PSG wrapped up the title on April 21 but Tuchel’s men have now won just one of their last six Ligue 1 outings, while the French giants surrendered a 2-0 lead as they sensationally lost the Coupe de France final against Rennes on penalties. Neymar appeared to strike a fan following the Coupe de France decider on April 27 amid PSG’s slump but head coach Tuchel was full of praise for the Brazil international following the Nice stalemate....