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Stormy Daniels takes stand, dishes juicy testimony in Trump trial

Former President Donald Trump walks to speak to reporters at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024 in New York. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Prosecutors dove straight into the seamy details of the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, getting porn star Stormy Daniels to testify about an alleged sexual encounter in a Lake Tahoe suite in 2006 and efforts to sell her story before the presidential election a decade later.

House Budget report details the high price paid by taxpayers to support illegal immigrants

Immigrants walk down the sidewalk outside a shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, after receiving some items Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children living at the shelter has raised concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Four more people living in the same shelter — mostly children — were hospitalized with fevers this week. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Each illegal immigrant costs the U.S. more per year than it spends on the average food stamp recipient or Medicaid beneficiary, according to an analysis by the House Budget Committee that was shared first with The Washington Times.

Immigrants walk down the sidewalk outside a shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, after receiving some items Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children living at the shelter has raised concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Four more people living in the same shelter — mostly children — were hospitalized with fevers this week. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., whom she has vowed to remove from his leadership post, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative duo, under pressure from Trump, back down from threat to oust House speaker 32 minutes ago

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during an event celebrating Cesar Chavez's birthday in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) **FILE**

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, talks during a press conference to call for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza on Capitol Hill, Oct. 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

GOP lawmaker files resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over Jewish student comment

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The updated indictment against former President Donald Trump, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira is photographed July 27, 2023. The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Judge in Trump’s classified documents case postpones trial indefinitely

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The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge lays on top of the container ship Dali, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Fake AI photo of pop star Katy Perry at Met Gala was realistic enough to fool her mom

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Jon Stewart poses for a portrait in promotion of his film, "Rosewater," in New York, Nov. 7, 2014. Stewart is returning to “The Daily Show” as an occasional host and executive producing through the 2024 U.S. elections cycle, starting Feb. 12. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Stewart bails: Biden ‘so … old’ that he ‘just shouldn’t be president’

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Ashley Graham attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, left, and Xie Zhenhua, China special envoy for climate, meet for a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

China joins U.S. climate leftists to undercut American energy security, Heritage report warns

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In this March 22, 2019, photo, an American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Russian national indicted for running prolific ransomware group

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a virtual National Cabinet meeting to discuss the national crisis of gender-based violence, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Albanese announced new funding to help women escape domestic violence and a crackdown on misogynistic online content in reaction to an uptick in homicides perpetrated by current and former male partners that he described as a national crisis. (Gaye Gerard/Pool Photo via AP)

Australian prime minister slams China over aerial confrontation above tense Yellow Sea

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

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The Media Research Center has revealed its annual list of 'MRC Bulldog Award' winners who deserve accolades for their work but receive little recognition from the "leftist media establishment." (AP PHOTO)

Media Research Center gives awards to the ‘great American truth-tellers’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., whom she has vowed to remove from his leadership post, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative duo, under pressure from Trump, back down from threat to oust House speaker 32 minutes ago

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Immigrants walk down the sidewalk outside a shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, after receiving some items Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children living at the shelter has raised concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Four more people living in the same shelter — mostly children — were hospitalized with fevers this week. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Former President Donald Trump walks to speak to reporters at Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024 in New York. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

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In this image taken from video, a Bernard J. Polite, 26, tries to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany, center, at the Jesus Dwelling Place church in North Braddock, Pa., May 5, 2024. The attempted shooting failed when Polite's gun didn't fire and was tackled by a congregant. (Glenn Germany via AP)

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Georgia governor signs new election changes into law as 2024 vote looms

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A protester is hit with a baton by a police officer at UC San Diego, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer’s Democratic National Convention could be marred by protests and scenes of chaos that undermine his reelection. It raises the specter of a replay of 1968’s Democratic convention in Chicago, where a violent police crackdown created indelible scenes of chaos. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Democrats brace for chaos at their summer convention as campus protests escalate

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during an event celebrating Cesar Chavez's birthday in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) **FILE**

RFK Jr. campaign barges into Trump territory

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez) **FILE**

RFK Jr. challenges Trump to debate showdown this month at Libertarian National Convention

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Pro-Palestinian protesters camp out in tents at Columbia University on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in New York. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict. Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. (AP Photo)

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People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas says it accepts cease-fire proposal to end fighting in Gaza; Israel weighs options

Voters deliver their ballot to a polling station in Tempe, Ariz., on Nov. 3, 2020. In a ruling Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton is upholding most of the provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify the status of registered voters who haven’t provided proof of U.S. citizenship and cross-check voter registration information with various government databases. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes part in a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 11, 2024. Krasner announced Monday, March 18, 2024, that a man who spent more than a decade in prison after his arrest as a teen won't be retried in a 2011 quadruple shooting. C.J. Rice, now 30, has been free since a federal judge late last year found his trial lawyer deficient and the state's case weak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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The updated indictment against former President Donald Trump, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira is photographed July 27, 2023. The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

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Clouds pass above The Ohio State University's football stadium, May 18, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. A woman who fell from the stands to her death during a graduation ceremony at Ohio State University last weekend has been identified as a Georgia resident, authorities announced Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, file)

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Russian national indicted for running prolific ransomware group

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John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, left, and Xie Zhenhua, China special envoy for climate, meet for a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

China joins U.S. climate leftists to undercut American energy security, Heritage report warns

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A view of the bridge connecting the Russky Island and Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, is seen on Aug. 26, 2023. An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing. That's according to two U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United States. Instead, he traveled to Russia. According to the officials, the soldier was arrested late last week in Vladivostok. It was unclear Monday, May 6, 2024, if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL. (AP Photo/Alexander Khitrov)

U.S. soldier arrested in Russia to be held for two months on theft charges

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a virtual National Cabinet meeting to discuss the national crisis of gender-based violence, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Albanese announced new funding to help women escape domestic violence and a crackdown on misogynistic online content in reaction to an uptick in homicides perpetrated by current and former male partners that he described as a national crisis. (Gaye Gerard/Pool Photo via AP)

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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, the second overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, poses for a photo opportunity with head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Adam Peters at his introductory press conference at the OrthoVirginia Training Center at Commanders Park in Ashburn, Virginia, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Brian Murphy for the Washington Times)

NFC East check-in: How the Commanders measure up after active offseason

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New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson reacts after winning Game 6 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE**

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Boston Bruins goaltenders Jeremy Swayman, left, Linus Ullmark celebrate after the Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 in Game 1 of the second-round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) **FILE**

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The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge lays on top of the container ship Dali, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt at Madison College, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she'll call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Rep. Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is forcing her colleagues to choose sides after Democratic leaders announced they'd provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this March 22, 2019, photo, an American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

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Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in New York. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

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President Joe Biden speaks at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks in Syracuse, N.Y., April 25, 2024. Gov. Hochul says she regrets making an offhand remark that suggested Black children in the Bronx do not know what the word “computer” means. The Democratic governor made the extemporaneous comment Monday, May 6, 2024 while being interviewed at a large business conference in California. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file)

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul apologizes for saying Black children don’t know what ‘computer’ means

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during an event celebrating Cesar Chavez's birthday in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) **FILE**

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An aircraft passes a sign at a Shell petrol station in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Shell has reported that it earned nearly $5.1 billion in the second quarter. London-based oil giant Shell saw profits tumble by nearly a third in 2023 as a result of lower oil and natural gas prices, which had surged the year before in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

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Stormy Daniels appears at an event, May 23, 2018, in West Hollywood, Calif. The hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday, April 15, 2024, with jury selection. It's the first criminal trial of a former U.S. commander-in-chief. The charges in the trial center on $130,000 in payments that Trump's company made to his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen. He paid that sum on Trump's behalf to keep Daniels from going public, a month before the election, with her claims of a sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

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Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorneys Susan Necheles, from left, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, in Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in New York. (Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP)

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Oct. 18, 2023, near the Capitol in Washington. On Monday, Nov. 6, Tlaib responded to criticisms from fellow Democrats regarding a video she posted Friday, Nov. 3, that included a clip of demonstrators chanting “from the river to the sea.” Tlaib said in her response that her “colleagues” are trying to silence her and are “distorting her words.” (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A student protester parades a Palestinian flag outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool, File)

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Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Tesla layoffs continue as company trims fat

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In this image taken from video, a Bernard J. Polite, 26, tries to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany, center, at the Jesus Dwelling Place church in North Braddock, Pa., May 5, 2024. The attempted shooting failed when Polite's gun didn't fire and was tackled by a congregant. (Glenn Germany via AP)

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A major artificial intelligence exposition is opening Tuesday, May 7, 2024, to showcase cutting-edge technology to a slew of U.S. agencies and top tech minds assembling in Washington. (File photo credit: 3rdtimeluckystudio via Shutterstock)

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Pro-Palestinian protesters camp out in tents at Columbia University on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in New York. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict. Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. (AP Photo)

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson staves off hardliners’ push to force him out — for now

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