In a historic move, UAW workers at the 3 largest US auto companies have gone on strike. Union workers are seeking better wages, benefits, and conditions, which they say are modest proposals given the companies' high profits and executive pay— approximately 300 times the average worker. Ford Motors has laid off 600 workers, and General Motors is closing a factory in Kansas at which 2000 people work.
Department of Justice special council Jack Smith wants a gag order on Donald Trump in order to prevent possible intimidation. Though standard in criminal cases, an order would be complicated by Trump's election campaign.
Today marks 60 years since the KKK bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, killing 4 young girls, Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins, and injuring 22 others.

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United Auto Workers on strike

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The Supreme Court has decided to hear Donald Trump’s claim that he should be shielded from criminal prosecution. The country’s highest court wants the final word on the former president’s assertion of immunity, even if it may ultimately affirm a comprehensive ruling of the lower federal court that rejected Trump’s sweeping claim. Any verdict on Trump’s alleged subversion of the 2020 vote will not come before summer. 
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SCOTUS agrees to hear Trump’s immunity claim

Some Democrats are using tomorrow's primary to protest the president's handling of the war in Gaza by not voting for Biden, not for Trump, but for "uncommitted." If thousands of Michigan Democrats actually do vote “uncommitted” tomorrow, that could be one large sign that his handling of Gaza may actually cost Biden's some crucial votes. Will Biden listen? Or, will Michigan voters cover their ears to him? 
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Biden facing test from ‘uncommitted’ vote in Michigan primary

Trump made remarks suggesting Black people see themselves in him because of his indictments. To discuss the latest in the GOP presidential race, Nikki Haley’s campaign manager joins. This as questions remain if Nikki Haley still has a path to victory in 2024. 
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Trump suggests Black people like him because he was indicted

The October 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was tragically hit by a live round of ammunition fired from a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the movie “Rust.” There were opening statements today marking the start of the trial of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who served as the film's armorer. Now, she has pleaded not guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and also to tampering with evidence. Hutchins death is prompting questions as to how live ammunition could have possibly ended up on the movie set? 
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‘Rust’ film armorer’s manslaughter trial opens

A 33 year-old woman who is a Russian-American dual citizen is now under arrest in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly donating to a Ukrainian charity in the United States. Now, Russia's federal security service, the FSB, says that she was arrested for "providing financial assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against Russia security."
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United Auto Workers on strike

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