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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Trump arraignment's "unusual" moments, according to ex-prosecutor    Former President Donald Trump's arraignment on January 6 charges featured some very "unusual" moments, according to former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. Trump pleaded not guilty to four felony counts during a roughly 30-minute arraignment hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The ex-president told reporters after the hearing that he was being "persecuted" by his political opponents. He also denounced the state of the nation's capital, saying that Washington had become riddled with "decay" since he left office two weeks after the January 6 Capitol attack. The former president was previously charged with 40 federal felony counts related to his handling of classified documents and 34 state felonies accusing him of falsifying business records in New York. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges on which he's been arraigned and frequently says that he is being "persecuted" as the target of a politically motivated "witch hunt." Continued here Has the Socialist Moment Already Come and Gone?    Bernie Sanders arrived in Ann Arbor in late winter, his future to be decided in two days. Thousands of students thronged the University of Michigan campus, gripping their blue-and-white signs, one so overcome with emotion she battled back tears as Sanders spoke. Above a sea of expectant faces, his name was spelled out in enormous, yellow block letters: B.E.R.N.I.E. The students held them high and wouldn’t let go. Few could pack a house like Sanders, who was thundering through a second campaign that was supposed to lead him, finally, to the White House. If Michigan was going to be his last stand, it was as good a place as any to be, to feel, once more, a mass of bodies stretching toward him. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged the students to bring five friends each to the polls. “We’re taking on Wall Street. We’re taking on the insurance companies. We’re taking on the drug companies. We’re taking on the fossil fuel industry,” the senator declared. “We’re taking on the military-industrial complex. We’re taking on the prison-industrial complex.” Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Africa's Critical Minerals Could Power America's Green Energy Transition    Argument: Africa’s Critical Minerals Could Power America’s Green Energy Transition Sign Up Last December, the president hosted nearly 50 African leaders for a three-day summit in Washington. During the meeting, the administration committed to invest at least $55 billion in Africa over the next three years, including private sector initiatives of more than $15 billion. Since then, various senior U.S. officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, have visited the continent. Biden has also pledged to visit before the year is out. Continued here

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