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Casey, McCormick to face each other as nominees in Pennsylvania's high-stakes US Senate contest
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will face each other in Pennsylvania's high-stakes U.S. Senate contest this fall, as Tuesday’s primary election put the men on track for a race that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and help decide control of the Senate next year. Casey and McCormick won their respective party primary contests after they were uncontested and now enter what is likely to be a grueling, expensive and hard-fought 2024 general ele
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Trump to blame for abortion 'nightmare,' Biden says in Florida
TAMPA (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday blamed his Republican opponent Donald Trump for new Florida abortion restrictions during a campaign stop in Tampa, as Democrats double down on their intentions to flip Trump's home state. Earlier this month, Florida's Supreme Court cleared the way for a six-week abortion ban starting May 1, a time-frame before many women realize they are pregnant. The court also ordered that a ballot measure legalizing abortion until viability could go before vot
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Could Trump go to prison? If he does, the Secret Service goes, too
The U.S. Secret Service is in the business of protecting the president, whether he’s inside the Oval Office or visiting a foreign war zone. But protecting a former president in prison? The prospect is unprecedented. That would be the challenge if Donald Trump — whom the agency is required by law to protect around the clock — is convicted at his criminal trial in Manhattan and sentenced to serve time. Even before the trial’s opening statements, the Secret Service was in some measure planning for
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George Santos ends comeback bid for Congress after raising no money
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he is dropping his longshot bid to return to Congress, months after he was expelled from the House while facing a slew of federal fraud charges. Santos, who was running as an independent candidate for the 1st Congressional District in New York, said he was withdrawing from the race in a post on the social media platform X. The announcement came after the disgraced former congressman's campaign committee reported no fundraising or expenditures in M
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New Biden rule would make 4 million white-collar workers eligible for overtime pay
Overtime pay would cover 4 million more workers by January 1 under a new Biden administration rule that boosts the salary threshold for exemption
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Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the governor's seat. Now they're girding for a fight
As transgender people in Louisiana watched surrounding states in the deeply conservative South implement a slew of laws targeting nearly every facet of their lives in recent years, they counted on their ally in the governor’s office to keep their home a relative oasis. Former Gov. John Bel Edwards, the only statewide elected Democrat at the time, was indeed able to block most of the bills. Edwards has been replaced by Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump who h
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Biden administration bans noncompete agreements, setting up legal showdown with business groups
The Biden administration has issued a nationwide ban on the ability of employers to make their workers sign noncompete agreements, a move regulators said would help boost employee pay but which is set to be challenged in court by business groups.
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Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. Mississippi is among the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage to people who work low-wage jobs that don't provide private health insurance. Expansion is getting its first serious discussion in the Mississippi Capitol this year because the new House speaker, Republican Jason White, says it is
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the gallery. The bill was approved in a 68-28 vote in the Republican-dominated Tennessee House. Tennessee has seen heated debate over gun laws since last year's shooting at a Nashville school left three children and three adult staffers dead.
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Moderate Republicans prepare to fend off challenges from the right: From the Politics Desk
Moderate House Republican lawmakers are preparing to fend off primary challenges from the right in the coming weeks, including tonight in Pennsylvania.
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'Total disbelief': Friends shocked by man setting himself on fire outside Trump trial, say he was kind but troubled
When Doug Johnson received a text that his friend Maxwell Azzarello died after setting himself on fire in New York City outside of Donald Trump's hush money trial, he didn't believe it.
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'One person responsible for this nightmare': Biden pins Florida 6-week abortion ban on Trump
The Biden campaign sees Florida's abortion law, and a November referendum, as helping the president's chances in a state won by Trump in the last two elections.
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McConnell says Tucker Carlson and Trump's waffling delayed crucial Ukraine aid
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell celebrated new U.S. aid to Ukraine while blaming Tucker Carlon and Donald Trump's waffling for delaying it.
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Tennessee GOP-led Senate spikes bill seeking to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags in schools
A bill designed to ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags in Tennessee public school classrooms was spiked Tuesday after it failed to attract enough support in the GOP-controlled Senate. The proposal had easily cleared the Republican-dominant House nearly two months prior after the bill's sponsor said he had parents complain about “political flags” in classrooms. “There were some parents in my district that felt like there were flags being displayed in the public school classroom that did not coincide with th
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Federal money eyed for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota
Supporters of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota are cheering new federal legislation to help build the library and to showcase artifacts of the 26th president, who as a young man hunted and ranched in the state during its territorial days. Last week, North Dakota's three-member, all-Republican congressional delegation announced the bill to “authorize funding for the Library’s continued construction and go towards ensuring the preservation of President Roosevelt’s histo
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Dean Phillips gains his first delegates. Here’s why they’ll likely vote for Biden at the convention
Former presidential candidate Dean Phillips will receive at least three of Ohio's delegates to the Democratic National Convention even though he has dropped out of the race and endorsed President Joe Biden. The president locked up the Democratic nomination on March 12 and so far has won 99% of convention delegates, a sign that even some of the more organized efforts to oppose him haven't gained traction with the party's voters. Party rules also make it nearly impossible at this point in the pr
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Factbox-Biden administration races to safeguard environmental rules from congressional axe
Agency rules completed and in the Federal Register before May 22, 2024 will not be subject to the Congressional Review Act, a law that enables a new Congress to nullify recently enacted regulations with a simple majority. Over the last few weeks, the Biden administration has announced a steady stream of final rules to carry out some of its most ambitious plans like spurring adoption of electric vehicles and protecting public lands for conservation. In the coming days, agencies will push out ot
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Biden adminstration finalizes rule to grant overtime for millions more salaried workers
The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. Starting July 1, employers will be required pay overtime to salaried workers who make less than $43,888 a year in certain executive, administrative and professional roles, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting
Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. The 68-28 vote in favor of the bill sent it to Republican Gov. Bill Lee for consideration. If he signs it into law, it would be the biggest expansion of gun access in the state since last year's deadly shooting at a private elementa
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Mitch McConnell Blames Tucker Carlson For The GOP’s ‘Demonization of Ukraine’
The far-right political commentator has “ended up where he should've been all along, which is interviewing Vladimir Putin," charged the Senate GOP leader.
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Live primary results: Pennsylvania presidential and Senate races
Tuesday's Pennsylvania primaries will cement the lineup for a high-stakes U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick, a contest that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and could help decide control of the Senate next year. Casey, seeking his fourth term, is perhaps Pennsylvania's best-known politician and a stalwart of the presidential swing state's Democratic Party — the son of a former two-term governor and Pennsylvania’s long
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Houston-area program to give $500 monthly payments to some residents on hold after Texas lawsuit
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Harris County, which includes Houston, to put on hold a guaranteed income program that would provide $500 monthly cash payments to roughly 2,000 residents. The program has become a target of Republican Texas Attorney General Paxton, who has accused local Democratic leaders of trying to “score political points” through the initiative and filed a lawsuit this month in an effort to block its implementation. The program is the latest rift between state an
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Trump trial updates: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker details efforts to help Trump's 2016 campaign
In what amounted to incredibly damning testimony, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker laid out the 2015 deal he reached with Donald Trump “to help the campaign.”
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New federal rule would bar 'noncompete' agreements for most employees
U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court. The Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday 3-2 to ban measures known as noncompete agreements, which bar workers from jumping to or starting competing companies for a prescribed period of time. The Biden administration has taken aim at noncompete measures, which are commonly associated with high-level exe
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Hush-money judge repeatedly bench-slaps Donald Trump's lawyer over gag violations: 'You're losing all credibility!'
A judge verbally excoriated a defense lawyer for Donald Trump during the Manhattan hush-money trial on Tuesday.
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Pentagon set to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine once bill clears Senate and Biden
The Pentagon is poised to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate moved ahead on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces in the war. The decision comes after months of frustration, as bitterly divided members of Congress deadlocked over the funding, forcing House Speaker Mike Johnson to cobble together a bipartisan coalition to pass the bill. The $95 billion foreign aid pac
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As Trump mulls his VP pick, an abortion-rights group warns about 'extremist' candidates
As former President Donald Trump moves closer to selecting his running mate, a major Democratic abortion-rights advocacy group is taking his pool of vice presidential contenders to task over their records on reproductive rights.
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Pro-Palestinian campus protests and Baltimore fights Dali ship owners: Morning Rundown
A judge considers whether Donald Trump violated a gag order. Arrests on college campuses over Gaza war protests. Senate to vote on foreign aid bill. Old age study shows shifting perceptions.
7 min read - USThe New York Times
Abortion Data Wars: States and Cities Debate How Much Information to Collect
In the fierce debate over abortion in the United States, the subject of data collection might seem wonky and tangential. But the information that state and city governments collect about abortion patients is becoming another flashpoint in the country’s bitter divide over the issue. Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures have moved to require more information about each abortion, while some states where Democrats dominate are reducing the information they collect, fearing that it may
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Trump continues his reversal on TikTok, accusing Biden of wanting to ban it
Former president Donald Trump is digging in against a potential ban of TikTok that is moving through Congress - and seeking to blame President Biden for it - even though Trump sought to outlaw the social media application when he was in the White House. “Just so everyone knows, especially the young people, Crooked Joe Biden is responsible for banning TikTok,” Trump said Monday in a post on his Truth Social platform. He accused Biden of wanting to help Facebook become more powerful and possibly m
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Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources
The Biden administration on Tuesday set a new goal to protect vast U.S. water sources, from rivers to wetlands, as part of a series of announcements marking Earth Week. The administration plans to announce a new goal of protecting, restoring and reconnecting 8 million acres (3.2 million hectares) of threatened wetlands and 100,000 miles (161,000 km) of rivers and streams, according to White House documents. The White House, which is hosting a water summit on Tuesday, also plans to pledge $1 bi
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Why Biden Thinks He Has A Shot Now At Winning Florida
Trump won the Sunshine State's 29 Electoral College votes in 2020. But Biden's campaign thinks a critical ballot measure puts the state in play for Democrats.
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$8 billion US military aid package to Taiwan will 'boost confidence' in region: president-elect
A $8 billion defense package approved by the U.S. House of Representatives over the weekend will “strengthen the deterrence against authoritarianism in the West Pacific ally chain,” Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te said Tuesday, in a reference to key rival China. The funding will also “help ensure peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and also boost confidence in the region” Lai, currently Taiwan’s vice president, told visiting Michigan Representatives Lisa McClain, a Republican, an
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Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims 'infiltrators' at an Indian election rally
India's main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators" — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election. The remarks at a campaign rally Sunday drew fierce criticism that Modi was peddling anti-Muslim tropes. The Congress party filed a complaint Monday with the Election Commission of India, alleging he broke rules that bar candidates from engaging
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Trump's all-caps, high-octane rage posting is even more intense than it was during his 2016 campaign: report
Donald Trump posts 29 times a day on Truth Social, a Washington Post analysis has found.
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As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week with U.S.-China ties at a critical point over numerous global disputes. The mere fact that Blinken is making the trip — shortly after a conversation between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a similar visit to China by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and a call between the U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs — might be seen by some as encouraging, but ti
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Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advances in Senate with big bipartisan vote
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to move ahead with $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, bringing the bill to the brink of passage after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad. The vote to end a filibuster drew the support of 80 senators — 10 more than supported the bill when the Senate first passed it in February -- virtually guaranteeing that the bill will soon reach President Biden’s desk. The $61 billion
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New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn't the final word
A new rule from President Joe Biden's administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity could conflict with laws in Republican-controlled states. The clash over bathroom policy and other elements of a federal regulation finalized last week could set the stage for another wave of legal battles over how transgender kids should be treated in the U.S. Most GOP-controlled states now have laws reining in their righ
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Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that could make it harder for the federal government to seek injunctions when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns. Justices noted during oral arguments that Congress requires the National Labor Relations Board to seek such injunctions in federal court and said that gives the courts the duty to consider several factors, including whether the board would ultimately be successful in its administrati
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Biden blames Trump for Florida's 6-week abortion ban, says women nationwide face health crisis
President Joe Biden on Tuesday blamed Donald Trump for Florida's upcoming abortion ban and other restrictions across the country that have imperiled access to care for pregnant women, arguing Trump has created a “healthcare crisis for women all over this country.” Biden's campaign events at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa placed the president in the epicenter of the latest battle over abortion restrictions. The state’s six-week abortion ban is poised to go into effect May 1 at the same
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Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?
Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power. Trump is charged in the hush money case with trying to falsify business records, but it was hard to tell that as the trial opened Monday. Lead prosecutor Matthew Colangelo wasted little time during opening statements tying the case to Trump's campaigning during his first run for the presidency.
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Republican candidates vying for Indiana governor to take debate stage
Candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana's next governor will take to the debate stage Tuesday night, two weeks ahead of the state's May 7 primary election. Each of the six candidates in the competitive, multi-million dollar primary race have cast themselves as an outsider in an appeal to conservative voters, despite five holding statewide roles at some point. Tuesday is the last televised debate before the primary for the candidates vying to replace term-limited Republican Gov
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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower
The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S., amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. The Bureau of Land Management released more than 2,000 pages of documents in a draft environmental impact statement last week for the Rhyolite Ridge mine. Lithium is a metal key to the manufacture of batteries for electric
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Trump called this visa 'very bad' for Americans. Truth Social applied for one
The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies want him to curtail in a potential second term. Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, filed an application in June 2022 for an H-1B visa for a worker at a $65,000 annual salary, the lowest wage category allowed under the program. Federal immigration data shows the company was approved f
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Trump says RFK Jr. will hurt Biden. In private, he's not so sure.
After mostly ignoring Kennedy earlier, Trump has stepped up his efforts to brand the independent candidate as left-wing and make him Biden’s problem.
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Papua New Guinea leader defends nation after Biden's 'cannibals' comment
Papua New Guinea’s leader defended the nation after President Joe Biden appeared to imply his uncle’s body was eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II.
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Biden to speak at Morehouse College commencement, sparking faculty concerns
Morehouse College is set to announce that President Joe Biden will deliver its commencement address on May 19, but some faculty members have raised concerns about the decision.
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Rousing a sleeping giant: Trump perks up as testimony begins in hush money trial
No one will ever accuse former President Donald Trump of being woke.
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The remarkably stable 2024 race: From the Politics Desk
The 2024 presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump has been remarkably stable, NBC News polling shows, despite the drama of the campaign.
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2024’s remarkably, stubbornly stable race — for now
The Biden-Trump contest has been remarkably stable — and remarkably competitive — with what movement there's been coming within the margin of error.
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