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The Shaky Foundation of Trump’s Lead: Disengaged Voters
The polls have shown Donald Trump with an edge for eight straight months, but there’s one big flashing warning sign suggesting that his advantage might not be quite as stable as it looks. That warning sign: His narrow lead is built on gains among voters who aren’t paying close attention to politics, who don’t follow traditional news and who don’t regularly vote. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times To an extent that hasn’t been true in New York Times/Siena College polling i
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Biden and Trump both see opportunity in June debate, but they’re preparing in different ways
Two presidents have never debated before. And neither of these two presidents has debated anyone in almost four years — not since the last time they faced each other.
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The Senate Map Favors GOP. So Why Do Democrats Sound Cocky?
Republicans have their best Senate map in ages. So why do Democrats sound a bit cocky? Philip Elliott explains.
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Senate Democrats probe Trump’s campaign cash request to oil industry
Senate Democrats say they will investigate former President Trump’s request that the oil industry raise $1 billion in campaign cash for him. On Thursday, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), chairs of the Finance and Budget committees, respectively, announced they would look into the ask that Trump made at a campaign event in…
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Gov. Newsom signs bill to allow Arizona doctors to perform abortions in California
The Democratic governor signed legislation drafted in response to the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that a near-total ban on abortion from 1864 is enforceable in the state.
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Trump makes pitch to black and Latino voters in New York
Donald Trump held a campaign rally in a diverse New York neighbourhood that is a Democratic stronghold.
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Trump says he would ‘absolutely’ have Navarro back if reelected
Former President Trump said he would “absolutely” rehire his former White House adviser Peter Navarro if reelected in November, despite Navarro currently being in prison. Navarro is two months into his four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. “I would absolutely have Peter…
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Lawmakers Dial Up Pressure on Alito to Recuse From Elections Cases
WASHINGTON — A growing number of Democratic lawmakers called for Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from cases related to Jan. 6, 2021, and demanded new ethics rules for the Supreme Court after revelations that flags carried by rioters at the Capitol were flown outside his homes. With the Supreme Court just weeks away from issuing decisions on two major cases concerning former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the events of Jan. 6, lawmakers said the symbolis
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Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district
The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Thursday preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters. In dissent, liberal justices warned that the court was insulating states from claims of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. In a 6-3 decision, the court held that South Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature did nothing wrong during redistricting when it strengthened Rep. Nan
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Biden is hiring a meme manager and is willing to pay up to $85,000
President Joe Biden's campaign is looking to hire someone who can form partnerships with some of the biggest names in memes.
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Obama makes an appearance at White House’s Kenya state dinner
The invitation list for Thursday’s White House state dinner included celebrities, politicians, and allies of the president, as President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden roll out the red carpet for Kenyan President William Ruto and first lady Rachel Ruto.
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Trump courts Black, Hispanic votes in South Bronx rally: New York is 'going red very, very quickly'
Former President Donald Trump pledged to turn New York red during a campaign rally in deep-blue South Bronx, New York, on Thursday evening as he worked to court the Hispanic and Black voters that make up a majority of the area's population. "I'm here tonight to declare that we are going to turn New York City around and we are going to turn it around very, very quickly," he said to the crowd not long after taking the stage. Several thousand Trump supporters turned up at Crotona Park in the Sout
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'Ron, I love that you're back': Trump and DeSantis put an often personal primary fight behind them
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are signaling to donors that they are putting their rivalry behind them after a contentious and often personal primary fight. DeSantis convened his allies this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to press them to raise money to support Trump, making the case over a seafood and steak dinner that they need to work together to prevent Democratic President Joe Biden from winning a second term. The governor a
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Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring President Biden is on 2024 ballot
Ohio's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he is calling a rare special session of the General Assembly next week to pass legislation ensuring that President Joe Biden is on the state's 2024 ballot. The special session was called for Tuesday.
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Elise Stefanik Has Gained Widespread Attention in Antisemitism Hearings
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., may not be a committee chair, but perhaps no Republican lawmaker has more forcefully clashed with elite university leaders over how they are handling antisemitism on campus. Her line of questioning at a December hearing helped push the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania out of their jobs. Last month, she put Columbia University’s president in the uncomfortable position of negotiating faculty administrative decisions from the witness s
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The Increasing Trumpification of TikTok
Donald Trump isn’t on TikTok. And he may not need to be, as his allies and surrogates transform it in his favor. The social-media platform, though still regarded as a hub for Democratic voices and liberal causes, has seen an uptick of right-wing, pro-Trump influencers since the last presidential election. The increase comes as President Joe Biden signed legislation that would force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner or would have it banned in the U.S. That law has triggered a backlash from yo
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Democratic leader shifts Senate into campaign mode
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is shifting to campaign mode as he’s planning a series of message votes on border security, access to contraception and other hot-button issues. The shift reflects a broad acknowledgement within the Senate that there’s little chance of passing substantive legislation between now and Election Day as lawmakers hunker down…
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Biden outpaces Trump with 200 confirmed judges, cementing impact on courts
Biden hit a milestone of 200 judges appointed to the federal bench on Wednesday, outpacing Trump's record of judicial appointments at the same point.
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As Trump campaigns, he's spreading QAnon posts anew. Some call that 'playing with fire'
As Donald Trump campaigns against President Joe Biden, his online posts are reinvigorating a conspiracy theory that was a hallmark of his first term.
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Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary
Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, a notable show of support given their intense and often personal rivalry during the Republican primary calendar. “I will be voting for Trump,” Haley, Trump’s former U.N. ambassador, said during an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington. “Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech,” Haley added.
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott, a close Trump ally, joins race to succeed Mitch McConnell as GOP leader
Florida Sen. Rick Scott said Wednesday that he will run for Senate Republican leader when Mitch McConnell steps down from the post, becoming the third Republican in the race. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the current No. Republican in the Senate, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have already announced they are running.
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Biden is forgiving $7.7 billion in student debt. Here's who qualifies.
The Biden administration says it has now wiped away $167 billion of student loans for 4.75 million people, or 1 in every 10 borrowers.
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US announces $275M in new military assistance for Ukraine
The Biden administration announced on Friday an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the package, which was previewed on Thursday by two U.S. officials, “is part of our efforts to help Ukraine repel Russia’s assault near Kharkiv.” “Assistance from previous packages has already made it to the front lines, and we will move this new assistance as quickly as possibl
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US political independents drift closer to Republicans' sour view of economy
U.S. political independents, who typically occupy the center ground in a closely watched monthly survey of overall consumer attitudes about the economy, have drifted closer this year to the dour views held by Republicans, a potential warning sign for Democrats hoping to hold onto the White House in the Nov. 5 presidential election. In another indication of the difficulty President Joe Biden faces with voters on the economy - consistently ranked as the U.S. electorate's top concern ahead of the
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Gavin Newsom pounces as Republicans come to Big Oil’s defense
The potential Democratic presidential contender called Republican attorneys general “wholly owned subsidiaries of Big Oil.”
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Hunter Biden attends pre-trial hearing in Delaware for gun charges case
Hunter Biden is attending a status hearing Friday in advance of the trial he faces next month on gun charges, the first-ever indictment of the child of a sitting president.
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Irregular crossings of US-Mexico border fall by half after December’s record high
US border patrol records daily average of 3,700 in first 21 days of March, down from reported average of 8,000, in boost for Biden
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Ohio governor calls special legislative session to include Biden on election ballot
Mike DeWine ordered emergency session to fix scheduling issues preventing Biden’s name from being placed on November ballot
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. CLAIM: New York Judge Juan M. Merchan wouldn’t let the defense call campaign finance expert Bradley A. Smith to testify in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. THE FACTS: Merchan did not bar Smith from testifying.
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As South Africa election nears, one candidate ditches political parties to go it alone
An outspoken former activist and member of South Africa's ruling African National Congress will be among at least 10 independent candidates seeking to become lawmakers for the first time in the country's history. Anele Mda was among members of the ANC who broke away from the party in 2008 to form the Congress of the People which contested elections the following year. Speaking to The Associated Press ahead of what's expected to be a highly contested election on May 29, Mda said she had given u
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US House committee advances farm bill draft with little support from Democrats
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion farm spending bill late Thursday night with few Democratic votes, prolonging a standoff between the parties over key nutrition, agriculture, and climate policies. Congress failed in 2023 to pass a new farm bill, an omnibus legislative package passed every five years. The House bill would have to be reconciled with a Senate bill led by Democrats and without strong bipartisan support, the
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Texas primary runoffs
Two prominent Texas Republicans are looking to settle political scores within their own party in the primary runoff elections on Tuesday, when voters will decide nearly three dozen unresolved races from the state’s March 5 primary. For entirely different reasons, Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have put the weight of their statewide political organizations behind efforts to unseat Republican state representatives who have crossed them on policy or political grounds. Abbott is
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Biden campaign plans to get more aggressive once Trump trial ends
With a verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money trial set to come as soon as next week, President Joe Biden’s campaign is exploring a shift to a new, more aggressive posture, according to two people familiar with the strategy.
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‘Deliberately low-key’: How Biden’s team plans to approach his son’s criminal trial
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his top advisers will be closely following developments from his son Hunter Biden’s criminal trial on felony gun charges in Delaware when it begins in early June, but for different reasons.
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Trump's attacks on early voting muddle Republican election plans
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin was traveling to a campaign rally aboard Donald Trump's private jet in early April when he decided to broach the delicate issue of early voting. As the Boeing 757 flew from Florida to Green Bay, Wisconsin, Johnson pressed the Republican candidate to use his speech to urge his supporters to cast their votes ahead of Election Day. Early voting often draws a torrent of vitriol from Trump, who falsely claims it is vulnerable to fraud and cost him the 2020 election.
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Florida men are taking over the GOP
The nation’s third-largest state has shed its swing-state profile and is now the home base of Donald Trump’s Republican Party.
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Trump rallies in the South Bronx as he seeks to win over Black and Hispanic voters
Donald Trump drew one of the most diverse rally crowds of his political career on Thursday when he made a pilgrimage to the South Bronx, which rejected him by a whopping 68 points in 2020.
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‘Thrilled to be back’: Trump swaps courtroom for Bronx in play for Hispanic and Black voters
The Republican presidential candidate held a rally in the South Bronx, one of the most diverse and impoverished neighbourhoods in New York
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Netanyahu to address Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson says
House Speaker Mike Johnson says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has previously declined to allow Netanyahu to address the Democratic caucus.
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As the election nears, Biden pushes a slew of rules on the environment and other priorities
As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that would force coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. The limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fueled electric stations are the Democratic president's most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s second-largest contributor to climat
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Hunter Biden gun trial set for June 3 could last up to 2 weeks amid disputes over evidence
Hunter Biden 's trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware could last up to two weeks and likely include sharp disagreements over evidence as it plays out during his father's reelection campaign. President Joe Biden's son is charged with lying about his drug use in October 2018 on a form to buy a gun that he kept for about 11 days in Delaware. Hunter Biden has acknowledged an addiction to crack cocaine during that period, but his lawyers have said he didn’t break the law and the case is pol
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Bidenism Is Gasping in America. It’s Having a Moment in Britain.
Britain’s Labour Party has drawn some inspiration from Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. They should be careful not to take that too far.
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Mike Johnson Says Netanyahu Will Soon Address Joint Session Of Congress
“This will be a timely and I think a very strong show of support to the Israeli government in their time of greatest need,” the Republican said.
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Ohio governor calls special session to fix 'unacceptable' holdup getting Biden on the ballot
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine called on the legislature lawmakers to pass a legislative tweak allowing President Joe Biden to be on the state's general election ballot.
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Manhattan DA's office won't be punished for document dump that delayed start of Trump criminal trial
Manhattan prosecutors won't be penalized for a last-minute document dump that caused former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial to start later than scheduled, a judge ruled Thursday. Judge Juan M. Merchan rejected the defense’s request that prosecutors be sanctioned for a deluge of nearly 200,000 pages of evidence just weeks before the trial‘s scheduled start. The documents were from a previous federal investigation into the matter.
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Israel's Netanyahu to address U.S. Congress soon, Johnson says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would soon address a joint meeting of Congress amid heightened tension with President Joe Biden over the Israeli leader's handling of the war in Gaza. Delivering a keynote speech at the Israeli embassy's annual Independence Day reception, Johnson, the top congressional Republican and a critic of the Democratic president’s Israel policy, said it would be “a strong show of s
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Republicans demand Secret Service chief personally take action to move protests farther from the convention
The Republican National Committee is demanding that the Secret Service director get involved to move the protest zone farther away from the convention in Milwaukee this summer, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.
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Merrick Garland calls Trump's claims about Mar-a-Lago search 'false' and 'extremely dangerous'
Attorney General Merrick Garland rejected former President Donald Trump's claim that the Biden administration authorized the FBI to use deadly force against him during a search of his Mar-a-Lago property for classified documents.
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How Arizona Latinos rate Biden and Trump on the border: From the Politics Desk
A focus group shows how a key group of Arizona Latino voters rate Biden and Trump on the border, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign and an abortion ballot measure.
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House Republicans assail university head for negotiated end to Gaza protest
Northwestern president becomes lightning rod in Republican-led committee hearing also featuring chiefs of Rutgers and UCLA
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