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Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between 2 presidents
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. The onward march of regulation and incentives to restrain climate change, or a slow walk if not an about-face. A commitment to stand with Ukraine or let go.
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Biden called Japan, India 'xenophobic'; Trump mixes up leaders: Do candidate gaffes matter?
George W. Bush, once condemned the “unjustified and brutal” invasion of Iraq. While media dwells on candidate gaffes, do they influence campaigns?
6 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Missouri and South Dakota Move Toward Abortion Rights Ballot Questions
Two more states with near-total abortion bans are poised to have citizen-sponsored measures on the ballot this year that would allow voters to reverse those bans by establishing a right to abortion in their state constitutions. On Friday, a coalition of abortion rights groups in Missouri turned in 380,159 signatures to put the amendment on the ballot, more than double the 172,000 signatures required by law. The Missouri organizers’ announcement followed a petition drive in South Dakota that anno
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Would cameras in the courtroom change Donald Trump's New York hush money trial?
Most states allow cameras in court, but not New York, where Donald Trump is on trial. If they were, Trump and lawyers would grandstand, experts say.
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A rising Republican lost her seat in the Trump era. Now she's trying a comeback.
In 2016, Kelly Ayotte was a rising GOP star. In 2017, she was a former senator. Now, she's attempting a comeback with a run for governor of New Hampshire.
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Biden vs. Trump on college protests: What their clashing messages say about 2024 election
Joe Biden and Donald Trump clashed this week on pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, signaling competing messages for the 2024 election.
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California man charged with threatening to kill Fani Willis
The man, Marc Shultz, posted multiple comments last October under two separate YouTube livestream videos
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Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife allegedly took nearly $600,000 in bribes, indictment says
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been charged with accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities, according to an indictment in federal court in Texas.
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Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens
The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza is also roiling Senate contests across the nation as Democrats tread cautiously over an internal divide and Republicans play up their rivals' disagreements. The political impact of the protests on the White House campaign has drawn considerable attention, with opposition to President Joe Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war reverberating from Columbia to UCLA. The fast-evolvi
6 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Politics Without Trump? His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It.
When Donald Trump held a rally in Rome, Georgia, in March, his audience included a second-generation supporter and first-time rallygoer named Luke Harris. “My parents were always supporters of him — especially when he was going against Hillary,” recalled Harris, who was in sixth grade in Cartersville, Georgia, when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 to win the presidency. Harris, now a 19-year-old student at Kennesaw State University, “just grew up looking at him, listening, watching him,” h
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Speaker Mike Johnson could look to another GOP speaker who took on rebels in his own party
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing a threat a few of his Republican predecessors can relate to: members of his own party vowing to oust him from power.
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Biden isn't embracing campus protests. It's not just because he's staunchly pro-Israel.
It's not just that Biden remains pro-Israel. Polling shows these protests aren't popular, and he's historically been skeptical of protest movements.
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A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them
It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online. “It’s still the right thing to do,” Sterling told a gathering the following day, stressing the importance of Republican officials speaking up to defend elections. Sterling, the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, is part of an effort begun after the last presidential election
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Biden's general election strategy: Less is more
WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden ramps up his re-election effort, his campaign is also scaling back how much he says on the trail, part of a larger new strategy to hone a sharper message he’ll take into the general election, according to Biden aides.
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With 6-week abortion ban in place, Florida eyes ‘Safe Haven’ expansion
Once one of the few anti-abortion legislative options for the Florida GOP, the bill passed with bipartisan support during the 2024 legislative session.
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Analysis-Trump vows to fight 'anti-white feeling' in US. His allies have a plan
Donald Trump's pledge to fight what he calls "anti-white feeling" in the U.S. will likely embolden allies who seek to dismantle government and corporate programs created to battle racism and boost diversity in American life. Some high-profile supporters of the former president, now the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, say policies for safeguarding people of color in classrooms, workplaces and charities should be repurposed to protect the rights of white people as well. "I think there is
6 min read - PoliticsReuters
Taiwan will have Trump's support if he wins, ex-appointee says
A former U.S. ambassador appointed by Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed the former president would again support Taiwan if he wins back the White House. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory despite Taipei's objections, received strong backing from Trump's 2017-2021 administration, including arms sales, which have continued under the government of President Joe Biden. Trump spoke to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in 2016 shortly after he won the election, prompting anger in Beij
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Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas vows to continue his bid for an 11th term despite bribery indictment
For two decades, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has stood out as a moderate Democrat along the Texas-Mexico border, bucking his party at times over guns and immigration while seldom facing a tough reelection. Cuellar, 68, and his wife, Imelda, 67, were taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple's ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
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Republican group in Colorado cancels Kristi Noem fundraiser due to 'death threats' amid backlash over her memoir
A county Republican group in Colorado said that it was cancelling a fundraiser featuring South Dakota governor and potential Republican vice presidential contender Kristi Noem after she reportedly described killing her young dog in her forthcoming book.
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Hope Hicks, a top former Trump aide, takes the stand in his hush money trial
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks took the stand Friday in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial, a tense reunion for the former president and a woman who was once one of his closest aides.
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Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman
Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. “Ole Miss taking care of business,” Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wrote Friday on the social platform X with a with a link to the video showing the racist jeers. The Associated Press left voicemail messages for Collins on Friday at his
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Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid
Scores of lawmakers from U.S. President Joe Biden's Democratic Party told him on Friday that they believe there is sufficient evidence to show that Israel has violated U.S. law by restricting humanitarian aid flows into war-stricken Gaza. A letter to Biden signed by 86 House of Representatives Democrats said Israel's aid restrictions "call into question" its assurances that it was complying with a U.S. Foreign Assistance Act provision requiring recipients of U.S.-funded arms to uphold internati
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Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day
The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state's law currently permits. The law, passed by Democrats in 2021, permits the tallying of mail ballots received up to four days after Election Day, provided the envelopes are postmarked before the end of the day. The lawsuit says the provision also assumes that envelopes received three days after Election Day that don't have a postmark
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Hope Hicks broke down in tears on the witness stand during Trump-damaging testimony at hush-money trial
Hope Hicks, who was one of Donald Trump's most trusted advisors, took the witness stand on Friday in his Manhattan criminal trial.
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Biden’s allies move to sink RFK Jr.
The effort reflects a level of concern among Democrats about Kennedy — but also an opportunity they see to wound Donald Trump.
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Trump trial updates: Hope Hicks testifies about Trump’s reaction to 'Access Hollywood' tape, affair allegations
Former President Donald Trump’s former campaign aide and White House communications director Hope Hicks testified Friday about her efforts to knock down negative stories about her boss during the 2016 campaign.
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Hope Hicks Breaks Down In Tears During Trump Hush Money Trial
The former Donald Trump spokesperson testified in Trump's criminal trial Friday.
1 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Trump hush-money trial: Here’s what’s happened so far
Catch up on the latest news from Donald Trump’s criminal trial
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Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, one of the largest gang intervention programs in L.A. County, is expected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden.
3 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Congressman Henry Cuellar in court accused of receiving $600,000 in bribes
Texas Democrat says he and his also accused wife are innocent amid claims they took money from Azerbaijan and Mexican bank
3 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
When Failure Is the Only Senate Option
WASHINGTON — Sen. Eric Schmitt, a freshman Republican from Missouri, is new to the Senate but has already figured out that the so-called upper chamber is not always on the up and up. “The only time you to get to offer an amendment in this place,” he declared in a recent mini-rant on the Senate floor, “is if it is sure to fail.” Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Schmitt might have exaggerated slightly. But it is true that on some of the most significant recent pieces of l
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Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers
President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a U.S. labor board rule treating companies as the employers of many of their contract and franchise workers and requiring them to bargain with those workers' unions. The proposal to repeal the National Labor Relations Board rule passed Congress narrowly and it is unlikely Republicans can muster the two-thirds majority to override the veto by Biden, a Democrat. In a memo to law
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Israel briefs US on plan to move Gazans ahead of Rafah invasion
The Biden administration has urged Israel to protect civilians before beginning military operations in the southern city.
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How to get Trump to agree to foreign aid: A loan, with a country's natural resources as collateral
Working to salvage an aid package to Ukraine, GOP senators pitched an idea to Trump that they thought he’d like: The U.S. would give the country a loan that would be backed in some fashion by Ukrainian rare earth minerals worth trillions.
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Judge in Trump's hush money case clarifies gag order doesn't prevent ex-president from testifying
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial has clarified that the gag order pertaining to the former president doesn't prohibit him from testifying on his own behalf. Judge Juan M. Merchan started the trial day Friday by making that clarification, apparently responding to comments the Republican former president made after court the day before. “The order restricting extrajudicial statements does not prevent you from testifying in any way,” Merchan said in court in New York, adding t
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A Black lawmaker briefly expelled from the Tennessee Statehouse will remain on the 2024 ballot
One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee's GOP-controlled Statehouse last year will remain on the 2024 ballot after overcoming a challenge from a Republican opponent. Earlier this year, Rep. Justin Jones submitted 26 signatures to Nashville election officials in order to qualify to run as a Democratic candidate. After one of Jones' signatures was disqualified, Republican challenger Laura Nelson filed a complaint challenging the validity of 10 others.
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The Stakes: What Trump and Biden have done about the border — and what they want to do next
How could the differences between Biden and Trump reshape U.S. border policy going forward?
10 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
US loosens some electric vehicle battery rules, potentially making more EVs eligible for tax credits
The U.S. government on Friday loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden administration of helping China. The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, giving automakers more time to comply with some provisions about where battery minerals can come from.
4 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
A New Issue Flares in the 2024 Race: Campus Protests
Protests and arrests on college campuses exploded into the forefront of the presidential race this week, opening up a new line of attack for Republicans and forcing President Joe Biden to directly address an issue that has divided the liberal wing of his party. With former President Donald Trump largely stuck in a New York City courtroom for one of his criminal trials, Republicans have tried to use the protests as a political cudgel and a literal backdrop to attack Biden, casting him as weak and
6 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Inside Trump's 'quiet' VP search
Former President Donald Trump sealed the Republican presidential nomination nearly two months ago, and for more than two weeks he has been occupied by a criminal trial in New York.
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Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy — an indirect jab at Donald Trump. Yellen delivered an address Friday in Arizona, using economic data to paint a picture of how disregard for America's democratic processes and institutions can cause economic stagnation for decades. Yellen, taking a rare step toward to the political arena, never mentioned Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, by name in her speech for
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in 'Obamacare' next year
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday. The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democratic President Joe Biden's initial proposal to allow those migrants to sign up for Medicaid, the health insurance program that provides nearly free coverage for the nation's poorest people. “I’m proud of the contribution
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A tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn't stopping the presses
When Oklahoma and national officials held a press conference Monday to discuss the scale of devastation following tornadoes two days earlier, Kathy John did what she always does: She showed up to report on it for the town’s weekly newspaper, the Sulphur Times-Democrat. Sulphur suffered Oklahoma's worst destruction during an outreak of severe weather when a tornado plowed through downtown in the community of about 5,000 residents south of Oklahoma City. Kathy John's husband, James John, joined
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The unexpected, under-the-radar Senate race in Michigan that could determine control of the chamber
Elissa Slotkin had less than half an hour to reckon with a retirement announcement that would reshape Michigan’s political landscape. The state's senior senator and the third-ranking Democrat in the chamber, Debbie Stabenow, was about to reveal that she would retire in 2024. Rep. Slotkin, a Democratic congresswoman from Holly, soon met with her team to mobilize for a run at a U.S. Senate seat that Democrats had not expected would be hard to defend in the narrowly divided chamber.
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs legislation to ensure Biden will appear on November ballot
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed into law legislation to ensure that President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot, a spokesperson confirmed.
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Why Biden decided to speak out about the campus protests after days of silence
After days of silence from President Joe Biden on the eruption of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses nationwide, his decision to speak out Thursday served as an acknowledgement that it was unavoidable to stay quiet for much longer.
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Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings. Lawmakers pushed the proposal through the House and Senate in the final days of their four-month session after negotiations between the chambers broke down Monday on an earlier proposal. Republicans said they received a flurry of messages urging them to bring the bill back to life.
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Ryan Nichols, Capitol rioter who confessed on video in the third person, gets five years
Ryan Nichols, a Donald Trump fanatic who assaulted officers with pepper spray at the Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced to prison Thursday.
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Kristi Noem’s VP chances appear as dead as the dog she killed. There are other reasons too.
Noem had long ago been all but cast aside as a likely running mate, according to six people close to Donald Trump.
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Young voters are mad about Gaza. But many don't see it driving their 2024 votes.
Young people are critical of Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war, but focus group participants also noted they're unlikely to change their votes over it.
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