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The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, facing a tough reelection fight in one of the races that will determine control of Congress, has made protecting reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign, and she's willing to back that up by pledging to change the Senate filibuster rules if Democrats retain control of the chamber. The Wisconsin Democrat said taking that step is necessary to ensure that women in every state -– not the government -– can decide for themselves whether to have an abortion. As part of h
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In Oregon's Democratic primaries, progressive and establishment wings battle for US House seats
Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party’s voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions in a critical presidential election year. The state’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes much of liberal Portland, will have its first open Democratic primary since 1996 with the retirement of U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer. Two candidates with similar platforms are leading in fundraising: Maxine Dexter, a doctor and two-term stat
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Trump receives NRA endorsement as he vows to protect gun rights
Former President Donald Trump urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas on Saturday. “We’ve got to get gun owners to vote," Trump said. The Biden administration has taken a number of steps to try to combat gun violence, including a new rule that aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold e
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Despite polls, Biden aides insist Gaza campus protests will not hurt reelection bid
Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel's offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November's election, despite polls showing many Democrats are deeply unhappy about the U.S. president's policy on the war. The White House optimism on the issue, which is shared by many in the Biden campaign, runs contrary to dire warnings from some Democratic strategists and youth organizers who warn mis
6 min read - USThe Guardian
Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions
Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to contraception, saying they were ‘not ready’
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How election deniers claimed the upside-down flag
It has been a widely recognized symbol of distress since the nation’s founding, when sailors turned the American flag upside down to signal that their ships were sinking, on fire or trapped in ice. But over time, the upside-down American flag became a symbol brandished more often by protesters across the political spectrum to signal that they believed the nation itself was in grave peril. After President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, supporters of former President Donald Trump rallied around
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Arizona AG confirms Guiliani served indictment after taunting prosecutors
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) confirmed via social media that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had been served in the state’s 2020 election case against him. “The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law,” Mayes posted on social media platform X. Mayes was responding to post from…
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A divided Morehouse College braces for Biden’s arrival
Deep divisions and apprehension on the campus of Morehouse College have presented President Joe Biden with a delicate balancing act this weekend as he prepares to deliver the commencement address at the historically Black college.
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Amid signs of waning enthusiasm, Biden reaches out to Black voters
This weekend, President Joe Biden will hold events in cities like Detroit, where Black turnout is critical to efforts in two of the closest battleground states.
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Who is Jasmine Crockett? Texas Democrat goes head-to-head with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during House Oversight meeting
What to know about the House committee meeting that descended into chaos after Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted fellow congresswoman Jasmine Crockett.
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Raskin calls Greene House Oversight brawl ‘a failure of leadership’
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (R-Md.) called the recent verbal battle in his committee sparked by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) words “a failure of leadership.” “So, this was a failure of leadership,” Raskin said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” Friday. “When the chairman of the committee declined simply to rule…
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'Unhinged,' 'crooked': Trump and Biden trade campaign trail barbs
Donald Trump used an expletive to attack Joe Biden during an address to an influential gun group Saturday, while the incumbent president warned in the crucial swing state of Georgia that his "unhinged" challenger is a threat to US democracy.Trump, who is fending off multiple criminal indictments for his unprecedented attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election and was twice impeached as president, told the crowd Biden is "crooked" and a "threat to democracy."
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Senate GOP looks to Trump to keep hold of House majority
Senate Republicans believe the party’s chances of retaining its slim House majority will sink or swim with former President Trump in November as Democrats remain cautiously bullish of winning back the chamber despite chaos in the House GOP conference over the past year. Republican lawmakers have oozed confidence for months about the potential of winning…
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Upside-down flag at Justice Alito’s home another blow for Supreme Court under fire
Several Democrats in Congress called for Alito to recuse himself from Trump-related cases.
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Donald Trump falsely tells supporters he won Minnesota in 2020
Donald Trump falsely claimed on Friday that he won the 2020 presidential election in Minnesota and he said he would win this year in the state that has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate in over 50 years. During an address to the Minnesota Republican Party's annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in St. Paul, Trump repeated the unfounded claim that the last presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden, a Democrat, was tainted by widespread fraud. "I know we won (Minnesota) in 2020,"
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Trump's hush money verdict hinges on a single piece of paper. See the most important evidence in the case.
It's called People's Exhibit 35 — and its "Holy @#&!" contents will clinch or crash Donald Trump's hush money case. We walk you through it here.
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Senior Republican close to Trump criticizes Biden's arms holdup in speech to Israeli parliament
Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader seen as a candidate to be Donald Trump's running mate, delivered a speech before Israel's parliament on Sunday in which she criticized President Joe Biden's approach to the war in Gaza. Stefanik, the fourth highest-ranked Republican in the House of Representatives, is the latest of several U.S. politicians from both sides of the aisle to visit Israel since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack ignited the war in Gaza.
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It's Easier Than You'd Think To Buy A Machine Gun
Congress cracked down on machine guns nearly a century ago. They're making a comeback.
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What we've learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up
Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days, putting the landmark case on track for jury deliberations that will determine whether it ends in a mistrial, an acquittal — or the first-ever felony conviction of a former American president. Through witnesses including a porn actor, a veteran tabloid publisher and longtime Trump aides, the prosecution aimed to link the presumptive Republican nominee for the White House this year to a hush money scheme duri
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Biden to deliver Morehouse graduation speech amid concerns from faculty and students
President Joe Biden will deliver the Morehouse College commencement address Sunday, his most direct engagement with college students since the start of the Israel-Hamas war and a key opportunity for him to engage with a group of voters that data suggests is softening on him: young, Black men.
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Morehouse welcomes Biden, as pastor praises 'woke class of 2024'
ATLANTA (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden arrived at Morehouse College to deliver the commencement address on Sunday, an election-year platform to repair bonds with young Black men and address anger over his backing of Israel. Biden received scattered applause as he arrived at the commencement, where some graduates wore keffiyehs -- the black-and-white head scarf which has become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestinian cause -- tied around their gowns at a ceremony that began uninterrupt
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RFK Jr. supporters: from Trump deserters to ex-Democrats, they're hungry for change
Republicans paint independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr as a radical liberal, and Democrats say he is being financed and manipulated by right-wing donors to hurt U.S. President Joe Biden's reelection bid. Kennedy is drawing supporters from both sides of the political divide. Others are disillusioned progressives ready to cast aside Biden, the incumbent.
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Missouri judge allows former 'honorary' member of KKK to remain on state's GOP primary ballot
A Missouri judge ruled that a former "honorary" member of the Ku Klux Klan can remain on the state's Republican primary ballot for governor.
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Trump accepts NRA endorsement, urges gun owners to turn out to vote
The National Rifle Association is supporting former President Donald Trump, an expected endorsement as the Republican nominee urged gun owners to vote in 2024.
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Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58
Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday. Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart's body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood early Saturday morning and that no foul play was suspected. In an email to staff, the network's CEO Mark Thompson called Stewart “a very dear friend and colleague to all of us at CNN.”
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Giuliani becomes final defendant served indictment among 18 accused in Arizona fake electors case
Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted the news regarding the Trump-aligned lawyer on her X account late Friday.
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Here's how the Trump family spends their billions, from a $11 million beachfront estate in St. Martin to a $15 million fleet of private aircraft
Former President Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has a net worth of $7.5 billion, according to a May 2024 Forbes estimate.
8 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Trump Has Long Prized Certain Tactics. His Trial Has Highlighted Them.
There are few distractions in the courtroom while Donald Trump’s criminal trial is in session. Lawyers and witnesses talk. Onlookers are tense and silent. And a squadron of armed court officers and Secret Service agents guards the room. But as Michael Cohen explained this week why he had broken with his former boss in 2018, after saying he spent more than a decade doing Trump’s bidding, reporters turned away from him to stare at one of the trial’s most noticeable interruptions. Sign up for The M
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Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president's backers say he shares faith, values
As Donald Trump increasingly infuses his campaign with Christian trappings while coasting to a third Republican presidential nomination, his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians. “Trump supports Jesus, and without Jesus, America will fall,” said Kimberly Vaughn of Florence, Kentucky, as she joined other supporters of the former president entering a campaign rally near Dayton, Ohio. Many of the T-shirts and hats that were worn and sold at the rally i
6 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Trump trial judge rebuked for donations to Democrat-aligned groups in 2020
Ex-president’s legal team sure to make hay out of Juan Merchan’s $35 gift to Biden for President and anti-Republican groups
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Trump to address NRA after threatening to roll back gun control laws if elected
Ex-president to take to stage in Dallas at annual convention amid fears a second term would imperil Biden’s firearm restrictions
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Trump pledges to 'roll back' Biden gun rules, fire ATF chief at NRA rally
DALLAS (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to unravel gun regulations put in place by Democratic President Joe Biden during a lengthy speech to the National Rifle Association on Saturday, during which he accepted the influential group's endorsement. The address to thousands of NRA members at the group's annual Leadership Forum in Dallas was light on new policy, but he used the platform to urge gun supporters to go to the polls in the November election. "We've got
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Trade War: What Is It Good For?
Biden is playing with Trump’s deck of cards on trade. But tariffs aren’t a solution to everything.
6 min read - USLA Times
California's effort to plug abandoned, chemical-spewing oil wells gets $35-million boost
The Biden administration funding is among the "largest ever in American history to address legacy pollution," U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said.
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We asked ChatGPT to be a juror in Donald Trump's hush-money trial. It said it would find him guilty.
We asked AI chatbots how they'd decide the Donald Trump trial if they were jurors. ChatGPT and Perplexity both said they'd find him guilty.
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Colorado GOP chair's embrace of Trump tactics splits party as he tries to boost his own campaign
At a recent primary debate, congressional candidate Dave Williams took the microphone and unleashed the same MAGA arguments that vaulted him from a former state representative to chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. “Right now we have a battle for the soul of our party,” Williams said. Williams' zeal and deployment of former President Donald Trump's combative style of politics as state pary chairman has riven the Colorado GOP, reflecting the Trump-shaped rift in the national Republican P
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Trump falsely claims he won Minnesota in 2020
Former President Donald Trump reiterated a false claim on Friday that he won Minnesota in 2020, despite Democratic candidates carrying it for over 40 years.
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New talk of creating a Hunter Biden legal defense fund as main benefactor retreats
The financing crunch comes at a precarious time for President Joe Biden's son, whose two criminal trials are set to begin in June.
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Newly released photos depict cash and gold bars seized from Sen. Bob Menendez's home
The pictures were entered as evidence by prosecutors, who accuse the high-profile New Jersey Democrat of accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes.
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'No more games': Biden campaign rejects additional debates against Trump
President Joe Biden's campaign rejected two additional debates on Friday that former President Donald Trump's campaign says it agreed to do.
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RFK Jr. revs up ballot access campaign in response to sped-up debate criteria
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accelerating plans to get on state ballots after Joe Biden, Donald Trump and CNN agreed on a June debate.
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Can Trump put Minnesota in play?: From the Politics Desk
Donald Trump hopes Minnesota becomes a battleground state in the 2024 election against Joe Biden, who is ramping up his Black voter outreach.
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Kamala Harris says more Indian American representation is needed in government
Addressing a crowd of Indian Americans this week, Vice President Kamala Harris asserted the importance of voting and running. But Biden and Harris approval among the group has fallen.
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Trump accepts a VP debate but wants it on Fox News. Harris has already said yes to CBS
Donald Trump said Friday his campaign has accepted an invitation from Fox News for his yet-to-be-chosen running mate to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, and he urged her to accept as well. In fact, Harris has already said she’ll debate — but on a rival network. President Joe Biden’s campaign signaled it would reject Trump’s offer, an official pointing to the acceptable debate parameters it detailed earlier this week.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave few pardons before rushing to clear Army officer who killed a protester
In issuing a full pardon to a former Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of an armed Black Lives Matter protestor, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pushed a limited executive power to its absolute limit to get a desired outcome in a politically charged case. Abbott's pardon this week of Daniel Perry, who killed Air Force veteran Garrett Foster at an Austin demonstration in 2020, satisfied prominent conservatives who had demanded Perry's release and outraged prosecutors and
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Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board
A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating allegations of fraud and making recommendations to state lawmakers. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, a Republican, on Friday announced the appointment of Janelle King to the board, effective immediately. “Janelle will be a tremendous asset as an independent thinker and impartial arbiter w
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Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar
A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial testified Friday that the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt followed Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say the Democrat arranged in return for bribes. James Bret Tate, a U.S. diplomat who was based in Cairo for several years and promoted U.S. agricultural interests, told a Manhattan federal court jury how Halal meat certification ended up in the hands of a s
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Former Trump attorney John Eastman pleads not guilty in Arizona election interference case
John Eastman, a former attorney for former president Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges related to a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona.
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GOP fighting, 50-hour Democratic filibuster kill push to make amending Missouri Constitution harder
GOP infighting and a record-breaking, 50-hour Democratic filibuster on Friday killed a Republican push to make amending Missouri's constitution harder, an effort in part aimed at thwarting an upcoming ballot measure on abortion-rights. The GOP-led Senate adjourned Friday morning — nearly eight hours before the 6 p.m. deadline for lawmakers to pass legislation this year — without passing what was a top priority for Republicans this year. The Senate's early departure came after Democrats spent M
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Potential signature fraud in Michigan threatens to disrupt congressional races
Fraudulent signatures could upend Michigan's congressional races this year as each declared GOP U.S. Senate candidate faces new calls to investigate their attempts to get on the August primary ballot and a Democratic U.S. House candidate appears likely to fall short. Adam Hollier, a former state senator who has garnered significant Democratic support in his primary challenge of U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, is expected to be kept off the August primary ballot after county election staff found he did
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