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Biden cannot afford a boiling summer of protest
President Joe Biden can ill afford a long, hot summer of protest that comes to a boil in time for the Democratic National Convention in August and then bleeds into the final weeks of an already venomous clash with Donald Trump.
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Schumer poised to join Johnson invite for Netanyahu address to Congress
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is poised to join Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress, despite tensions between the Israeli leader and many Democrats over the ongoing war in the Middle East. Johnson told The Hill this week that he sent Schumer a…
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Trump trial updates: Prosecution plays Cohen’s secret recording of Trump discussing payment to Karen McDougal
During the 10th day of former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, jurors heard a secret recording made by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen that captured his boss talking about a payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
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Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a bill Thursday to repeal it. Hobbs says the move is just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona. The repeal of the 1864 law that the state Supreme Court recently reinstated won't take effect until 90 days after the legislative session ends, which typically happens in June or July.
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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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As Trump airs his election doubts, many supporters say they won't accept a Biden win in 2024
NBC News spoke to more than 50 Trump supporters, most of whom said they don't believe Biden can win legitimately in November.
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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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Biden calls Japan and India 'xenophobic' nations
President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain their economic circumstances and contrasted the four with the U.S. on immigration. The remarks, at a campaign fundraising event Wednesday evening, came just three weeks after the White House hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a lavish official visit, during which the two leaders celebrated what Biden called a
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Trump to parade vice presidential hopefuls at Florida fundraiser
Donald Trump will host a bevy of potential vice presidential picks at a Republican event in Florida this weekend, giving him the chance to observe his potential running mates in action while using them as a draw to attract donors. The Republican presidential candidate will convene a two-day retreat on Friday and Saturday in Palm Beach that is expected to attract more than 400 donors and high-profile politicians. The event will help shore up Trump’s shaky finances, which have been drained by le
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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 new 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. While it may help Biden bo
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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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Michael Cohen hasn't taken the stand in Trump's hush money trial. But jurors are hearing his words
The prosecution's star witness has yet to take the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial. The second week of testimony in the case will wrap up Friday after jurors heard a potentially crucial piece of evidence: a recording of Trump and Cohen, then his attorney, discussing a plan to pay off an ex-Playboy model who claimed to have an affair with Trump. Prosecutors have spent the week using detailed testimony about meetings, email exchanges, business transactions and bank accounts to build on
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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.
2 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
US jobs report for April will likely point to a slower but still-strong pace of hiring
The American economy likely delivered another solid hiring gain in April, showing continuing durability in the face of the highest interest rates in two decades. The unemployment rate is forecast to stay at 3.8%. Despite the strength of the job market, Americans remain generally exasperated by high prices, and many of them assign blame to President Joe Biden.
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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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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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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.
10 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Trump says RFK Jr. is 'not a serious candidate,' refuses to debate him because his numbers are 'too low'
It's not even clear if Donald Trump will debate Joe Biden, but there's a chance Kennedy's inclusion won't be up to either of them.
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Minnesota sports betting bill runs afoul of partisan rancor over state senator's burglary arrest
A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in serious trouble, running afoul of the partisan rancor over the arrest of a state senator on a felony burglary charge. One of the lead authors, Democratic Sen. Matt Klein, of Mendota Heights, isn't ready to call sports betting dead. In the House, a Republican sports betting advocate who's considered a key to any bipartisan deal, Rep. Pat Garofalo, of Farmington, said he thinks the bill is effectively dead for the year, though it came closer t
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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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Palantir CEO calls Columbia anti-Israel protests 'pagan' and says he's dreamed of drone striking his enemies
Speaking at a conference full of members of Congress and tech leaders, Palantir's CEO also referred to anti-Israel protests on campuses as "pagan."
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Jill Biden recognizes her fellow teachers at a swanky White House dinner for answering 'a calling'
Jill Biden on Thursday paid tribute to her fellow teachers, hosting the 2024 national and state teachers of the year at a swanky White House dinner to honor their commitment to their students and excellence in the classroom. President Joe Biden made a brief, surprise appearance at the East Room event immediately after he returned from a trip to North Carolina, saying he appreciates everything teachers do. The national and state teachers of the year typically attend a White House ceremony after
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Biden condemns campus violence: 'Order must prevail'
President Joe Biden urged that "order must prevail" amid pro-Palestinian protests that are roiling college campuses across the country, emphasizing that violent protests are not protected under the law.
2 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Why Yes-or-No Questions on Abortion Rights Could Be a Key to 2024
As Democrats confront a presidential race against a resurgent and resilient Donald Trump as well as a brutally challenging Senate map, they believe they have an increasingly powerful political weapon: ballot measures to protect abortion rights. Two crucial presidential and Senate battlegrounds, Arizona and Nevada, are expected to put such measures directly before voters. So are other states with top Senate races, including Maryland and potentially Montana. And abortion rights measures are set or
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Senate GOPers Scoff At Trump’s Lawyers Arguing He Could Legally Kill A Political Rival
“No. No. No immunity. No!” insisted Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
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Trump cites Biden classified records probe as he seeks to toss documents case
Donald Trump cited U.S. President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency as he seeks to have criminal charges related to his own retention of sensitive records tossed out, court filings showed on Thursday. Trump, the former president and the Republican challenger to Democrat Biden in the Nov. 5 election, argued that the decision not to charge Biden and other senior U.S. officials who mishandled classified information shows he is being selectively targe
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What members of the Trump family have worn to the Met Gala through the years
Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and Ivanka Trump were all fixtures of the Met Gala until their involvement in politics.
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Stormy Daniels' lawyer says 'extremely strict reading' of her earlier Trump affair denial was true because the relationship wasn't 'romantic'
Keith Davidson testified about the chaotic efforts to keep the hush-money agreement with Donald Trump and Michael Cohen under control.
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Biden says campus protests haven't led him to reconsider his stance on Israel
President Joe Biden made the comment at the end of a surprise press conference on Thursday regarding campus unrest.
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Inside a Gen Z campaign to shake up Congress
Joe Vogel is running in the Democratic primary for a competitive district in Maryland. At 27 years old, he's aiming to be the second Gen Z member of Congress.
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Biden Ad Highlights Trump’s Post-Roe Plan To Prosecute Pregnant People
The seven-figure ad buy from the Biden-Harris campaign will run on the two-year anniversary of the leaked Dobbs decision.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Biden expands 2 national monuments in California significant to tribal nations
President Joe Biden on Thursday expanded two national monuments in California following calls from tribal nations, Indigenous community leaders and others for the permanent protection of nearly 120,000 acres (48,562 hectares) of important cultural and environmental land. Against the backdrop of Biden’s reelection campaign, the White House emphasized the role of Vice President Kamala Harris in ensuring protections in her home state.
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Trump again won't commit to accepting the presidential election results
Former President Donald Trump wouldn’t commit to accepting the 2024 presidential election results — echoing comments he made during the 2020 election campaign.
2 min read - PoliticsWashington Post
Inside the ground game to win Florida abortion referendum votes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - There was standing room only for the volunteers gathered near the University of Florida on a recent afternoon to learn how they could campaign in favor of a referendum to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Among the tips they got: Don’t mention President Biden or Donald Trump by name. Describe abortion as a health-care issue, not a political one. And don’t be afraid to get personal.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting s
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Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature
Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate. This was the first year that expansion has received serious legislative discussion in Mississippi, which is one of the poorest states in the U.S. and has some of the worst health outcomes. Any plan would have needed to pass with at least a two-thirds vote — a wide enough margin to survive an expected veto from Republican G
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Senators want limits on the government's use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology by the Transportation Security Administration, saying they are concerned about travelers' privacy and civil liberties. In a letter on Thursday, the group of 14 lawmakers called on Senate leaders to use the upcoming reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration as a vehicle to limit TSA's use of the technology so Congress can put in place some oversight. "This technology poses signifi
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Battle over Arizona's abortion ban further jolts a packed GOP congressional primary
The Arizona Supreme Court's decision to uphold an 1864 abortion ban and has jolted a crowded GOP congressional primary that includes the state House Speaker.
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Biden, after meeting with families of officers killed in NC, says the nation is grieving with them
President Joe Biden said Thursday he was praying for loved ones and all those left behind after he met privately with the families of law enforcement officers shot to death on the job. The visit came just a week after he sat down with the grieving relatives of two cops killed in upstate New York. “The entire nation is grieving with these families," he said from his second stop of the day in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he was announcing new measures to cut lead pipes from the water supply
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San Gabriel Mountains National Monument expands by more than 100,000 acres
The Biden administration added to the Southern California monument that was established by President Obama in 2014, and also expanded the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California.
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Don’t Forget the Backlash to the ’60s
Today’s campus chaos carries a grim warning for Biden.
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Has the DeSantis comeback already begun?
His next act: Republican money machine.
6 min read - WorldAssociated Press
As India votes, misinformation surges on social media: 'The whole country is paying the price'
Bollywood stars seldom weigh in on politics, so videos showing two celebrities criticizing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and endorsing his main opposition, the Congress party — were bound to go viral. Claims circulating online in India recently have misstated details about casting a ballot, claimed without evidence that the election will be rigged, and called for violence against India’s Muslims. Researchers who track misinformation and hate speech in India say tech companies' poor enf
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Critics question if longtime Democratic congressman from Georgia is too old for reelection
U.S. Rep. David Scott faces multiple Democratic primary opponents in his quest for a 12th congressional term in a sharply reconfigured suburban Atlanta district. Attacks on Scott are in some ways a microcosm of Democrats' concerns about President Joe Biden, including claims that he's too old and that he's disconnected from young voters.
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Arizona repealed its 1864 abortion ban. Democrats are still planning to use it against Trump
Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state's law books, but not from the campaign trail. President Joe Biden's campaign team believes anger over the fall of Roe v. Wade gives them a political advantage in battleground states like Arizona.
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Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress
Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now. The minority leader of the House Democrats, it was Jeffries who provided the votes needed to keep the government running despite opposition from House Republicans to prevent a federal shutdown. Jeffries who made sure Democrats delivered the tally to send $95 billion foreign aid to Ukraine and other U.S. allies.
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Biden to meet with families of killed law enforcement officers
President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with the families of law enforcement officers who were killed Monday in North Carolina, the White House announced.
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Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens must remain jailed, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family. Alexander Smirnov 's lawyers had urged the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court judge's order that the man remain behind bars while he awaits trial. The appeals court also denied Smirnov’s request for temporary release, which his lawyers had pressed for
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Democratic Senate hopeful proposes 'pausing' filibuster for abortion and voting rights
Florida Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is leaning into abortion rights in her underdog campaign against GOP Sen. Rick Scott.
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