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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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'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.
4 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
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
2 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
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
8 min read - PoliticsThe Hill
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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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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'Green blitz': As election nears, Biden pushes slew of rules on environment, 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's lawyers expected in court for final hearing before June 3 gun trial
Attorneys for Hunter Biden are due in court Friday for the final hearing before the president's son is expected to stand trial on federal firearms charges in Delaware as his father's reelection campaign unfolds. Hunter Biden 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. The two sides have been arguing in court documents about evidence in the case, including contents from a laptop that he allegedly dropped off at a De
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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.
3 min read - PoliticsReuters
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.
5 min read - USThe Guardian
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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Prosecutors appeal dismissal of some charges against Trump in Georgia election interference case
A Georgia prosecutor on Thursday appealed a ruling dismissing some of the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and other defendants in an election interference case. The notice of appeal filed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis does not say why an appeals court should reverse the March dismissal. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Trump, saying the counts did not allege sufficient detail re
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Ohio governor calls special session to pass legislation ensuring Biden is on 2024 ballot
The question of whether Biden will appear on the state ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state ballot campaigns.
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Arizona Latinos weigh disappointment with Trump and Biden, especially on the border
Polling shows that Latino voters broadly say that former President Donald Trump would do a better job securing the border than President Joe Biden.
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Senate Republicans block border security bill as they campaign on border chaos
Senate Democrats failed to advance a bipartisan border security bill Thursday, with nearly every Republican voting against it Donald Trump wields border chaos in the 2024 election.
4 min read - PoliticsReuters
Georgia prosecutor to appeal dismissal of some Trump election case charges
Georgia prosecutors on Thursday said they would appeal a judge’s ruling dismissing some criminal counts in the 2020 election subversion case against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and several of his allies. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the prosecutor overseeing the case, said a state appeals court's decision to take up Trump’s bid to disqualify her office from the case also allows the court to review other rulings. The case is one of four criminal prosecutions T
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Trump claims Putin would release jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich 'for me' if he's elected
Former President Donald Trump claimed he could get Russian President Vladimir Putin to free imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich if elected, drawing a rebuke from President Joe Biden's campaign.
3 min read - PoliticsLA Times
Voters, worried about inflation, are favoring Trump in swing states, poll shows
The former president leads President Biden in six of seven battleground states. The two are tied in Wisconsin.
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Democratic consultant who masterminded AI-generated fake Biden robocall scheme indicted on 26 charges
Steve Kramer faces 26 charges, including felony voter suppression, over accusations he orchestrated an AI-generated Joe Biden robocall scheme.
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Supreme court rules South Carolina doesn’t need to redraw congressional map to consider Black voters
Justices send case back to lower court, saying it didn’t properly evaluate evidence in ruling Republican plan was discriminatory
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Louisiana is set to make possessing abortion pills without a prescription punishable by up to 10 years in prison
It now heads to the desk of GOP Gov. Jeff Landry, who has not publicly weighed in on the legislation but is expected to sign it.
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Elon Musk says he didn't ask for Biden's tariff on electric vehicles from China
Elon Musk said he was surprised when President Joe Biden announced a 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Former South African president Jacob Zuma criticizes top court over election disqualification
Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday criticized the country's highest court and his former allies in the ruling African National Congress over his disqualification from next week's election and said he would fight for his rights “in a disciplined way.” Zuma's comments came in a video message he said was aimed at the people of South Africa and released on social media six days before the possibly pivotal national vote. The 82-year-old former leader made clear he would still cam
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Republicans Unite To Block Border Bill Again As Election Year Fight Heats Up
Democrats criticized the GOP for walking away from a chance to fix the border, something they have been calling an urgent crisis for years.
4 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
US attorney general calls Trump’s claim FBI was ready to shoot him ‘dangerous’
Merrick Garland says agency’s ‘standard operations plan’ was also used for Biden, as ex-Trump lawyer excoriates Mar-a-Lago delays
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Pennsylvania Rep. Dwight Evans says he's recovering from a minor stroke
U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans of Philadelphia said Thursday that he is in a rehabilitation facility recovering from a minor stroke, and plans to return to voting in Washington in about six weeks. Evans, a Democrat serving his fourth term, said he is having difficulty with one of his legs that will impact his walking for some time and expects to leave the rehabilitation facility in about a week. Evans, 70, said he received the diagnosis this week for a stroke that was so minor that he didn't realize w
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The Case For Breaking Up Ticketmaster, 'The Monopoly Of Our Time That Everybody Hates'
An “architect” of Biden’s antitrust agenda explains why suing Ticketmaster-Live Nation is sound policy and good politics.
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Political consultant who admitted deepfaking Biden's voice is indicted, fined $6 million
Steve Kramer, the political consultant who admitted to NBC News that he was behind a robocall impersonating Joe Biden's voice, was indicted in New Hampshire.
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Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water
The Navajo Nation Council has signed off on a proposed settlement that would ensure water rights for its tribe and two others in the drought-stricken Southwest — a deal that could become the most expensive enacted by Congress. The Navajo Nation has one of the largest single outstanding claims in the Colorado River basin. Delegates acknowledged the gravity of their vote Thursday and stood to applause after casting a unanimous vote.
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Top Biden campaign official held Zoom call with Haley supporters hours after she endorsed Trump
"The common theme was, they feel homeless and they need a reason to vote for Biden. A lot of them are just not there yet."
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US Senate panels launch probe into Trump 'quid pro quo' with energy execs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate finance and budget committees on Thursday launched an investigation into presidential candidate Donald Trump's reported offer to roll back a slew of environmental regulations in exchange for $1 billion in campaign contributions. The announcement comes a week after the top Democratic lawmaker on a U.S. House oversight panel sought information from nine oil companies about reports about "quid pro quo propositions" made by the former president at a campaign ev
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Trump claims of FBI threat 'extremely dangerous,' US attorney general says
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday called former President Donald Trump’s claims that the FBI was authorized to shoot him during its 2022 search of his Florida club “false” and “extremely dangerous.” Garland told reporters that Trump and some of his allies were referring to a “standard operations plan” that limits when agents can use lethal force while executing search warrants. The FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022 to retrieve classified material that he ret
2 min read - USThe Guardian
Consultant behind deepfaked Biden robocall fined $6m as new charges filed
Steve Kramer charged in New Hampshire for AI-generated impersonation of Biden that urged residents not to vote in primary
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Border bill fails Senate test vote as Democrats seek to underscore Republican resistance
Senate Republicans again blocked a bill meant to clamp down on the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sought Thursday to underscore GOP resistance to the proposal. “We gave Republicans a second chance to show where they stand,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said after the vote.
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Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls faces $6 million fine and criminal charges
A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden's voice to voters ahead of New Hampshire's presidential primary faces a $6 million fine and more than two dozen criminal charges. The Federal Communications Commission said the fine it proposed Thursday for Steven Kramer is its first involving generative AI technology. The company accused of transmitting the calls, Lingo Telecom, faces a $2 million fine, though in both cases the parties co
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Trump team moves behind the scenes to shift the GOP platform on abortion and marriage
Donald Trump's allies are quietly getting involved in little-noticed fights over who will serve on the committee to set the Republican Party's national platform.
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