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Trump's mail-in ballot reversal: As he backs it, GOP lawyers are still fighting against it
Mail-in balloting is part of a new Republican plan to promote early voting, even after years of Trump attacks on the idea.
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Clarence Thomas belatedly discloses lavish travel expenses paid for by Harlan Crow
The conservative justice has faced scrutiny over his acceptance of vacations from the Republican donor.
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Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona's fake elector case
Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump 2020 Election Day operations director Michael Roman pleaded not guilty Friday in Phoenix to nine felony charges for their roles in an effort to overturn Trump's Arizona election loss to Joe Biden. Meadows and Roman appeared by videoconference for separate brief hearings before Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Shellie Smith, who set an Oct. 31 trial date.
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When third-party ballot access meets partisan meddling: From the Politics Desk
Senior politics reporter Alex Seitz-Wald uncovers an effort by operatives linked to a GOP consulting firm to help put Cornel West on the ballot.
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Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push for a breakthrough on President Joe Biden's cease-fire proposal when he returns to the Middle East next week on his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October, the State Department said Friday. Blinken, who is currently in France accompanying Biden on a state visit timed to the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion during World War II, will fly from Paris to Cairo on Monday to meet Egyptian President A
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Alvin Bragg’s Next Decision on Trump Presents a Political Quandary
NEW YORK — Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, went into former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial besieged by death threats from extremists, reproval from political commentators for creating a national distraction (“Save the mug shots for Georgia, the handcuffs for Jan. 6,” wrote Peggy Noonan in The Wall Street Journal) and criticism from legal analysts who saw the case as structurally unsound, too quixotic to proceed. The result nevertheless was a guilty verdict on all 34 coun
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NAACP urges Biden to halt weapons to Israel and help end Gaza war
The NAACP has called on President Joe Biden to stop sending weapons to Israel and use the U.S.’ influence to end the war in Gaza.
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Trump Defends Vow to Prosecute Rivals, Saying ‘Sometimes Revenge Can Be Justified’
Former President Donald Trump has in recent days been escalating his suggestions that he could prosecute his political enemies if elected in November. In interviews broadcast on Thursday and earlier this week, Trump’s remarks demonstrated how he is trying to put his legal troubles on the ballot as a referendum on the American justice system and the rule of law. His allies in the Republican Party have also joined his calls for revenge prosecutions and other retaliatory measures against Democrats
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A local race in Nevada's primary could have implications for national elections in a key swing state
The commission that oversees Nevada’s second most populous county approved its new elections director earlier this year by a familiar split vote. The three votes in favor came from two Democrats and a moderate Republican, Clara Andriola. The votes against came from two Republican commissioners who have raised doubts about elections or voted against certifying results and who are supported by a wider movement within the county that promotes election conspiracy theories.
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Right-wing media reckoning: Some outlets pay a price after spreading 2020 election misinformation
Right-wing media that became purveyors of misinformation and amplified false claims as Donald Trump undermined the results of the 2020 election are finding themselves on the losing end of legal challenges — or facing new ones.
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The US is considering deploying more nuclear weapons to deter Russia, China, and North Korea, US official says
The US is considering deploying more strategic nuclear weapons in response to growing threats from its adversaries, a senior Biden official said.
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he'll vote against recreational pot after brother's death
Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says he'll be voting in November against a ballot amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in his state, a deeply personal decision based on his brother's long history of addiction. The senator and former Florida governor said he watched his brother Roger Scott begin smoking marijuana as a teenager and then struggle with substance use for the rest of life. When Roger Scott died in April at 67, the cause wasn't substance abuse, but rather “a life of dru
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Appointed by Trump, Hunter Biden trial judge spent most of her career in civil law
The judge presiding over Hunter Biden's federal gun trial in Delaware is a former corporate civil lawyer with a background in biology who was nominated to the bench by the Biden family's chief political antagonist: former President Donald Trump. Born in Pittsburgh, the 57-year-old Noreika graduated from Lehigh University in 1988 before earning her master’s degree in biology from Columbia University in 1990.
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Macron is hosting Biden for a state visit as the two leaders try to move past trade tensions
President Joe Biden is being feted by French President Emmanuel Macron with a state visit Saturday as the two allies aim to show off their partnership on global security issues and move past trade tensions. Biden and Macron attended ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday and met separately the following day with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris. The state visit began with a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, including a wreath-laying at France's tomb of the
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Takeaways from Day 5 of Hunter Biden’s firearms trial
Hunter Biden’s eldest daughter Naomi took the stand in her father’s defense, telling the court how her father appeared to have taken control of his drug use.
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Judge in Trump's hush money case raises questions about social media post claiming to preview jury verdict
The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial asked attorneys about a social media post purportedly previewing the former president's guilty verdict.
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New Jersey businessman admits to bribing Sen. Bob Menendez with a Mercedes-Benz
A New Jersey businessman testified on Friday that he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, telling a jury in the New Jersey Democrat's bribery trial that he gave the lawmaker's wife a Mercedes in exchange for his influence.
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Two months after the strike on World Central Kitchen workers, U.S. still reviewing Israel's investigation
WASHINGTON — More than two months after an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, the Biden administration still has not provided an assessment of the preliminary investigation by Israel that determined the incident was a “grave mistake.”
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Biden makes the case to fight extremists by invoking war waged on D-Day
POINTE DU HOC, France — Invoking the soldiers who braved Nazi fire on D-Day, President Joe Biden called upon Americans to put country first and not cast aside the democratic traditions that an earlier generation died to protect.
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Wisconsin Republican leader Robin Vos says recall petition effort against him failed
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Friday challenged signatures on petitions filed seeking an election to recall him from office, saying there were not enough valid ones. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has until June 28 to determine whether there are enough valid signatures to trigger a recall election. Vos is being targeted by supporters of former President Donald Trump, including former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who submitted more than 9,000 signat
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VP Harris campaigns to stop gun violence with Maryland Senate candidate Alsobrooks
Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that more must be done at the federal level to prevent gun violence during a campaign stop in Maryland to support Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat whose U.S. Senate race could determine control of the chamber. Harris, speaking on the 10th annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day, marked the occasion by underscoring the need to pass more laws to stop gun violence. “Maryland, this November you have the power to elect leaders who have actually kept our comm
4 min read - USThe Guardian
Joe Biden says he will not pardon son Hunter if convicted in gun trial
US president says he is prepared to accept any outcome as Naomi Biden testifies in father’s defense
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Trump pitches himself as 'crypto president' at San Francisco tech fundraiser
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump presented himself as a champion for cryptocurrency and slammed Democrats' attempts to regulate the sector during a San Francisco fundraiser on Thursday, three sources present told Reuters. "He said he would be the crypto president," Trevor Traina, a San Francisco-based tech executive and former Trump ambassador to Austria, told Reuters.
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Biden is going after corporate giants for being too big. Here's who he's targeted so far.
Biden's administration has launched antitrust investigations into large corporations like Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
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Mexico's outgoing president vows to pursue changes to Constitution despite market nervousness
Mexico’s outgoing president pledged Friday to press ahead with j udicial reforms despite nervousness among investors and suggestions from his own handpicked successor that he should go slow. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he would pursue 20 constitutional changes after his Morena party won a two-thirds majority in Congress in Sunday’s elections, including making all judges run for election and enshrining a series of unfunded benefit mandates in the Constitution. Sunday's elections
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Kids are upstaging their political parents — by acting like kids
For one shining moment this week, the country's ongoing political crises were swept away by the comedic power of one cherubic and wildly exuberant 6-year-old. Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., was giving an impassioned defense of former President Donald Trump when his young son Guy went into action.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nevada's state primaries
Voters in the key swing state of Nevada head the polls for the second (or, in some cases, third) time this year to select the candidates who will appear in some of this fall’s most competitive legislative races. After holding both presidential primaries and a presidential caucus in February, Nevadans will vote in primaries for Congress and the state legislature on Tuesday. The state’s congressional delegation is currently composed of five Democrats and one Republican.
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Hunter Biden’s daughter testifies in his defense as gun trial nears completion
Naomi Biden took the witness stand after prosecutors rested their case.
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Graffiti with images and messages referencing Ukraine appear on Paris buildings near Parliament
Unusual spray-painted images and messages with references to Ukraine appeared on the streets of Paris on Friday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the French capital. It was unclear who sprayed the graffiti that has appeared on several buildings in central Paris near the Parliament complex and various government ministries. It was the latest of several strange incidents in recent months worrying French authorities as Paris prepares to host the Olymp
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18 of Trump's most wealthy backers
Some are longtime supporters who know Trump from his days in the business world. Others are GOP megadonors who previously backed his rivals.
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What's the firearms form at the center of Hunter Biden's gun trial? AP Explains
The prosecution of Hunter Biden on federal firearms charges stems from a 7-page form that would-be gun buyers must fill out when purchasing a weapon from a licensed gun business. The form includes standard questions about things that would disqualify someone from legal gun ownership, like previous felony convictions, mental health problems or illegal drug use. The drug question has landed Biden in court — prosecutors say he lied on the paperwork for a gun purchase in 2018 when he said he wasn'
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Zelenskyy is in France with more asks, and some skepticism
The Ukrainian president’s wish list for Biden and Macron includes requests to strike deeper into Russia and unlock frozen Russian assets.
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Biden meets with Zelenskyy in Paris, apologizes for weapons delay
President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on Friday as the United States clashes with Kyiv and the Kremlin over supplies of American weapons.
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RNC hires a prominent 'Stop the Steal' advocate to help craft its 2024 platform
Ed Martin, who now works for the Republican National Committee, is a prominent supporter of the pro-Donald Trump “Stop the Steal” movement and was at Jan. 6.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio's special congressional election
Donald Trump’s allies could soon add another House member to their ranks, as Ohio voters head to the polls in a district the Republican former president carried comfortably in 2020. Republican Bill Johnson served in Congress for more than a decade before resigning in January, leaving a vacancy in a district that has a track record of electing Republicans. In March, primary voters selected two nominees to send to Tuesday's special general election: Republican Michael Rulli and Democrat Michael
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Biden Apologizes to Zelenskyy for Delay in U.S. Aid
PARIS — President Joe Biden apologized to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine on Friday for the monthslong delay in approving military aid, blaming it on conservative Republican opposition. But he vowed to stand by Ukraine against Russian aggression. “I apologize for the weeks of not knowing what was going to pass, in terms of funding, because we had trouble getting the bill that we had to pass, that had the money in it,” Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart before a private meeting in Pari
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Biden Shut the Border to Asylum Seekers. The Question Is Whether the Order Can Be Enforced.
As of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, the U.S. border with Mexico was shut down to nearly all migrants seeking asylum in the United States. The drastic action, the result of an executive order signed by President Joe Biden, was designed to keep the border closed at least through Election Day and defuse one of the president’s biggest vulnerabilities in his campaign against former President Donald Trump. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times The question is how broadly it can be enforce
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South African opposition parties holding crunch talks on the ANC's unity plan. But deep rifts remain
South African opposition parties were meeting Friday and will continue crunch talks into next week to consider the ruling African National Congress' offer to become part of a government of national unity. ANC failed to secure a majority in last week's highly contested election, but some opposition parties are already rejecting the party's offer because of deep-seated divisions. Senior officials of the main opposition Democratic Alliance, or DA, will meet on Monday to discuss the centrist party
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Trump’s lead over Biden narrows after conviction, analysis shows
Republicans said verdict would hurt president’s standing, but data looks mostly the same with slight uptick for Biden
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Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping a D-Day ceremony to return to the election campaign trail
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to return to the election campaign trail — a decision slammed as disgraceful by his political rivals. Sunak, who is fighting to keep his job in Britain’s July 4 election, said that, “on reflection” the decision was a mistake. Sunak was not alongside leaders including President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy fo
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Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for monthslong congressional holdup to weapons that let Russia advance
President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield. Biden met in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who appealed for bipartisan U.S. support going forward “like it was during World War II.” A day earlier, the two had attended ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, where Biden had drawn common cause
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Political newcomer who blew whistle on Trump faces experienced foes in Democratic primary
Eugene Vindman has never run for office, and he's far from a household name, but his almost cultlike status among national Democratic activists as a figure from the first impeachment of Donald Trump has elevated him to a leading contender in a key Virginia congressional race. Vindman's ability to raise money from outside the district has given him an advantage in the seven-person primary in Virginia's 7th Congressional District, to the consternation of other contenders who paid their dues in st
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Members of Congress commemorate D-Day with their own parachute jump over Normandy
A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives made a commemorative parachute jump Friday at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the historic assault that launched the end of World War II. Organized by Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., the bipartisan group included 10 congressmen, all veterans, making the trek to France to honor and pay tribute to the U.S. and Allied troops at a defining moment at home and abroad. Waltz said in this era of
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Joe Manchin isn't a candidate 5 months before the election. But he still has time to change his mind
Every election cycle, it seems, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia tries to find the best fit for himself, dragging both sides of the political aisle — and an entire home-state electorate — along for a wobbly ride. After recently switching his party affiliation from Democrat to independent, the 76-year-old Manchin is content to leave the Senate in January “and be able to hold a more normal life, if you will.” The rutted path he's chosen, while not necessarily surprising, leaves voters who haven
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Netanyahu to address joint session of Congress next month
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24 amid his nation's ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza, two sources familiar with the date confirmed to NBC News.
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Steve Bannon has to actually go to prison by July 1, Trump-appointed judge says
Bannon is set to serve a four-month prison term for contempt of Congress, and had a stay of his sentence removed after his appeal was struck down.
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‘This is their family’: Close-knit Bidens turn out for Hunter’s trial
WILMINGTON, Del. — On Oct. 12, 2018, former Vice President Joe Biden crowded into an SUV with a small group of advisers and headed to Bath County High School in Owingsville, Ky., for a campaign rally with a congressional candidate.
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Trump attacks Biden over immigration in battleground Arizona
Biden hit back at Trump on Thursday in an interview with ABC’s David Muir.
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Biden's big ad advantage won't last forever: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, we report on Joe Biden's big advertising advantage — and why it's going to disappear. Plus, senior national political reporter Jonathan Allen analyzes why Hunter Biden's trial is bad news for Donald Trump.
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Mike Johnson is likely safe through the election, one of his GOP detractors says
Speaker Mike Johnson's job is likely safe until the election, with one key Republican opponent saying the motion to vacate is "done" until then.
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