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How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel
The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the country. “They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them,” he said to jeers from protesters. “They have shouted racial epithets. They have screamed at those who bear the Star of David.” Former President Donald Trump chimed in. President Joe Biden, he wrote on Truth Soc
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Johnson Survives Greene’s Ouster Attempt as Democrats Join GOP to Kill It
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday easily batted down an attempt by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to oust him from his post, after Democrats linked arms with most Republicans to fend off a second attempt by GOP hard-liners to strip the gavel from their party leader. The vote to kill the effort was an overwhelming 359-43, with seven voting “present.” Democrats flocked to Johnson’s rescue, with all but 39 of them voting with Republicans to block the effort to oust him. Members
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Trump’s strategy to delay cases before the election is working
The ex-president scored two huge legal victories this week that make it all but certain two of his trials will take place after November
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Barron Trump picked to serve as a Florida delegate at Republican National Convention
Barron Trump, the youngest child of former President Donald Trump, was chosen as one of Florida's at-large delegates for the Republican National Convention, according to a list of delegates obtained by ABC News. In response to the news of Barron Trump being selected as one of Florida's at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention, a Trump campaign official told ABC News that the former president's youngest son is "very interested" in the political process.
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Biden threatens to cut Israel off from bombs and artillery shells if they invade Rafah
Joe Biden vowed there would be consequences if Israel crosses his red line with a major invasion of Rafah.
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Mike Johnson saved: House kills effort from Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust speaker
Democrats and Republicans joined together to dismiss the conservative agitator's motion to vacate against the speaker.
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Ohio lawmakers are at odds over effort to ensure Biden appears on November ballot
An effort to ensure Joe Biden is on Ohio’s general election ballot stalled in the state Legislature, raising the chance of legal action to resolve the issue.
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Barron Trump to step into the political arena as a Florida delegate at the Republican convention
Barron Trump was picked by the Republican Party of Florida as one of the state’s at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention, according to a list of delegates obtained by NBC News.
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RFK Jr.'s new hire who downplayed Jan. 6 appears to have been at the Capitol during the attack
Zach Henry, a right-wing social media influencer hired by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s presidential campaign, appears to have been outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Israel privately conveys ‘deep frustration’ that US confirmed weapons holdup
A senior Biden administration official called it ‘rich‘ that Israel bristled at the leak when Israeli officials first revealed the news.
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RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
In 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor. Kennedy said he consulted several of the country’s top neurologists, many of whom had either treated or spoken to his uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, before his death the previous year of brain cancer. Several doctors noticed a dark spot on the younger Kennedy’s brain scans and concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The
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Trump has yet to decide his VP pick – and it’s turning into a pageant of its own
It’s less than six months until election day, and Donald Trump is choosing his running mate. It’s quite the spectacle
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Federal prosecutors reissue criminal charges against ex-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
The Nebraska Republican was convicted of lying to the FBI two years ago, but an appeals court ruled the charges should’ve been brought in a different venue.
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Israeli defence minister tells 'friends and enemies' Israel will achieve war aims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israel's "enemies and friends" on Wednesday that it would do whatever necessary to achieve its war aims in Gaza and the north, in an apparent response to U.S. pressure to halt its operation in Rafah. The comments, at a ceremony to commemorate Israel's war dead, followed U.S. President Joe Biden's warning that the United States would halt weapons supplies if Israel moved into Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million displaced
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to oust Johnson blocked and Miss Teen USA gives up her crown: Morning Rundown
President Joe Biden threatens to cut off Israel’s supply of offensive weapons if it invades Rafah. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to oust Speaker Johnson blocked.
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'Flush the orange turd down': Stormy Daniels spars with Trump's lawyer during hush money trial testimony
Adult film star Stormy Daniels returned to the witness stand in Donald Trump's criminal trial Thursday to face more cross-examination by defense attorneys about her now-sworn allegation that she had a sexual encounter with the former president.
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Republican attorneys general sue to stop EPA's carbon rule
A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a landmark rule requiring sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants. The lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is spearheaded by West Virginia and Indiana. It targets a rule finalized by President Joe Biden's administration on April 25 as part of an effort to combat climate
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Trump vows to target EVs, LNG exports in meeting with oil CEOs -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed to reverse dozens of the Biden administration's environmental rules and policies at a meeting with top U.S. oil executives, where he also asked them to raise $1 billion for his presidential campaign, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The Post, citing unidentified sources familiar with the meeting last month in Florida, said Trump promised to end President Joe Biden's emissions rules aimed at promoting electric ve
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Turning Point or Breaking Point? Biden’s Pause on Weapons Tests Ties to Israel
WASHINGTON — The message was not getting through. Not through the phone calls or the emissaries or the public statements or the joint committee meetings. And so, frustrated that he was being ignored, President Joe Biden chose a more dramatic way of making himself clear to Israeli leaders. He stopped sending the bombs. Biden’s decision to pause the delivery of 3,500 bombs to Israel was meant to convey a powerful signal that his patience has limits. While insisting that his support for the Jewish
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Trump's VP pick could put a Senate appointment in the hands of a MAGA foe
CLEVELAND — Two of former President Donald Trump’s prospective running mates come with politically fraught complications: the Republican governors who would choose their successors.
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RNC lawyer Charlie Spies was ousted after sustained lobbying from MAGA influencers
Charlie Spies was ousted as chief counsel of the Republican National Committee after just two months on the job.
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Explainer-How dependent is China on US artificial intelligence technology?
The Biden administration plans to put guardrails on U.S.-developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that power popular chatbots like ChatGPT to safeguard the technology from countries such as China and Russia, Reuters has reported. But China in the past year has built its own domestic generative AI industry and has been urging its companies to avoid foreign technology. OpenAI’s key AI services such as ChatGPT and the DALL-E image generator have not been officially rolled out in mainland Chi
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Who could make up Trump's Cabinet? Here are the billionaires and other leaders that could rise to power if he wins a 2nd term
Donald Trump has said he's learned his lesson from assembling his first government. His second team could be far different.
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US House Speaker Johnson survives ouster attempt, but future uncertain
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson wakes up on Thursday having survived an attempt to push him out, but he still faces an uncertain future as leader of a Republican caucus locked in civil war. Johnson was a little-known member of the House of Representatives until October, when he emerged from the bruising leadership fight that followed his predecessor's ouster in the powerful role of top Republican in Congress and second in line to the presidency behind the vice president. He
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Republicans Urge Trump To Pick Running Mate Who Can Win Nikki Haley Voters
The surprising share of GOP primary voters spurning Trump for Haley is making Republicans anxious ahead of the November presidential election.
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Republican clerk, pro-Trump lawyer charged in Michigan voting-system breach
(Reuters) -A Michigan township clerk was charged with multiple felonies on Wednesday, the latest turn in a state inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump supporters to tamper with voting machines to prove his false claim that he lost the 2020 election due to fraud. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement that former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, 52, has been charged with five felonies related to unauthorized use of a computer, concealing a voting machine, and misconduct in
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Stormy Daniels returns to witness stand to face questions from Trump's lawyers in hush money trial
Stormy Daniels returned to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump's hush money trial as the defense sought to undermine the credibility of the porn actor's salacious testimony about their alleged sexual encounter and the money she was paid to keep quiet. The trial against the former president resumed with defense lawyers questioning Daniels, whose account is key to the prosecution's allegations that Trump schemed to illegally influence the 2016 presidential campaign by suppressing unflatter
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Biden says Trump won't accept 2024 election results
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump would not accept the outcome of the 2024 election.
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Biden says U.S. won't transfer offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah
President Joe Biden said Wednesday the U.S. would not supply Israel with certain weapons and artillery shells if its military invades Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where more than 1 million people are sheltering.
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House votes overwhelmingly to save Speaker Johnson from Marjorie Taylor Greene's push to oust him
Far-right Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene made good on her threat Wednesday and filed a motion to oust Republican Speaker Mike Johnson from power over his decision to pass billions of dollars in military aid for Ukraine.
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Will Trump take the stand in his criminal trial?
As prosecutors near the home stretch of their criminal case against Donald Trump, one of the biggest questions looming over the historic trial is whether the former president will take the stand in his own defense.
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Over 20 GOP-led states sue Biden administration over Title IX rules for LGBTQ students
At least 22 Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration over its new rules to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination in federally funded schools.
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House Tables Marjorie Taylor Greene's Motion To Oust GOP Speaker Mike Johnson
The Georgia Republican finally followed through on her threat to force a referendum on the speaker, and the House quickly rejected it.
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Nikki Haley won nearly 130,000 votes in the Indiana GOP primary. Here's what that means for Trump ahead of the general election.
Donald Trump won the Indiana GOP presidential primary, but Nikki Haley still took in over 20 percent of the vote despite leaving the race in March.
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Republican Hard-Liners Move To Oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is leading the move to boot the GOP leader after Johnson teamed with Democrats to advance aid to Ukraine, among other things.
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election roll out voting 'integrity' bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election introduced a Donald Trump-backed voting bill Wednesday.
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Biden announces $3.3 billion AI investment by Microsoft at scaled-back Foxconn site Trump once touted
President Joe Biden will travel to Racine, Wisconsin, to announce a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center.
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Biden campaign goes after Trump on health care in $14 million ad boost
The ad campaign in battleground states will focus in part on Donald Trump's previous efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
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Trump could be campaigning on Wednesday. Instead, he'll thank people for buying NFTs
Donald Trump rarely gets time away from New York court during a week.
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New lawsuit renews challenge to Tennessee laws targeting crossover voting in primary elections
A group of Tennesseans who say they were intimidated into not voting in a primary election or were threatened with prosecution after they did vote has filed a legal challenge to two state laws meant to prevent crossover voting. Tennessee voters do not register by party, and neither law defines what it means to be a bona fide party member. One of the plaintiffs is Victor Ashe, a former U.S. ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe, who claims the laws are so
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Trump spends day off from court hosting NFT customers at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump will spend his day off from court hosting a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago residence for buyers of his NFT trading cards.
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Republicans nominate dead woman for Indianapolis House seat
Public relations specialist Jennifer Pace won a crowded GOP primary despite reportedly dying of a heart attack in March.
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Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. There is little sign of one in official trade data, which show that Chinese steel imports are down sharply from last year and that the gap between what the United States sells to China and what it buys is at a postpandemic low. But the president’s aides are looking past those numbers and fixating on what they call troubling signs from China and Europe. That includes data s
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Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom, but he stopped short of more broadly blocking the state from enforcing its ban on “indoctrination” in public schools. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky issued a narrow preliminary injunction Tuesday evening against the ban, one of several changes adopted under an education overhaul that Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law last year. The prohibition
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US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims
U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a bill to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections, which is already illegal and rarely occurs, an effort meant to draw more attention to Donald Trump's false claims that U.S. elections are marred by widespread fraud. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has relied on the former president's support to hold off a bid to oust him from leadership by Republican hardliner Marjorie Taylor Greene, said the measure was aimed at preventing noncitizens from
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Mike Braun wins Indiana GOP governor nod, with Jim Banks lined up to succeed him in the Senate
Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks won the state’s GOP Senate primary unopposed Tuesday, while Sen. Mike Braun won the nomination for governor.
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Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge
(Reuters) -A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems from contracting with companies that limit investment in the oil and gas industry. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila Stinson on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the law after finding retiree Don Keenan is likely to succeed in his lawsuit filed last year alleging the law violates the state constitution and is too vaguely written. Oklahoma’s 2022 law is among dozens of R
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges Donald Trump to debate at Libertarian Convention
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both address a Libertarian convention later this month, a move that comes as the presumptive GOP nominee has ramped up both criticism of Kennedy's independent bid and demands that President Joe Biden meet him on a debate stage. Arguing that he is “drawing a lot of voters from your former supporters,” Kennedy said to Trump in an open letter posted Tuesday to X that the Libertarian convention provides “perfect neu
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Democrats urge Biden to act on immigration as Trump threatens deportations
Immigration advocates and Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to take executive action for undocumented immigrants and the southern border.
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US senators urge Postal Service to pause delivery network consolidation
(Reuters) -A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further consolidation to its processing and delivery network, warning it could slow mail deliveries. The letter, seen by Reuters and led by Senator Gary Peters, who chairs the committee overseeing the USPS, urged a halt until the impacts are studied by the Postal Regulatory Commission. There has been mounting anger in Congress about changes that USPS has said are necessary to cut projected
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