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Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Trump loses slim lead over Biden as 1st criminal trial gets underway
Asked which candidate they would vote for “if Trump is convicted of a serious crime in the coming months,” just 36% of voters now say the former president — fewer than ever before.
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Will the primary 'protest vote' against Biden and Trump make a difference in November?
It could matter in a razor-thin contest. Just don’t expect a big swing in either direction.
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Florida Supreme Court clears the way for a 6-week abortion ban — and for a November ballot measure that could invalidate it
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday issued a pair of key decisions in the fight over abortion rights. The first allows a six-week abortion ban to soon take effect in the Sunshine State, while the other would allow voters in November to weigh in on a ballot initiative that would abortion expand access. Here's what else to know.
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Trump on political violence in 2024: 'If we don't win, you know, it depends'
Donald Trump said he doesn't think there'll be political violence this election because he'll win — but that it "always depends on the fairness of an election."
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Will Trump back abortion bans? What happens if he loses in 2024? 5 TIME interview takeaways
In a new wide-ranging interview, Donald Trump said he wants to pursue a gristly conservative agenda.
USA TODAY6 min read
Donald Trump Calls for Evan Gershkovich's Release: Exclusive
In an interview, Trump became the latest national figure to directly call on Russia to free journalist Evan Gershkovich.
Time3 min read
Florida Democrats hope abortion and marijuana questions draw young voters despite low enthusiasm
Jordan Vassallo is lukewarm about casting her first presidential ballot for President Joe Biden in November. Vassallo will be voting for a constitutional ballot amendment that would prevent the state of Florida from prohibiting abortion before a fetus can survive on its own — essentially the standard that existed nationally before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional protections to abortion and left the matter for states to decide. Passage of the amendment would wipe away Flor
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Stefanik hits special counsel Jack Smith with ethics complaint, accuses him of election meddling
The No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Elise Stefanik, is demanding the DOJ launch an ethics investigation into special counsel Jack Smith.
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Stefanik files ethics complaint against Jack Smith
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, accusing the prosecutor overseeing the federal investigations into former President Trump of trying to “unlawfully interfere with the 2024 presidential election.” Stefanik, the House GOP conference chair and a close Trump ally, filed the complaint with the Justice Department’s Office…
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What Canada Wants Trump to Know If He Wins
A senior Canadian official says he’s ready if Trump returns to the White House.
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New York special election will fill vacancy in Congress created by resignation of Democrat Higgins
Voters in an upstate New York congressional district will choose between a Democrat regarded by many as the natural successor to the longtime congressman who vacated the seat earlier this year and a Republican with crossover appeal in a special election Tuesday. Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins, who arrived in Congress in 2005, resigned in February to become president of Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo. With Republicans holding a narrow margin in the U.S. House, even a race for a seat wi
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Trump: Netanyahu ‘Rightfully’ Criticized for Oct. 7
In an interview, Trump is sharply critical of Netanyahu and believes others in Israel could replace him.
Time2 min read
Trump: Political Violence 'Depends' on Election 'Fairness'
"If we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election," Trump tells TIME.
Time3 min read
This congresswoman was born and raised in Ukraine. She just voted against aid for her homeland
U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, emerged early on as a natural advocate for supporting her native country in its war with Russia. The event in a hall just off of the town's main street was attended by eight of the nine GOP primary candidates, who were able to make their case to voters and county Republican officials one at a time during a meet-and-greet that also included short speeches by the candidates.
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Trump-RFK Jr. feud heats up as polls tighten
A fiery battle between former President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is heating up as polls begin to show that the third-party candidate represents just as much of a threat to the former president as he does to President Biden. “RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in…
The Hill5 min read
Enthusiasm for Biden-Trump rematch ticks up: Survey
Excitement over a 2024 rematch between President Biden and former President Trump is slowly increasing as the general election approaches, according to a new poll. In Monday’s poll by Monmouth University, 39 percent of voters expressed at least some enthusiasm about a Biden-Trump rematch, up 12 percentage points from December. Although enthusiasm might be ticking…
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Biden officials will have a minimal presence at college graduations as campuses erupt in protests
WASHINGTON — Amid growing protests on college campuses by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the White House is planning for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to have a minimal presence for a traditional rite of spring: delivering commencement addresses.
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Why Did Kristi Noem Kill Her Own Dog? Everything to Know
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a reported Donald Trump Vice President contender, admitted to killing her own dog.
Time5 min read
Biden's Overlooked Advantage
Biden will have one surprisingly big advantage in 2024—and it has nothing to do with Donald Trump
Time6 min read
Scathing poll reveals what Biden has in common with these presidents who lost reelection battles
With just over six months to go until Election Day, two new polls are spelling trouble for President Biden as he faces off against former President Trump in a 2024 rematch.
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Republicans seeking Georgia congressional seat debate limits on abortion and immigration
Brian Jack sought to make a Sunday debate among Republican candidates for an open Georgia congressional seat all about his close ties to former President Donald Trump, while the other contenders ignored Trump's endorsement of Jack.
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Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico
President Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary Sunday in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was authorized to open only a dozen voting centers this year compared with more than 100 in previous years given recent austerity measures imposed by a federal control board that oversees the island’s finances. On Sunday, Puerto Rico’s Democrats also chose 36 of 65 delegates they hope to send to the National Democratic Convention that will be held in Chicago in late August.
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Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden. But he keeps bringing up another Democrat: Jimmy Carter
As Donald Trump campaigns for a return to the White House, he often reaches back more than 40 years and seven administrations to belittle President Joe Biden by comparing him to 99-year-old Jimmy Carter. Most recently, Trump used his first campaign stop after the start of his criminal hush money trial in New York to needle the 46th president by saying the 39th president, a recently widowed hospice patient who left office in 1981, was selfishly pleased with Biden's record. “Biden is the worst p
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Here are Biden and Trump’s paths to victory in the Electoral College
The 2024 general election is heating up, with President Biden and former President Trump traveling the country as their parties’ presumptive nominees. Both candidates have made several stops in the key battleground states already and will be a regular presence there for the next 6 1/2 months. Even as tens of millions of people will…
The Hill6 min read
Squad scores with Summer Lee win but faces a long primary calendar
Rep. Summer Lee’s primary victory over a more moderate Democrat in Pennsylvania this week offered a jolt of momentum for progressives and dialed up the urgency for those targeting the “Squad.” It was a promising result for fellow Squad members, especially Democratic Reps. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.) and Cori Bush (Mo.), who are both trying to…
The Hill6 min read
Utah GOP picks Trump-backed mayor as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney, but primary foes await
The Utah Republican Party on Saturday selected Trent Staggs as its nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. While the endorsement carried Staggs through convention with more than two-thirds of delegate votes, that support may not translate to success at the ballot box. The mayor from Riverton, just south of Salt Lake City, still must face other top contenders in the June 25 GOP primary, including U.S
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Vulnerable House Dem 'fighting' to retain his seat rejects GOP challenger's claim he's 'beholden' to Biden
A North Carolina Democrat seeking re-election to his post in the House is fending off accusations made by his GOP challenger that he's “beholden" to President Biden.
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Donald Trump is now blasting RFK Jr. for taking support from him
Donald Trump said on his Truth Social website that a vote for RFKJr. would essentially be a 'wasted protest vote'
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Ex-House Republican who voted to impeach Trump drops Michigan Senate bid
Former Michigan GOP Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach Trump, announced Friday that he was dropping out of the race to represent the Great Lakes State in the U.S. Senate.
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From New York to Arizona: Inside the head-spinning week of Trump's legal drama
Even by Donald Trump's standards, this was a dizzying week. The first criminal prosecution of a former president began in earnest with opening statements and testimony in a lower Manhattan courtroom. Twice during the week, lawyers for Trump were simultaneously appearing in different courtrooms.
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Trump accuses RFK Jr. of being a 'Democrat plant' and 'wasted protest vote'
Former President Donald Trump called presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy a "Democrat Plant" on social media Friday, saying a vote for the independent campaigner is a "wasted protest vote."
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A former Democratic Georgia congressman hopes abortion can power his state Supreme Court bid
May's election for the Georgia Supreme Court is playing out as races for the state's highest court have for decades: sitting justices running uncontested. Justice Andrew Pinson is the only one of four incumbents seeking election to draw a challenge, and it's a formidable one. Former U.S. Rep. John Barrow, a Democrat, hopes to harness a voter backlash to abortion restrictions to unseat Pinson in what could be a model for future Georgia court contests in a state that has become a partisan battle
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Former Rep. Peter Meijer ends Michigan GOP Senate campaign
Peter Meijer, who lost his House seat after voting to impeach then-President Donald Trump, has dropped out of a crowded Republican Senate primary in Michigan.
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Former Rep. Peter Meijer ends his longshot bid for the GOP nomination in Michigan's Senate race
Former Rep. Peter Meijer withdrew his name from the U.S. Senate race in Michigan on Friday, ending a longshot bid to become the Republican nominee and return to Congress after being ousted by voters for supporting an effort to impeach then-President Donald Trump. Meijer announced his candidacy in November and contended for the Republican nomination against former U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers and Justin Amash, in addition to wealthy businessman Sandy Pensler. Meijer met an April 23 deadline to turn i
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In private, Biden shifts from frustration to confidence that he'll beat Trump
Over the past several weeks, Biden has privately expressed confidence that he’s going to win the November election, according to three people familiar with his comments, in a shift from the frustration with the status of his campaign that he was venting to aides just a couple months ago.
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Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case
Authorities revealed Friday the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case, but the names of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani remained blacked out. The Arizona attorney general's office released a copy of the indictment that revealed nine felony counts had been filed against Mike Roman, who was Trump’s director of Election Day operations, and attorneys John Eas
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Talk of an Immigrant ‘Invasion’ Grows in Republican Ads and Speech
WASHINGTON — A campaign ad from a Republican congressional candidate from Indiana sums up the arrival of migrants at the border with one word. He doesn’t call it a problem or a crisis. He calls it an “invasion.” The word invasion also appears in ads for two Republicans competing for a Senate seat in Michigan. And it shows up in an ad for a Republican congresswoman seeking reelection in central New York, and in one for a Missouri lieutenant governor running for the state’s governorship. In West V
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GOP rebels pushing to boot Speaker Johnson mum after Trump defends him
The three conservative rebels trying to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson have not addressed former President Trump coming out in support of the House GOP leader.
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GOP’s inclusion of TikTok ban is secret weapon against Biden
Democrats are bracing for a backlash from young voters over the potential ban of TikTok on U.S. phones, something made more likely by the Chinese government’s opposition to ByteDance selling off one of the most sophisticated algorithms in the world. It’s a problem for President Biden, who won 60 percent of voters 18 to 29…
The Hill6 min read
Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump
As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. “I am not paying for this story," he told jurors Thursday at Trump’s hush money trial, recounting his version of a conversation with Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen about the catch-and-kill scheme that prosecutors alleged amounted to interference in the race.
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Trump compares campus Israel protests to 2017 white nationalist rally
Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the mostly peaceful protests on U.S. college campuses over Israel's war in Gaza, describing them as "tremendous hate," while saying that the violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia when he was president was by comparison "a little peanut." Trump, the Republican candidate for president in the November elections, also sought to place blame for the campus protests on Democratic President Joe Biden. In remarks to media following the day's testimony in
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At US Supreme Court, clashing views presented on presidential immunity
During arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, two starkly different views of the consequences were on display on Thursday. Trump's lawyer, D. John Sauer, painted a dire picture of presidents facing "de facto blackmail and extortion by his political rivals while he is still in office" because of the threat of future prosecution without the immunity the former president is seeking. Michael Dreeben, arguing on behalf of Special C
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Debates to play a major role in Pennsylvania's 2024 US Senate election
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania on Thursday proposed a series of debates with his Republican challenger David McCormick leading up to the November general election, and McCormick readily accepted. The race for a Senate seat in the battleground state is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and to help decide control of the chamber next year. Casey, in a statement, said he intends to participate in three debates in the fall, one apiece in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and H
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Fake electors indicted in Arizona: Here's how Trump's plan to overturn the election worked
Former President Donald Trump and several of his allies are facing criminal charges for allegedly trying to recruit and pose as fake electors.
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Trump's three US Supreme Court appointees thrash out immunity claim
When the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately rules on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, a third of those deciding the matter will be justices he appointed to their lifetime posts. Those three - Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch - posed questions from various angles as the nation's top judicial body heard arguments on Thursday in a case that provides a vital test of the power of the presidency. A key question, Gorsuch said, is "how to segregate private
Reuters4 min readJustice Alito questions whether presidents will have to fear 'bitter political opponent' throwing them in jail
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday asked Justice Department attorneys whether presidents will have to fear prosecution by a "bitter political opponent" if they reject former President Trump's immunity arguments.
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Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election
Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats' election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what abortion-rights advocates call an unprecedented investment in get-out-the-vote efforts. Planned Parenthood affiliated groups in North Carolina announced on Thursday a $10 million campaign in the state that largely focuses on persuading people concerned about narrowing abortion access to vote in November. The spend, according to representatives for Planned Parenthood Votes and
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Donald Trump named unindicted co-conspirator in Arizona charges against 'fake electors'
Donald Trump was named unindicted co-conspirators in Arizona charges against so-called 'fake electors.'
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Trump slams 'Bidenomics' ahead of court, claims to have a 'good chance' of winning liberal state
Former President Donald Trump slammed "Bidenomics," while touting he could win New York come November in comments Thursday morning ahead of entering the Manhattan courtroom.
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Orbán encourages Trump to ‘fight for his own truth’ at CPAC event in Hungary
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán encouraged former President Trump to “fight for his own truth” during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary. The European Union’s longest-serving leader defended Trump during the third annual CPAC Hungary in Budapest. Dutch party leader Geert Wilders and Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) were also in attendance. “If necessary, they…
The Hill2 min read
GOP state lawmakers appeal to SCOTUS to challenge Biden's 'usurpations' of their power to run elections
Twenty-seven Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers have appealed to the Supreme Court to let them sue President Biden over his executive order on elections.
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Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump presidential immunity case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case.
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Trump to campaign in Michigan next week amid NYC hush money criminal trial
While waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on presidential immunity, Trump will return to the campaign trail in Saginaw on May 1.
USA TODAY3 min read
Giuliani, Meadows charged in Arizona ‘fake elector’ indictment
An Arizona grand jury handed up felony charges against Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and other prominent Trump allies for allegedly attempting to prevent the lawful transfer of power from then-President Trump to Joe Biden. Seven Trump aides were charged alongside 11 pro-Trump Arizona Republicans who signed documents purporting to be the state’s valid electors in…
The Hill5 min read
Some Nikki Haley voters are hanging on to her candidacy and, like her, refuse to endorse Trump
When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination — and apparently so did some of her supporters in Pennsylvania. Haley won almost 17% of Pennsylvania's primary vote Tuesday, or 1 in 6 votes, to Trump's 83%, despite not campaigning for president since she ended her bid in early March. Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes up for grabs in the presidential election make it a premier battl
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Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway
When President Joe Biden showed off his putting during a campaign stop at a public golf course in Michigan last month, the moment was captured on TikTok. The Coleman family posted video of the proceedings on the app — complete with Biden holing out a putt and the teen knocking his own shot home in response, over the caption, “I had to sink the rebuttal.” Biden signed legislation Wednesday that could ban TikTok in the U.S. while his campaign has embraced the platform and tried to work with infl
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Supreme Court to consider whether Trump is immune from prosecution
The Supreme Court will weigh the limits of presidential immunity Thursday in an unprecedented and historic case with significant implications for former President Trump, his legal fights and the 2024 race for the White House. Trump is pushing an argument that has already been rejected by two lower courts: that even as a former executive,…
The Hill7 min read
US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack
U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who replaced his father in the seat, died Wednesday after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized, officials said. Gov. Phil Murphy called his fellow Democrat a “steadfast champion for the people of New Jersey” in a statement confirming Payne’s death. Payne served for 12 years in the Newark-area seat his father had held for more than two decades.
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Biden campaign plans to keep using TikTok through the election
Joe Biden’s re-election campaign plans to continue using TikTok for at least the next year, despite the president signing a law Wednesday that would ban the social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell it in that time frame.
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Bob Casey and Dave McCormick advance to the general election in Pennsylvania, setting up a key race for Senate control
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick are officially set to face off in Pennsylvania’s Senate race this fall after winning their primaries.
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In high-stakes Pennsylvania Senate race, can Casey, McCormick outrun Trump ticket?
Political analysts believe the key to winning Pennsylvania’s high-stakes Senate contest may be in the candidates’ ability to outrun Biden and Trump.
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Trump rising in pivotal state as key Dem constituency sours on Biden
Many members of the Dearborn, Michigan, community told Fox News Digital they are so dissatisfied with President Biden that may support former President Trump in November.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Puerto Rico's Democratic presidential primary
Puerto Rico will hold a Democratic presidential primary on Sunday, which will be the only opportunity most registered voters on the island will have to officially weigh in on the race for the White House. Like other U.S. territories, voters in Puerto Rico can’t cast ballots in the general election but may participate in presidential primaries and send delegates to both the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer. President Joe Biden has already won enough delegates to secure
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Ocasio-Cortez emerges as key Biden surrogate for progressives, young people
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is emerging as a key surrogate for President Biden’s reelection campaign for young people and progressives, pushing his climate agenda as a win for those critical voting blocs. Ocasio-Cortez’s surrogacy comes with parameters. She said she supports Biden’s reelection bid and will stand by him during a climate event, but she…
The Hill6 min read
Rep. Summer Lee fends off a primary challenge in a race that tested Democratic sentiment over Israel
NBC News projects that Rep. Summer Lee, a progressive member of the “Squad,” defeated fellow Democrat Bhavini Patel in Pennsylvania’s 12th District primary.
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Crucial Senate showdown in key battleground state officially underway as Casey, McCormick win primaries
Republican candidate Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. were projected the winners of the two major party Senate primaries in the northeastern battleground state of Pennsylvania
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'One person responsible for this nightmare': Biden pins Florida 6-week abortion ban on Trump
The Biden campaign sees Florida's abortion law, and a November referendum, as helping the president's chances in a state won by Trump in the last two elections.
NBC News3 min read
Live primary results: Pennsylvania presidential and Senate races
Tuesday's Pennsylvania primaries will cement the lineup for a high-stakes U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick, a contest that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and could help decide control of the Senate next year. Casey, seeking his fourth term, is perhaps Pennsylvania's best-known politician and a stalwart of the presidential swing state's Democratic Party — the son of a former two-term governor and Pennsylvania’s long
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