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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.
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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
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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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The 'Appeal to Heaven' flag evolves from Revolutionary War symbol to banner of the far right
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with the Christian nationalist movement and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. An “Appeal to Heaven” flag was flown last summer outside Alito’s beach vacation home in New Jersey, according to The New York Times, which obtained several images showing it on different dates in July and Septembe
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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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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.
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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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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, if elected, Putin will release jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich 'for me'
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.
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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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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
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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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Prosecutors look to call Hunter Biden's ex-wife and the late Beau Biden's wife to testify in gun case
Prosecutors for the gun case against Hunter Biden in Delaware intend to call his ex-wife along with Beau Biden's widow to testify as witnesses.
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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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Democrats renew calls for US Supreme Court's Alito to recuse amid flag flap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats intensified their calls on Thursday for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to step aside in two cases - one on Donald Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution and the other on a charge involving the Capitol attack - after a media report that another provocative flag flew outside one of his homes. A flag bearing the phrase "Appeal to Heaven" flew outside Alito's vacation home on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, in July and September of 2023, the New York Times
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US will announce $275 million more in artillery and ammunition for Ukraine, officials say
The United States is expected to announce an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine on Friday as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, two U.S. officials say. This will be the fourth installment of military aid for Ukraine since Congress passed a long-delayed foreign aid bill late last month and comes as the Biden administration has pledged to keep weapons flowing regularly and to get them to the front lines as quickly as possible. The packag
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Mystery at center of Graceland sale and Kouri Richins speaks from jail: Morning Rundown
Donald Trump allies are getting involved in the fight to shape the Republican Party's platform.
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The Biden administration has a plan to shut down the border. But it needs Mexico's help.
The Biden administration is finalizing a new executive action that would let Biden shut down the border, and is in talks with Mexico to get its crucial buy-in.
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Biden is poised to pick up more delegates in Idaho's Democratic caucuses
Idaho Democrats will caucus across the state Thursday to select their nominee for the White House, giving President Joe Biden more delegates after he already clinched his party's 2024 nomination. Caucusgoers also will elect delegates pledged to the nominee for the state convention, which will be held on June 22. Only registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters can participate in the Democratic caucus.
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GOP officials frustrated by the Secret Service's refusal to move protesters away from the RNC convention hall
Republican officials are running into a wall of opposition — from the Secret Service and local officials — as they fight to move a protest zone farther away from the site of their national convention in Milwaukee this summer.
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Congress eyes new online privacy bills ahead of 2024 elections
Key Republicans and Democrats in Congress see a window to pass sweeping online privacy legislation to protect adults' and kids' data from Big Tech companies.
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UCLA should have immediately removed protesters, chancellor tells House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) told a U.S. House panel on Thursday that the school should have been ready to immediately remove an encampment of pro-Palestinian activists that became the site of a violent clash with counter-protesters last month. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block was one of three U.S. university leaders who testified at a hearing of the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives' Education Committee into the wave of protes
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Trump hush money trial to shape prosecutor Alvin Bragg's legacy
Alvin Bragg says he decided to become a lawyer after guns were pulled on him six times while growing up in New York - three of those times by police. A quarter-century after graduating from Harvard Law School, the Manhattan district attorney's legacy is set to be defined by the looming verdict in one of the most consequential cases in American history: the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Since Bragg unveiled the first of four in
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Trump to hold campaign rally in New York's South Bronx in push for Black, Hispanic voters
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will host a campaign rally in the predominantly Hispanic and Black South Bronx neighborhood of New York on Thursday, targeting a Democratic stronghold as he tries to chip away at President Joe Biden's support among voters of color. Recent polls suggest Trump is gaining ground with voters of color who have traditionally supported Democrats. Trump's campaign sees an opportunity to grab enough of their votes to make the difference
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Revealed: the extremist Maga lobbying group driving far-right Republican policies
Documents show the Conservative Partnership Institute is pushing its far-right agenda at events involving GOP members
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Biden Takes Aim At Trump’s Mistreatment Of Black America In New Ads
In a series of campaign ads, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the politician for falsifying his support of the Black community.
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Biden thanks Kenya's Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission
President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti and he defended his decision to withhold American forces from the mission in the beleaguered Caribbean nation. The United States has agreed to contribute $300 million to a multinational force that will include 1,000 Kenyan police officers, but Biden argued that an American troop presence in Haiti would raise “all kind
5 min read - USThe Guardian
In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar
In Fort Mohave, Arizona, even Republican voters are fighting gas power plants as utilities try to lock in fossil fuels
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