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Trump campaign asks for portion of fundraising from candidates who use his name or image
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Quick Glance: Trump campaign seeks share of candidates' donations
  • The Trump campaign asks Republican candidates using his name and image in fundraising appeals to give at least 5 percent of the proceeds to the campaign.

  • The purpose of the 5 percent request is to prevent 'scammers' from misusing Trump's brand and affecting his fundraising efforts.

  • Trump is struggling to catch up to Biden's fundraising and aims to boost his campaign account with the help of donors.

  • The campaign warns of consequences for vendors and requests compliance with guidelines to avoid suspension of business relationships.
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GOP-led House panel uses Democratic votes to push foreign aid bills, setting up confrontation with conservatives
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GOP-led House panel uses Democratic votes to push foreign aid bills ...
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Trump asks why Europe isn’t giving Ukraine more aid as Johnson presses forward: Former President Trump questioned why European nations weren’t providing more ...
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Trump asks why Europe isn’t giving Ukraine more aid as Johnson presses ...
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36-year-old joins wave of House Republican retirements: "The current dysfunction on Capitol Hill is distressing," LaTurner said.
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36-year-old joins wave of House Republican retirements
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GOP rep: Greene ‘theater’ has to ‘come to an end’: Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-N.Y.) said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) political “theater” must “come to an ...
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GOP rep: Greene ‘theater’ has to ‘come to an end’
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At Johnson’s most vulnerable point yet, GOP sees potential successors jostle: Many of the speaker’s critics would prefer to air their disappointment with him ...
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At Johnson’s most vulnerable point yet, GOP sees potential successors ...
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Biden should be on the ballot. Alabama gets it — Why don't Ohio Republicans?: Opinion: Keeping Joe Biden off the ballot would be an embarrassing betrayal of Ohio ...
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Biden should be on the ballot. Alabama gets it — Why don't Ohio ...
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They didn’t want Trump. But they’ll live with the Republican nominee.: Some conservatives would simply rather have a Republican in office — even a ‘consummate ...
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They didn’t want Trump. But they’ll live with the Republican nominee.
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Joe Biden a big government liar. Donald Trump defender of good over evil.: Letters to the editor: If you are tired of evil vote Trump. Huffman better not pipe up ...
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Joe Biden a big government liar. Donald Trump defender of good over evil.
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Freedom Caucus on alert for possible moves against it by GOP leaders: The Floor Action Response Team, shorthanded as “FART,” aims to guard against an unannounced ...
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Freedom Caucus on alert for possible moves against it by GOP leaders
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Conservatives corner Mike Johnson in House floor confrontation: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Johnson would not commit to keeping the current rules.
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Conservatives corner Mike Johnson in House floor confrontation
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Republicans can't follow Trump's lead on abortion. He flip-flops too much.: Trump and other Republicans are actively giving in to the opposition on abortion bans ...
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Republicans can't follow Trump's lead on abortion. He flip-flops too much.
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Portraying Trump as the Fascist He Is Could Save US Democracy: It comes down to Democratic framing, a truth-telling media, and the independent judiciary to ...
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Portraying Trump as the Fascist He Is Could Save US Democracy
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Top Dem Goes Nuclear on GOP for ‘Diddling Around’ While People Die in Ukraine: “Don’t talk about what weapons we want to give them. We’re not giving them what ...
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Top Dem Goes Nuclear on GOP for ‘Diddling Around’ While People Die in ...
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With one letter, Trump turned the Republican Party into an extortion racket: I'd like to congratulate Donald Trump on the speed with which he's turned the ...
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With one letter, Trump turned the Republican Party into an extortion ...
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Greg Abbott Under Fire Over Texas School Budget Cuts: Abbott and the Texas GOP are being blamed for the financial struggles of public schools in the state.
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Greg Abbott Under Fire Over Texas School Budget Cuts
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Trump to GOP campaigns: If you use my name to raise money, give me 5%: Plenty of Republicans use Trump's name and likeness to get supporters to pony up money ...
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Trump to GOP campaigns: If you use my name to raise money, give me 5%
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Republicans Want to Take Away Child Workers' Lunch Breaks: A bill being considered in the Louisiana legislature was proposed by a local Republican lawmaker.
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Republicans Want to Take Away Child Workers' Lunch Breaks
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House Republican cites threats and swatting of family as reasons for quitting: Mike Gallagher, a representative from Wisconsin, is stepping down on 19 April ...
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House Republican cites threats and swatting of family as reasons for ...
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GOP members urge Johnson to swiftly change rules over vacating speakership: Speaker Mike Johnson is being lobbied by his members to raise the threshold required ...
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GOP members urge Johnson to swiftly change rules over vacating speakership
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Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax: "He is dusting off the old Republican playbook and bringing back the strategy known informally as ...
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Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax
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Jasmine Crockett Exposes GOP's Ukraine 'Misinformation' In Under 2 Minutes: "And I'm tired of it because I didn't come to this chamber to play games ...
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Jasmine Crockett Exposes GOP's Ukraine 'Misinformation' In Under 2 Minutes
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House GOP unveils border bill as conservatives slam foreign aid measures: House GOP leaders on Wednesday introduced a new border security bill designed to ...
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House GOP unveils border bill as conservatives slam foreign aid measures
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Bipartisan ire flares after POLITICO reveals Chinese Embassy's quiet TikTok lobbying
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Bipartisan ire flares after POLITICO reveals Chinese Embassy's quiet ...
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House Republicans subpoena Mayorkas over migrant numbers: House Judiciary Committee Republicans subpoenaed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shortly ...
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House Republicans subpoena Mayorkas over migrant numbers
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GOP unveils national security bill as last piece of Ukraine aid package: House GOP leaders on Wednesday unveiled a catch-all package of Republican national ...
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GOP unveils national security bill as last piece of Ukraine aid package
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7 big issues at stake in the 2024 election: How Joe Biden and Donald Trump differ on the issues, like abortion, foreign policy, immigration, taxes ...
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7 big issues at stake in the 2024 election
Quick Glance: Trump Narrows Gap with Young Voters, Biden's Lead Shrinks - Survey Results
  • A new poll shows that former President Donald Trump continues to reduce his deficit with young voters compared to President Joe Biden.

  • In the Harvard Youth Poll released on Thursday, Biden leads among 18- to 29-year-olds with 45 percent compared to 37 percent for Trump, while 16 percent are undecided.

  • Biden holds a significant lead among likely voters who are non-white or female. He outperforms Trump by 47 points among college graduates and by 23 points among students.

  • The survey also indicates that Trump's younger supporters are much more enthusiastic about the former president than their peers who support Biden, and that Biden's approval rating among young adults is only at 31 percent.
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Former congressional budget leaders slam ‘absolutely broke’ budget process: Several former leaders of the House and Senate Budget committees criticized the ...
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Former congressional budget leaders slam ‘absolutely broke’ budget process
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President Biden moves to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum: Biden will announce to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh that he's calling ...
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President Biden moves to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum
Quick Glance: Joe Biden Calls for Significant Increase in Tariffs on Chinese Steel
  • US President Joe Biden is pushing for an increase in tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium to strengthen union support in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

  • During a meeting with United Steelworkers union members in Pittsburgh, Biden calls on trade representative Katherine Tai to raise the tariffs from the current average of 7.5 percent.

  • The main focus of the measures is to combat China's new export surge and the ongoing price pressure that makes it difficult for American steel companies to compete.

  • The Biden administration's decision to increase tariffs is expected to impact recent efforts by Washington and Beijing to stabilize relations.
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GOP rep on effort to oust Speaker Johnson: ‘I don’t know who would want the job at this point’ 
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GOP rep on effort to oust Speaker Johnson: ‘I don’t know who would want ...
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Senate Republicans call for investigation into Temu app: Two Senate Republicans are urging the Biden administration to investigate Temu, an online marketplace ...
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Senate Republicans call for investigation into Temu app
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Republicans want a functioning House. So why are they always fighting?: Despite a majority, House Republicans act like all they want to do is squabble ...
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Republicans want a functioning House. So why are they always fighting?
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Use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine: Currently, the U.S. has frozen Russian assets valued at $60 billion. If the U.S. government were to seize these assets ...
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Use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine
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Combatting cannibalism and jailing librarians: Idaho Democrats see opportunity in extreme GOP agenda
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Combatting cannibalism and jailing librarians: Idaho Democrats see ...
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‘Anyone who cares about democracy…needs to step up and fight’: North Bengaluru candidate M V Rajeev Gowda
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‘Anyone who cares about democracy…needs to step up and fight’: North ...
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Trump takes aim at a remaining House Republican who voted to impeach him : Of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021 ...
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Trump takes aim at a remaining House Republican who voted to impeach him
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Top news of the day: April 17, 2024: TMC releases their manifesto, Amit Shah says Naxals will be ‘eliminated in very short period’, and more in The Hindu’s top ...
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Top news of the day: April 17, 2024
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What we learned from a day of Boeing hearings: Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington pledged a bill responding to the latest Boeing safety mess by year’s end.
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What we learned from a day of Boeing hearings
Quick Glance: Boeing Whistleblower Calls for Grounding of All 787 Dreamliners
  • Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour is urging the planemaker to ground all 787 Dreamliners worldwide, citing potential structural issues.

  • Salehpour alleges that Boeing took shortcuts during the construction of the 787 and 777 jets, compromising aircraft safety.

  • After raising internal concerns with Boeing, Salehpour claims he faced retaliation and witnessed unsafe assembly practices in another program.

  • Boeing defends the 787 Dreamliner's quality, while the FAA investigates Salehpour's claims, emphasizing the importance of aircraft safety.
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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Why the Opposition fails to strike a chord: A cursory look at election manifestos released by the BJP and the Congress reveals that ...
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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Why the Opposition fails to strike a chord
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BJP, Cong set to field 'made in BRS' leaders for LS polls: Hyderabad: The BJP and the Congress may have much to thank their arch rival BRS for in this year’s Lok ...
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BJP, Cong set to field 'made in BRS' leaders for LS polls
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Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency: BJP’s Devanathan Yadav, Congress’s Karti Chidambaram and AIADMK’s A Xavierdas
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Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency: BJP’s Devanathan Yadav, Congress’s Karti ...
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Republican Congressional candidate sends cease and desist letter to Loren Culp: SPOKANE — State Rep. Jacquelyn Maycumber has sent a cease and desist letter ...
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Republican Congressional candidate sends cease and desist letter to Loren ...
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Lawmakers target mergers in first hearing on Change Healthcare hack: There was some bipartisan agreement that the bulking up of health care giants has left the ...
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Lawmakers target mergers in first hearing on Change Healthcare hack
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Trump Forced to Skip Big-Money House GOP Fundraiser Thanks to NY Trial: Trump was invited to headline the House GOP's big spring fundraiser in Dallas ...
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Trump Forced to Skip Big-Money House GOP Fundraiser Thanks to NY Trial
Quick Glance: Trump Excluded from Fundraiser Due to NY Trial
  • On the second day, 7 jurors were selected aiming to start with opening statements by the following Monday.

  • The judge aims for 12 jurors and 6 alternates to review the case.

  • Lawyers faced challenges in selecting jurors, with several dropping out and only a few being chosen.

  • The defendant expressed himself in court and on social media while jury selection and opening statements were ongoing.
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Donald Trump Told to Ignore Judge Juan Merchan: 'Call His Bluff': Trump possibly having to miss Barron Trump's graduation to appear in court sparked outrage from ...
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Donald Trump Told to Ignore Judge Juan Merchan: 'Call His Bluff'
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Republican states urge Congress to reject DEI legislation: A host of Republican-led states are urging Congress to reject two Democrat-sponsored bills aimed at ...
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Republican states urge Congress to reject DEI legislation
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How Biden and Trump compare on border crossings and immigration: Immigration is a top campaign issue amid questions about the pace of illegal border crossings ...
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How Biden and Trump compare on border crossings and immigration
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Johnson faces another threat to speakership over Ukraine and Israel aid plans: On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the day juggling his foreign aid ...
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Johnson faces another threat to speakership over Ukraine and Israel aid ...
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Schumer: Mayorkas impeachment ‘awful precedent,’ ‘abuse of process’: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday accused House Republicans of ...
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Schumer: Mayorkas impeachment ‘awful precedent,’ ‘abuse of process’
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Jury selection begins at Trump's criminal trial in New York: Donald Trump's New York criminal trial opened Monday in a historic first for a US ex-president -- ...
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Jury selection begins at Trump's criminal trial in New York
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Opinion | The Deep State Lies in Wait for Trump: His second term will be much like my time in office if he doesn’t confront the entrenched bureaucracy.
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Opinion | The Deep State Lies in Wait for Trump
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Hush money for Stormy Daniels: More than 50 jury candidates in Trump trial are biased
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Hush money for Stormy Daniels: More than 50 jury candidates in Trump trial ...
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N.H. governor backs Trump in feisty interview: “Nobody should be shocked that the Republican governor’s supporting the Republican president ...
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N.H. governor backs Trump in feisty interview
Quick Glance: N.H. Governor Supports Trump Despite Controversy
  • New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu stated his backing for former President Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election, despite acknowledging Trump's role in the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021.

  • Sununu emphasized that his support for Trump is more about the Republican administration and values rather than the individual candidate, expressing that a significant percentage of Americans favor Trump's return to the presidency.

  • Addressing the possibility of Trump facing legal challenges, Sununu highlighted the preference for focusing on substantial issues over legal matters in the Republican Party, accepting Trump as a symbol of the desired cultural change within the party.

  • When questioned about his personal stance on Trump, Sununu reiterated his alignment with the majority of Americans who continue to support Trump's presidential candidacy despite concerns over his past actions and potential legal issues.
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DNC launches digital ad to bash ‘MAGA Tax Scam’ on Tax Day: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched a digital ad buy that targets Republicans tax ...
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DNC launches digital ad to bash ‘MAGA Tax Scam’ on Tax Day
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The danger for Trump in hush-money case: Refreshing people’s memories: Americans regard the charges as less serious than those in his other cases ...
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The danger for Trump in hush-money case: Refreshing people’s memories
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America is less religious, but faith remains very powerful in politics : Here’s why the religious right remains a potent force even as it grows smaller.
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America is less religious, but faith remains very powerful in politics
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Arizona GOP strategy document implores party to show 'Republicans have a plan' on abortion
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Quick Glance: Arizona GOP outlines alternative abortion strategy
  • Republican state legislators in Arizona are considering alternative ballot measures in response to a court ruling upholding a strict abortion ban.

  • The GOP's strategy document plans to provide voters with alternatives to the Arizona for Abortion Access ballot measure.

  • Republicans aim to constitutionalize existing laws to discuss abortion policy.

  • The document outlines various scenarios, including 'Phase 1' and 'Phase 2' options for lawmakers.
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House GOP looks for reset on government funding: House Republicans are looking for a reset on government funding following the chaotic — and prolonged — spending ...
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House GOP looks for reset on government funding
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Trump Leans on Small Group of Rich Donors to Fund Campaign: Donald Trump relied on a small cadre of wealthy donors to contribute $23.6 million ...
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Trump Leans on Small Group of Rich Donors to Fund Campaign
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White House "will not accept" standalone Israel aid bill without Ukraine funding
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White House "will not accept" standalone Israel aid bill without ...