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Utah GOP Senator Mike Lee Blames Mass Shootings on 'Fatherlessness': The senator floated the idea that social factors are behind mass shootings as Republicans ...
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Utah GOP Senator Mike Lee Blames Mass Shootings on 'Fatherlessness'
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GOP blows through millions of dollars to ward off MAGA-friendly candidates: The Republican Governors Association has spent at least $9 million in states like ...
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GOP blows through millions of dollars to ward off MAGA-friendly candidates
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Utah GOP Senator Mike Lee Blames Mass Shootings on 'Fatherlessness': The senator floated the idea that social factors are behind mass shootings as Republicans ...
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Utah GOP Senator Mike Lee Blames Mass Shootings on 'Fatherlessness'
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GOP blows through millions of dollars to ward off MAGA-friendly candidates: The Republican Governors Association has spent at least $9 million in states like ...
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GOP blows through millions of dollars to ward off MAGA-friendly candidates
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Aid to Ukraine seemed dead. Then secretive talks revived it.: In one meeting, Biden and others sprang a surprise effort to persuade Speaker Johnson to pass the ...
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Aid to Ukraine seemed dead. Then secretive talks revived it.
Quick Glance: Biden signs Comprehensive Military Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
  • President Biden announces the signing of a substantial $95 billion military assistance package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, with a significant portion of the funds directed towards Ukraine.

  • Despite initial resistance from Republicans in Congress, Biden has signed the aid package, highlighting the reinforcement of allies and ensuring prompt deliveries to Ukraine.

  • The assistance for Ukraine includes weapons and military equipment valued at around $1 billion, encompassing artillery shells and air defense missiles.

  • Military analysts do not foresee significant changes on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine, while the US support aims to aid Ukraine in operations in southern Ukraine, particularly focusing on Crimea and the Black Sea.
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Trump Says He Has ‘Good Chance’ of Winning New York in November: Donald Trump said he believes he has a chance of winning New York in the Electoral College in ...
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Trump Says He Has ‘Good Chance’ of Winning New York in November
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Whether Trump did or didn’t let loose, there’s a whiff of defeat about him: Just when you thought the most buffoonish member of the US right could not get any ...
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Whether Trump did or didn’t let loose, there’s a whiff of defeat about him
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Finley: Trump's right. Prosecution isn't fair. It's politics: The Democratic strategy to engage Donald Trump in the courtroom rather than on the campaign trail ...
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Finley: Trump's right. Prosecution isn't fair. It's politics
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Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire: Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence ...
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Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ...
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White House doesn’t want to touch House speaker drama: Even though Johnson helped move his foreign policy aid package, the president isn’t going to intervene on ...
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White House doesn’t want to touch House speaker drama
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As usual, views of Trump guide views of his actions, not vice versa: New polling shows that Republicans are much less likely to view the Manhattan trial as ...
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As usual, views of Trump guide views of his actions, not vice versa
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Arizona House votes to repeal abortion ban, advancing issue to state Senate: GOP anxieties about the politics of a near-total abortion ban have led to an ...
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Arizona House votes to repeal abortion ban, advancing issue to state ...
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Poll: Trump remains vulnerable on abortion with independents, some Republicans: Half of voters in a new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll support states making their ...
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Poll: Trump remains vulnerable on abortion with independents ...
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GOP senator bashes Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'She is dragging our brand down': Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., went after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Tuesday ...
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GOP senator bashes Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'She is dragging our brand ...
Quick Glance: The Right Grapples with Marjorie Taylor Greene's Impact
  • Kevin McCarthy's concessions led to repercussions for both him and the Republican Party.

  • Greene faces criticism from conservative media and politicians who see her as a liability to the party.

  • Her controversial actions and missteps have resulted in increased scrutiny, even from within her own party.

  • The GOP base is not fully aligned with Greene's pursuits, indicating growing doubts about her ability to represent the party.
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Arizona indicts Trump aides over 2020 election scheme: A grand jury in Arizona has charged 18 Republicans, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani and reportedly former ...
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Arizona indicts Trump aides over 2020 election scheme
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Exclusive: Trump brothers emerge as loyalty czars for dad's potential transition to White House
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Exclusive: Trump brothers emerge as loyalty czars for dad's potential ...
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George Will: House Republicans voted to endanger ‘civilization’ with Ukraine aid opposition
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George Will: House Republicans voted to endanger ‘civilization’ with ...
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Johnson, GOP lawmakers heckled at combative Columbia event: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican lawmakers were repeatedly and loudly heckled during a ...
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Johnson, GOP lawmakers heckled at combative Columbia event
Quick Glance: Contentious Press Conference: Johnson and GOP Lawmakers Heckled at Columbia
  • A press conference at Columbia University was marked by loud heckling against Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and other GOP lawmakers who condemned antisemitism and pro-Palestine demonstrations on the campus.

  • The GOP lawmakers faced boos from protesters and struggled to be heard as they criticized the treatment of Jewish students on the campus and directly addressed the student demonstrators.

  • Johnson and his GOP colleagues called for the resignation of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, resulting in loud boos from the audience.

  • After an Orthodox rabbi advised Jewish students to return home, the university announced a shift to hybrid learning for the remainder of the semester until the situation on and around campus significantly improved.
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Democrats seen as more successful at passing legislation: Survey: Democrats are seen as more successful at passing legislation in the House of Representatives ...
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Democrats seen as more successful at passing legislation: Survey
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Johnson: Republicans ‘don’t have a functioning majority’ in the House: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) joined Jesse Watters Wednesday to discuss the massive foreign ...
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Johnson: Republicans ‘don’t have a functioning majority’ in the House
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How Latino Voters Will Decide the 2024 Election: Latino voters are "geographically concentrated" in key states, meaning they will play a "decisive role" in the ...
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How Latino Voters Will Decide the 2024 Election
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"Mike you suck!": House Republicans face brutal hostility over Columbia University visit
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"Mike you suck!": House Republicans face brutal hostility over ...
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Cornel West: Both parties ‘beyond redemption’: Independent presidential candidate Cornel West said both major American political parties are beyond saving in an ...
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Cornel West: Both parties ‘beyond redemption’
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Alabama Senate passes measure ensuring Biden can be on ballot: The Alabama State Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would ensure President Biden ...
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Alabama Senate passes measure ensuring Biden can be on ballot
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Conservatives aim their fire at Texas Republican after ‘scumbags’ comment: The battle between Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and the GOP’s right flank is heating ...
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Conservatives aim their fire at Texas Republican after ‘scumbags’ comment
Quick Glance: House Republican Infighting Escalates Post Foreign Aid Vote
  • After passing a comprehensive $95 billion foreign aid package, intense disputes among House Republicans have heightened within the chamber.

  • Many Republican members are frustrated with colleagues who vote against laws instead of seeking compromises within the party.

  • A persistent bloc of Republicans advocates for ideological purity, insisting on a firm stance in negotiations with the Democrats.

  • The internal conflicts have spilled over into the campaign trail, with some Republicans advocating for measures against the hardline faction.
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How the House GOP’s Biden impeachment effort fell apart: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was eager to take the reins of a high-stakes ...
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How the House GOP’s Biden impeachment effort fell apart
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Trump’s New Legal Bills Are Hiding an $8 Million Mystery: Trump is using a GOP compliance firm as a go-between to pay lawyers, allowing him to hide who he’s ...
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Trump’s New Legal Bills Are Hiding an $8 Million Mystery
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NPR chief knocks ‘bad faith distortion’ of social media posts: NPR’s top executive is dismissing criticism from conservatives over social media posts she ...
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NPR chief knocks ‘bad faith distortion’ of social media posts
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Tennessee Legislature passes bill to arm teachers despite fierce opposition: The Tennessee state House passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow teachers who are ...
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Tennessee Legislature passes bill to arm teachers despite fierce ...
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GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass Poured $16M Into Anti-Muslim Groups: Report : Jeff Yass has reportedly contributed a total of $16 million to such groups in recent years ...
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GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass Poured $16M Into Anti-Muslim Groups: Report
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Anti-democratic warning signs are blinking in current polling: The Pew Research Center found indifference among Republicans about Donald Trump’s actions in 2020 ...
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Anti-democratic warning signs are blinking in current polling
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Just 1 in 5 want Johnson replaced as Speaker: Survey: Only 1 in 5 Americans want Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to be replaced, according to a new poll ...
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Just 1 in 5 want Johnson replaced as Speaker: Survey
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Ocasio-Cortez Calls Fellow Democrat's Remarks On Sanders 'Shameful': "He and many other Jewish leaders deserve better than to be treated this way ...
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Ocasio-Cortez Calls Fellow Democrat's Remarks On Sanders 'Shameful'
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Centrist Democrats want to refocus on border security: The call comes just hours after Biden signed a foreign aid package into law.
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Centrist Democrats want to refocus on border security
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GOP lawmakers take Trump’s policy orders with a grain of salt: Republicans in Congress are taking former President Trump’s policy directives with more than a few ...
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GOP lawmakers take Trump’s policy orders with a grain of salt
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George Santos drops third-party bid for Congress: The former Republican representative was expelled from Congress last year.
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George Santos drops third-party bid for Congress
Quick Glance: George Santos ends independent bid for US House seat
  • Following his expulsion from Congress after a bipartisan vote on December 1, George Santos, a Republican representative from New York, is seen leaving the U.S. Capitol. On Tuesday, Santos announced his decision to withdraw his independent candidacy for New York's 1st Congressional District.

  • In order to prevent a split in the Republican ticket between himself and the incumbent Republican candidate, Nick LaLota, in case he secures the Republican nomination after the New York primary on June 25, Santos opted out of an independent run, as reported by Politico.

  • Nancy Goroff and John Avlon are currently competing for the Democratic nomination for the congressional seat during the New York primary.

  • Despite concluding his independent candidacy, Santos hinted at a possible future congressional run. He expressed, 'The future holds countless possibilities, and I am prepared, eager, and capable to step up and fight for my country at any time.'
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Abortion-rights group knocks possible Trump VP picks’ ‘extremism’: EMILY’s List — which works to elect female candidates who support abortion rights — is ...
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Abortion-rights group knocks possible Trump VP picks’ ‘extremism’
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Biden rebukes Trump over ‘cruelty’ of Florida’s six-week abortion ban : It was Biden’s first major speech on abortion since Trump suggested that the politically ...
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Biden rebukes Trump over ‘cruelty’ of Florida’s six-week abortion ban
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McConnell targets Tucker Carlson over the "demonization of Ukraine": McConnell has been one of the fiercest defenders of Ukraine.
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McConnell targets Tucker Carlson over the "demonization of ...
Quick Glance: McConnell Blasts Tucker Carlson for Demonizing Ukraine Aid
  • McConnell criticized conservative commentator Tucker Carlson for playing a leading role in demonizing the idea of sending military aid to Ukraine.

  • Carlson's interview with Putin was widely criticized for not challenging Putin's dubious claims.

  • Putin dominated the interview, barely letting Carlson ask questions and later complained about the lack of tough questions.

  • Several Republicans expressed concerns about the infiltration of what they view as Russian 'propaganda' in conservative media and among their party's base.
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Opinion: Speaker Mike Johnson sings 'Kumbaya' with the Democrats: Suddenly, Democrats and (some) Republicans in the House have joined in unorthodox ...
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Opinion: Speaker Mike Johnson sings 'Kumbaya' with the Democrats
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Trump Seizes On Biden’s Israel Criticism As Democrats Lose Jewish Voters: Trump blamed Biden on Tuesday for the contentious pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia ...
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Trump Seizes On Biden’s Israel Criticism As Democrats Lose Jewish Voters
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10 senators helped advance Ukraine aid after voting against it: Nine Republicans and one Democrat in the Senate voted Tuesday to advance a package that includes ...
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10 senators helped advance Ukraine aid after voting against it
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Tester's campaign against his own party: The senator's campaign in deep-red Montana could be the difference between Democrats keeping Senate control or ...
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Tester's campaign against his own party
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The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy: Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent ...
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The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy
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The anti-college subtext to the right-wing response to Gaza protests: Not all the backlash against protests on college campuses is rooted in the right’s ...
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The anti-college subtext to the right-wing response to Gaza protests
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Planned Parenthood Plans $10 Million Boost for Democrats in North Carolina: The party is banking on abortion access as an issue to animate the state’s ...
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Planned Parenthood Plans $10 Million Boost for Democrats in North Carolina
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Photos show how divided Democrats, Republicans in Congress have become: Outbursts, scuffles, and statement outfits have become more common among members of ...
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Photos show how divided Democrats, Republicans in Congress have become
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House Democrats upend GOP's early 2024 fundraising dominance: "We always knew we were never going to out-raise the Democrats," one Republican ...
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House Democrats upend GOP's early 2024 fundraising dominance
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North Macedonia votes for president in test before parliamentary poll: Polls closed in North Macedonia on Wednesday in a presidential election seen as a litmus ...
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North Macedonia votes for president in test before parliamentary poll
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MAGA Influencer Leads 'Free Palestine' Event: "HAMAS STILL STANDS STRONG!" says Donald Trump supporter Jackson Hinkle, 24, who has cultivated a large social ...
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MAGA Influencer Leads 'Free Palestine' Event
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These 18 senators voted against Ukraine and Israel aid: The foreign aid package, which included a bill to force a sale of TikTok, easily cleared the Senate and ...
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These 18 senators voted against Ukraine and Israel aid
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A Democrat’s Case for Saving Mike Johnson: Why Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wants to rescue the speaker from his own party
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A Democrat’s Case for Saving Mike Johnson
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How the Far-Right Wing of Congress Squandered All Its Leverage: Marjorie Taylor Greene and her gang have cost Republicans any real wins.
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How the Far-Right Wing of Congress Squandered All Its Leverage
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Opinion: A Biden-Trump rematch is, apparently, the best we can do — for now: No Labels, which was seeking to attract candidates for a bi-partisan presidential ...
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Opinion: A Biden-Trump rematch is, apparently, the best we can do — for ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene makes wild claim that Democrats want Trump to be ‘murdered in jail’
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Marjorie Taylor Greene makes wild claim that Democrats want Trump to be ...
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Protesters urged Pa. Dems to cast ‘uncommitted’ votes against Joe Biden. The primary showed an uptick in write-ins.
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Protesters urged Pa. Dems to cast ‘uncommitted’ votes against Joe Biden ...
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The 2024 Battleground Counties: Washoe County, Nevada: Home to Reno, Washoe County’s move toward Democrats in recent cycles has helped keep Nevada blue ...
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The 2024 Battleground Counties: Washoe County, Nevada
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The sinking Arizona town where water and politics collide: Democrats see an opening to win back rural Trump voters fed up with their groundwater being pumped ...
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The sinking Arizona town where water and politics collide
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Democrats don’t think a TikTok ban will alienate young voters — are they right?: Trump’s posts on Truth Social and polling elsewhere suggest young voters may ...
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Democrats don’t think a TikTok ban will alienate young voters — are they ...
Quick Glance: Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law, ByteDance Forced to Sell
  • After signaling his intention, President Joe Biden signs the foreign aid package including the TikTok ban bill into law.

  • The U.S. Senate passes a bill forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban.

  • ByteDance has nine months to sell TikTok to comply with the law.

  • The U.S. government has been persistent in trying to ban TikTok due to national security concerns.
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Can Down-Ballot Races Lift Biden to Victory in 2024?: Can down-ballot races lift Biden to victory in 2024? Democrats hope strong state-level candidates and ...
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Can Down-Ballot Races Lift Biden to Victory in 2024?
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Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state's fall ballot: Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure ...
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Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state's fall ballot
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Speaker Johnson gets the votes. His antagonists get the retweets.: A contrived fight over a social media post reveals the divide between parties ...
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Speaker Johnson gets the votes. His antagonists get the retweets.
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Gun violence is rising in NC and our lawmakers aren’t doing enough | Opinion: NC lawmakers must prioritize gun violence during this legislative session | Opinion
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Gun violence is rising in NC and our lawmakers aren’t doing enough | ...
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Federal judge upholds verdict in E. Jean Carroll case and denies Trump’s motion for a new trial
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Federal judge upholds verdict in E. Jean Carroll case and denies Trump’s ...
Quick Glance: Court Rejects Trump's Bid for New Trial Against E. Jean Carroll
  • A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s request for a new trial—or to throw out the $83.3 million defamation ruling—against writer E. Jean Carroll, marking the latest legal loss for the former president.

  • In the Thursday ruling rejecting the request for a new trial or the judgment to be dismissed, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump’s argument was “without merit,” made “conspicuously without success” and “defies common sense.”

  • Robbie Kaplan, Carroll’s lawyer, told Forbes in a statement they are “pleased with though not surprised by” the court’s decision, adding the award was “entirely reasonable” because of Trump’s continued defamation, “hatred and disdain.”

  • In January, a jury determined Trump had to pay Carroll $83.3 million in damages after she accused him of sexual assault. Previously, another jury found Trump liable for sexual assault in the 1990s and subsequent defamation, ordering him to pay $5 million.
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Supreme Court justices skeptical of sweeping immunity claims by Trump: Justices on the Supreme Court voiced skepticism Thursday to assertions from former ...
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Supreme Court justices skeptical of sweeping immunity claims by Trump
Quick Glance: Supreme Court Hears Trump Immunity Claim in Election Interference Case
  • The Supreme Court is considering Donald Trump’s assertion of total immunity from criminal charges over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.

  • Justices express concerns about whether certain presidential acts should be off-limits, casting doubt on the possibility of a trial taking place before the election.

  • The case scrutinizes the distinction between private and official acts of Trump, with the Court likely rejecting Trump's broadest arguments, potentially immunizing even acts such as ordering a military coup.

  • The focus remains on the legal question of whether a former president can be prosecuted for actions taken while in office, emphasizing the importance of the Court's ruling on the extent of official act protection and the implications for future presidents.
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Biden campaign trolls Trump for golfing on day off from court: President Biden’s reelection campaign trolled former President Trump for golfing on his day off ...
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Biden campaign trolls Trump for golfing on day off from court