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Kenyan President William Ruto discusses US visit, supporting Haiti
Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kenyan President William Ruto is the first African leader to make an official state visit to the United States in over 15 years. On Thursday, the White House held [Read More…]
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to temporarily transfer duties as he undergoes medical procedure
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will undergo what the Pentagon is describing as “a scheduled, elective and minimally invasive follow-up non-surgical procedure related to his previously reported bladder issue” on Friday [Read More…]
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Trump continues to demonize migrants, falsely claims they’re ‘building an army’
James Devaney/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his anti-immigrant rhetoric at a rally in the South Bronx, where he claimed, without evidence, that migrants coming to the U.S. are forming [Read More…]
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Missouri attorney general race emerges as new front in GOP civil war
ilbusca/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — The GOP civil war has reached a new beachhead: blood-red Missouri. The state’s Republican attorney general primary is pitting incumbent Andrew Bailey against Will Scharf, a lawyer for Donald [Read More…]
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What Haley donors, voters think about her saying she’ll vote for Trump in November
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s supporters are still split after she said she will be voting for former President Donald Trump, some seeing it as a “greenlight” for them [Read More…]
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Trump, RFK Jr. in split-screen showdown at Libertarian National Convention
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A split-screen showdown between the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will occur this weekend at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, [Read More…]
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How RFK Jr., Libertarian Party could team up to help his ballot access — if he reverses a previous refusal
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has previously ruled out joining the Libertarian Party — but as he prepares to speak at the party’s national convention on Friday, there’s [Read More…]
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VP hopefuls modify their stance on abortion to more closely align with Trump
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following former President Donald Trump’s announcement in April that he would leave the issue of abortion to the states, effectively saying that he would not sign a national abortion [Read More…]
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Trump courts Black, Hispanic votes in South Bronx rally: New York is ‘going red very, very quickly’
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump pledged to turn New York red during a campaign rally in deep-blue South Bronx, New York, on Thursday evening as he worked to court the [Read More…]
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Donald Trump responds to Nikki Haley saying she’ll vote for him, suggests she’ll be ‘on our team’
Former President Donald Trump arrives at a rally in the historical Democratic district of the South Bronx on May 23, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President [Read More…]
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Democrats go on offense as the GOP opens the door to birth control restrictions
John Nacion/WireImage (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump opened the door to restricting access to contraceptives earlier this week, less than a week after Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bills that would have [Read More…]
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Congressional Democrats slam oil executives over gas prices
Grace Cary/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats on Thursday accused oil companies of inflating the cost of gasoline and vowed to investigate them, pushing back on who’s to blame for rising prices hurting President Joe [Read More…]
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US Supreme Court says South Carolina election map doesn’t impermissibly exclude Black voters
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Republican-drawn South Carolina congressional district, reversing lower court rulings that had struck it down as a product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering that [Read More…]
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House GOP calls Northwestern, Rutgers and UCLA leaders to testify on college protests, alleged antisemitism
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Education Committee on Thursday called on more university leaders to defend their handling of pro-Palestinian protests and respond to allegations of antisemitism on campus. Leaders from Northwestern, [Read More…]
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Senate to hold another election-year showdown vote over on immigration, border security bill
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate will vote Thursday for the second time in three months on a border security measure negotiated earlier this year by a bipartisan group of senators after Republicans blocked the [Read More…]
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Sen. Rick Scott says he’ll run to be next Senate Republican leader
Sen. Rick Scott speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, April 16, 2024. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Rick Scott has officially thrown his hat in the ring to become [Read More…]
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A closer look at Donald Trump’s 2024 vow to deport millions of migrants illegally living in US
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — He said he would do it in his first term. Now, with immigration a top issue for voters in November, Donald Trump says, if elected again, he’s determined to [Read More…]
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Nikki Haley says she ‘will be voting for Trump’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she will vote for former President Donald Trump in November — despite her disappointments with him. During a question and answer session [Read More…]
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Republicans strike top Democrat’s criticism of Trump from congressional record
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives came to standstill on Wednesday as lawmakers quibbled about criticism of Donald Trump and his legal woes. Legislative business was paused on the floor for an [Read More…]
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Facing backlash, Trump walks back comments on restricting contraceptives
Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Facing backlash, former President Donald Trump has tried to walk back comments he made suggesting he’s open to restricting contraceptives. During an interview with Pittsburgh TV station KDKA-TV, Trump was [Read More…]