Author: Naomi Lim
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Biden gambles with preemptive pardons to shield Democrats from Trump: ‘All bets are off’
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Democrats are skeptical about the idea of President Joe Biden preemptively pardoning critics of Donald Trump, even as the president-elect’s presumptive FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, threatens legal action against his own detractors. Biden is discussing using his pardon power to prevent possible future prosecutions with some of his top aides, with the effort led…
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‘No longer the party of Obama’: Democrats search for answers as standard-bearer’s influence wanes
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President-elect Donald Trump not only defeated Vice President Kamala Harris last week, he also defeated former President Barack Obama. Obama, who campaigned hard for Harris, told the public the 2024 election was a choice, not between policies, but between values and character. GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE’S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var…
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Biden and Trump put elections aside for White House transition meeting
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President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will be in the same room for the first time since their debate this summer, a meeting that ended Biden’s political career. Biden and Trump’s sit-down at the White House on Wednesday underscores that conclusion for Biden, whose final presidential campaign was underpinned by his opposition to Trump only to see him return stronger than ever.…
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Kamala Harris and Democrats grapple with sad replay of 2016
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Vice President Kamala Harris may have had the joy, the upstart campaign, the money and the star power, but in the end Democrats were left feeling a sense of déjà vu on Wednesday morning. Former President Donald Trump has now defeated two Democratic contenders, preventing them from become the first female president, and the 2016…
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Harris eyes history: Upstart campaign ends with race too close to call
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PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris says her mother once told her that she may be the first “to do many things,” but she should make sure she is “not the last.” After polls close on Tuesday, Harris, 60, could become the country’s first black, South Asian woman president, a prospect that, for many, seemed…
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Harris reverts to vibes and celebrities in final rally
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PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris sought to portray herself as the underdog against former President Donald Trump with a policy-light address at an election eve rally on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, made famous by Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky, in which she tried to bring back her good vibes from the summer. “It’s…
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The blue wall trio could be heading for a breakup
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LITITZ, Pennsylvania — Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have supported the same presidential candidate since 1980, except in 1988, when Wisconsin backed Democrat Michael Dukakis over Republican George H.W. Bush. But with all three blue wall states polling within the margin of error, this could be the election cycle during which the battlegrounds buck that historical…
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READ IN FULL: Harris’s closing argument on Ellipse
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Vice President Kamala Harris presented her closing argument to what her campaign claims was a crowd of 75,000 people at the Ellipse, south of the White House, and the National Mall on Tuesday night. As former President Donald Trump rallied his supporters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Harris ripped Trump as a “petty tyrant” and promised that…
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Harris lambastes ‘petty tyrant’ Trump in Ellipse closing argument speech
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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her harshest rebuke yet of former President Donald Trump at the same place Trump rallied his own supporters before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot almost four years ago. In an attempt to create a memorable political split screen seven days before polls close, Harris addressed a sizeable crowd of people…
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Harris to frame campaign as referendum on Trump, not her or Biden, in Ellipse speech
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Vice President Kamala Harris‘s closing argument before next Tuesday’s election is more about Donald Trump than it is about herself as she uses a speech at the Ellipse to underscore the contrast between herself and the former president. As voters repeatedly tell pollsters their top concern is the economy, Harris is emphasizing the risk Trump…

