2024 United States Presidential Election
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Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too far while defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade
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ATLANTA (AP) – Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade that cleared states to ban the procedure. “It’ll be straightened out and as you know, it’s all about states’…
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Trump says abortion issues should be left to the states
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NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Donald Trump said he believes abortion limits should be left to the states, in a video released Monday declining to endorse a national ban. “Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights,” Trump said in the video posted on his Truth Social site.…
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Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser
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NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday. The reported haul from the event with major donors at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson sets a new single-event fundraising record and is almost double the $26 million that Biden’s campaign said it raised recently at…
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Biden and Democrats report raising $90 million-plus in March
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee said Saturday that they raised more than $90 million in March and ended the year’s first quarter with $192 million-plus in cash on hand, further stretching their money advantage over Donald Trump and the Republicans. The Biden campaign and its affiliated…
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President Joe Biden is lapping Donald Trump when it comes to campaign cash — and he’ll need it
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is raising gobs of cash. And it has an election-year strategy that, in a nutshell, aims to spend more – and spend faster. Not only has Biden aimed to show himself off as a fundraising juggernaut this month, but his campaign is also making significant early investments…
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Why Trump’s message on immigration may be resonating beyond his base
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The video shared by former President Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping themselves in American flags. “They’re coming…
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Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for ‘law and order,’ to show contrast with Biden
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MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Donald Trump attended Thursday’s wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s attempt to show a contrast with President Joe Biden and focus on crime as part of his…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce his VP pick for his independent White House bid
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce his running mate Tuesday as he races to secure a place on the ballot for his independent campaign for president. In advance of an event Tuesday in Oakland, Kennedy and his aides have circulated the names of several contenders, including celebrities with no political…
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Biden is using the ‘are you better off today’ question to contrast himself with Trump
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DALLAS (AP) – President Joe Biden opened a new line of attack against former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, asking and answering the classic “are you better off today than you were four years ago” question to remind voters of what it was like when Trump was in office. The Democratic president criticized Trump for…
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Trump’s latest 2024 campaign fundraising report shows him lagging behind Biden in cash
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NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising picked up last month, but his political operation is still struggling to catch up to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in money coming in. Trump’s campaign and his Save America political action committee, two key committees in his political operation, reported raising a combined…
