elections
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Judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity
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NEW YORK (AP) – A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan declared the request untimely, ruling that Trump’s lawyers had “myriad opportunities” to…
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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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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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Trump evokes more anger and fear from Democrats than Biden does from Republicans, AP-NORC poll shows
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ATLANTA (AP) – Many Americans are unenthusiastic about a November rematch of the 2020 presidential election. But presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump appears to stoke more anger and fear among Americans from his opposing party than President Joe Biden does from his. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds…
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Judge issues gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting on witnesses, others in hush money case
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NEW YORK (AP) – A New York judge Tuesday issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush-money criminal trial, citing the former president’s history of “threatening, inflammatory, denigrating” remarks about people involved in his legal cases. Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision, echoing…
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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…
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Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight
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As Joe Biden and Donald Trump moved closer to a November rematch, primary voters around the country on Tuesday urged their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worried about what might happen if their side loses this fall. There was little suspense about Tuesday’s results as both candidates are already their parties’ presumptive…
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Biden campaign has amassed $155M in cash on hand for 2024 campaign and raised $53M last month
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s campaign reported $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election. The president raised $53 million alone last month, which was the strongest grassroots fundraising month since the campaign launched, according to campaign officials. Among those efforts was a contest for supporters to attend a fundraiser on March…
