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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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Court agrees to block collection of Trump’s massive civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M
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NEW YORK (AP) – A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Donald Trump’s more than $454 million civil fraud judgment – if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. If he does, it will stop the clock on collection and prevent the state from seizing the…
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Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will again wade into the issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the…
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Trump’s social media company approved to go public, potentially netting former president billions
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NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump is returning to the stock market. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company, approved a deal to merge with the former president’s media business in a Friday vote. That means Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product is social networking site Truth Social, will…
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Congress rushes to approve final package of spending bills before shutdown deadline
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers are racing Friday to pass the final spending package needed for the current budget year, an action that will set funding for federal agencies and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and…
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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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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 to sign executive order aimed at advancing study of women’s health
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order aimed at advancing the study of women’s health in part by strengthening data collection and providing easier and better funding opportunities for biomedical research. Women make up half the population, but their health is underfunded and understudied. It wasn’t until the 1990s…
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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…
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Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by embracing then-President…
