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Biden will meet with Philippine and Japanese leaders as worry grows over China’s Indo-Pacific action
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is bringing together Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Thursday as the three nations use their first-ever trilateral summit to try to show they are in lockstep about countering China’s military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. The leaders are expected…
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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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Judge in Trump’s classified files case agrees to redact witness names
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump granted a request by prosecutors on Tuesday aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon refused to categorically block witness statements from being disclosed, saying there was no basis for such…
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Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The brief from prosecutors was submitted just over two weeks before…
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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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Americans think a president’s power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he’d like to see the U.S. government “go back to its original design” – a system of checks and balances developed nearly 240 years ago to prevent any branch, especially the presidency, from becoming too powerful. But that’s mainly when Republicans are in power. Bidon, an…
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Biden is touring collapsed Baltimore bridge where recovery effort has political overtones
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is expected to get a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the hulking remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. Biden will receive updates from the U.S. Coast…
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Yes, we’re divided. But new AP-NORC poll shows Americans still agree on most core American values
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Despite the country’s deep political polarization, most Americans share many core beliefs about what it means to be an American, according to a new poll. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 9 in 10 U.S. adults say the right to vote, the right to…
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Prosecutors in Trump’s classified documents case sharply rebuke judge’s unusual and ‘flawed’ order
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal prosecutors chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” In an order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had asked prosecutors and defense lawyers to file proposed jury instructions for…
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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…
