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Georgia Gov. Kemp poised for a big win Tuesday, but Trump's shadow looms large
ATLANTA — When Gov. Brian Kemp is asked how he handles Donald Trump's unrelenting fury, he typically launches into the well-practiced answer he offered at a recent stop in Atlanta's exurbs: "I've never said a bad word about their administration. And I don't plan on doing that."
But the constant questions about Trump's obsession with defeating...Read more

Analysis: Biden trying to keep India close, even as it bucks him on Russia
SEOUL, South Korea — When President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders from Japan and Australia this week, it could get awkward.
India is rebuffing Biden’s efforts to join the U.S. and its allies in isolating Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The world’s biggest democracy continues to buy cheap Russian...Read more

Biden says monkeypox spread is concerning and advisers are examining
The growing monkeypox outbreak is “something everyone should be concerned about,” President Joe Biden said.
Biden, before boarding Air Force One in South Korea on Sunday, told reporters he’d spoken to advisers about the situation.
“We’re working on it hard to figure out what we do and what vaccine, if any, might be available for it...Read more

Even with Roe v. Wade in place, low-income women struggle to get abortions in Texas
McALLEN, Texas — The patient slid onto the examination table as the doctor ran through her standard list of questions.
Most recent period? Any previous abortions? Medication or surgery? Any complications?
An assistant readied an ultrasound wand as the patient lifted her shirt. She wasn't worried whether she was pregnant — she had already ...Read more

Biden says US prepared to respond to a North Korean nuclear test
U.S. President Joe Biden said Sunday that he wasn’t concerned about the possibility of North Korea holding a nuclear test while he’s in Asia.
“We are prepared for anything North Korea does,” Biden told reporters in Seoul. “We’ve thought through how we’d respond to whatever they do, and so I am not concerned.”
U.S. intelligence...Read more

Rubio gets backing from top police union in race with Demings for law and order label
MIAMI — With about 10 police officers standing behind him, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was endorsed Saturday by the state’s main police union, the Florida Police Benevolent Association, a group that represents about 30,000 cops statewide.
It is the latest law enforcement group to back him in his reelection campaign — including endorsements ...Read more

NZ's Ardern congratulates Australia's Albanese on election win
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday congratulated Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party on winning the Australian Federal election.
“I spoke to Anthony Albanese early this morning as he was preparing to address his supporters. It was a warm conversation and I’m really looking forward to formally meeting with him soon,” ...Read more

Trump endorses trio of safe Georgia Republicans ahead of primary
ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump announced his support Saturday for three Georgia incumbents in the U.S. House.
Trump’s endorsement of Reps. Barry Loudermilk, Buddy Carter and Rick Allen gives the former president virtually guaranteed successes to hang his hat on if other hand-picked candidates don’t notch victories.
Polling shows...Read more

Chicago Teachers Union elects new president
CHICAGO — Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates was elected president of the union Friday following a monthslong, hard-fought battle against two challengers to succeed outgoing president Jesse Sharkey.
Friday’s election results show the strength of Davis Gates’ Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators, which has been criticized...Read more
Biden suggests there is little chance of meeting with North Korea's Kim amid rising tensions
SEOUL, South Korea — President Joe Biden said Saturday that any meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would "depend on whether he was sincere and whether he was serious," a departure from former President Donald Trump's aggressive pursuit of the rogue autocrat.
Biden's skeptical comments came during a joint press conference with new ...Read more
Australia's Albanese set to take power as conservatives ousted
Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party is set to take power in Australia for the first time since 2013, as voters booted out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government in a shift likely to bring greater action on climate change, women’s issues and anti-corruption efforts.
Morrison conceded defeat on Saturday night and congratulated ...Read more

Virginia 'Ginni' Thomas urged Arizona lawmakers to push pro-Trump slate of electors
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas reportedly personally urged Arizona lawmakers to push a rogue pro-Trump slate of electors after President Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 election.
The controversial wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sent emails urging the lawmakers to pick a “clean slate” of electors even though Biden was ...Read more

Hillary Clinton approved Trump-Russia leak to media, her campaign manager says
Hillary Clinton personally signed off on a plan in 2016 to quietly pitch to the media the now-discredited theory that computer servers at former President Donald Trump’s company had a secret communications link with a Russian bank, her former campaign manager told a jury.
Robby Mook, a witness in the trial of a former Clinton campaign lawyer ...Read more

Trump paid $110,000 fine to lift contempt-of-court finding
NEW YORK — Donald Trump paid a $110,000 fine to lift an order holding him in contempt of court for failing to adequately respond to a New York state subpoena for his records.
The former president paid the fine on Thursday, according to a spokesperson for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is investigating potentially fraudulent ...Read more

State Supreme Court to Whitmer: Clarify need for a speedy review of Michigan abortion law
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court has asked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to provide more information on why the justices should bypass a lower court and immediately consider her arguments challenging the constitutionality of the state's dormant abortion law.
The justices sent a series of five largely procedural questions in a Friday order ...Read more

Michigan elections chief Jocelyn Benson says Trump suggested she be tried for treason
DETROIT — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told NBC News that former President Donald Trump allegedly said she should be tried for treason and "potentially executed" following the November 2020 election based on a source she wouldn't reveal.
The first-term Democratic secretary of state made the unproven claim to the network and said...Read more

Trump's handwritten notes to flip election cited by his lawyer
Former President Donald Trump’s suggestions on how to flip the outcome of the 2020 election were jotted in handwritten notes to the law professor who was advising him on the effort, according to a court filing.
John Eastman, the former dean of Chapman University law school, said two handwritten notes from the former president contained “...Read more

Will heartbeat abortion ban take effect amid lawsuit? What the Idaho Supreme Court ruled
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday denied an Idaho attorney general request to vacate the stay on the state’s heartbeat abortion law, further delaying implementation of the new law.
The April 28 petition asked the court to reverse its decision to put the law on hold. The bill would ban most abortions and allow family members ...Read more

Fraud suspect faked presidential pardon signed by Donald Trump, Florida officials say
MIAMI — A creative Florida man is accused of fabricating his own pardon from former President Donald Trump — while he was under investigation for fraud, federal court documents report.
The ruse — which ultimately failed — is one in a series of frauds credited to Alexander Leszczynski of North Redington Beach in Pinellas County, ...Read more

Biden hails US-South Korea alliance on tour of Samsung plant
President Joe Biden called the U.S-South Korea alliance “a lynchpin of peace, stability, and prosperity” during a visit Friday to a Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor complex as he seeks to bolster supply chains that reduce reliance on China.
“I’ve just seen how this plant makes the most advanced semiconductor chips in the world,” ...Read more
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