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Editorial: Biden follows Harris's lead in fuel flip-flop

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The Biden-Harris administration is many things, but steadfast on policy isn’t one of them.

When President Joe Biden ran in 2020, he caved to the Bernie Bros and let Sen. Bernie Sanders “Unity Task Force” influence his climate change agenda. Fossil fuels bad, pipelines must go, and green was the order of the day.

Vice President Kamala ...Read more

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Here are Mitch McConnell's three biggest challenges this fall in Congress

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WASHINGTON — Navigate a fight over the Save Act. Stave off a government shutdown. Win two Senate seats to hand Republicans control of the chamber in 2025.

Those are the top priorities of Mitch McConnell during his final two months as GOP leader, when Congress returns next week from its summer recess.

The 82-year-old McConnell will guide his ...Read more

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Trump or Harris? For Putin, his preference isn't clear cut

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Back in 2016, it was evident that Russian President Vladimir Putin was Team Trump. Top Kremlin officials cracked open champagne bottles in the early hours of Nov. 9 as the businessman-turned-politician emerged as the surprise victor in the U.S. election.

When it comes to determining where the Russian leader stands today, there is no easy answer...Read more

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Commentary: Trump goes full revisionist on the economy

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Listening to former President Donald Trump speak to the Economic Club of New York, you could be forgiven for thinking that the economy has been such a disaster since he left office that the stock market is in a perpetual free fall. And yet, the benchmark S&P 500 Index is up 64% since the 2020 election through Wednesday, topping the 60% gain at ...Read more

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Expect Harris and Trump to lean on vibes over policies at debate

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Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will meet for the first time as they take the stage Tuesday for their only scheduled debate yet, a showdown their teams see as hinging on style rather than substance.

The Sept. 10 forum hosted by ABC News is expected to turn on perception and presentation rather than detailed discussions ...Read more

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Commentary: Will Trump ever be tried for Jan. 6? Here's the answer that emerged from the latest hearing

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Much remained uncertain after Thursday’s hearing on how to proceed with the federal Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump following the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. But one point seemed clear: It’s not going to trial anytime soon.

The parties and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed that, as the judge put it, “the issue of immunity ...Read more

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Justice Alito reports $900 concert tickets, no trips in latest filing

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito reported in a new financial disclosure that he took no trips in 2023 paid for by another person or organization, but revealed he failed to report a loan and did accept concert tickets from a German socialite.

The federal judiciary released Alito’s report on Friday after he requested an ...Read more

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Donald Trump renews crime, immigration complaints while in NC to accept FOP endorsement

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump focused on rising crime and unchecked illegal immigration while in Charlotte Friday to formally accept the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police.

The Republican presidential nominee, speaking at the Hilton Charlotte University Place hotel, accused Vice President Kamala Harris, the ...Read more

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Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it

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SCIO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Democratic President Joe Biden signed a pro-labor executive order in Michigan Friday, flexing his administrative powers in a bid to promote unions and worker benefits, while daring a successor to repeal the policy.

The White House said the so-called "Good Jobs" order directs federal agencies to prioritize new labor ...Read more

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Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it

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SCIO TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Democratic President Joe Biden signed a pro-labor executive order in Michigan Friday, flexing his administrative powers in a bid to promote unions and worker benefits, while daring a successor to repeal the policy.

The White House said the so-called "Good Jobs" order directs federal agencies to prioritize new labor ...Read more

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Trump is back in a NYC courtroom to challenge finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll

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NEW YORK — Around an hour after former President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom on Friday to challenge a civil jury’s findings that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the GOP presidential nominee appeared to defame her once again.

In comments to reporters at a Trump Tower press conference at which he did ...Read more

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Harris, Trump in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's debate

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PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump has one rally scheduled, but it's otherwise shaping up to be a low-key weekend for the former president and Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidates prepare for Tuesday's debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will campaign for Harris in Pennsylvania Saturday ...Read more

Analysis: Trump lambastes women accusers in leadup to Harris debate

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Donald Trump on Friday left a Manhattan courtroom and aired a laundry list of grievances about a range of topics, including being found guilty of sexual assault and his presidential rival Vice President Kamala Harris just days before their high-stakes debate.

Remarkably, in the midst of a neck-and-neck presidential race, the Republican nominee ...Read more

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Trump is back in a NYC courtroom to challenge finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll

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NEW YORK — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was back in a New York courtroom Friday, appearing before the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge a civil jury’s findings that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll and demand a new trial.

The Republican nominee, who was not required to attend, ambled into the 17th-...Read more

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Donald Trump's sentencing for hush money scheme postponed until after election, NYC judge rules

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NEW YORK — Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his Manhattan hush money case until after the November presidential election, a judge ruled on Friday.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said he would rule on Trump’s outstanding motion to toss his conviction on Nov. 12.

He said Trump would be sentenced on Nov. 26 “if necessary....Read more

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Editorial: Hostile meddling: Russia and Iran want a vote in our election

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Foreign governments trying to tip the scales of American elections is nothing new, but the brazenness with which Russia and Iran are meddling in the 2024 presidential election is notable.

In a DOJ indictment, federal authorities announced charges and sanctions against Russian-government-linked operatives for interfering to boost Donald Trump, ...Read more

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AG opinion helps Gov. Brian Kemp skirt simmering Georgia election board controversy

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ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp won’t soon have to face a decision on whether to remove members of Georgia’s State Election Board who are under fire for approving new rules that critics say are designed to favor former President Donald Trump.

That’s because Attorney General Chris Carr, a Kemp ally, declined to issue an advisory opinion Friday...Read more

Republicans push to run up Trump tally in conservative Georgia´s Banks County

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HOMER, Ga. — Plopped down in lawn chairs planted along historic Homer Highway, some folks showed up before 8 a.m. — two hours before the parade began — to claim prime spots for the 59th annual Labor Day Festival.

The crowd swelled that Saturday to well over 1,000 by noon. Kids scurried for candy thrown from passengers in shined-up 1950s ...Read more

Putin aide who leads disinformation efforts once was a reformer

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The head of a russian propaganda campaign that allegedly aimed to influence the upcoming us elections began as a liberal politician before he became one of president vladimir putin’s closest advisers.

Sergei Kiriyenko, who is the first deputy head in Putin’s administration, oversaw a years-long Kremlin operation to meddle in U.S. elections...Read more

Crossing state lines to get an abortion is a new legal minefield, with courts to decide if there’s a right to travel

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Almost half of the states in the country have made it harder to get an abortion since the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the federal right to get an abortion. Fourteen states ban abortions in almost all circumstances, and another eight in almost all cases after 6 to 18 weeks of pregnancy.

Nonetheless, the number of abortions ...Read more

 

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