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Democrats seek to make GOP pay for threats to reproductive rights
Democrat Lucas Kunce is trying to pin reproductive care restrictions on Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, betting it will boost his chances of unseating the incumbent in November.
In a recent ad campaign, Kunce accuses Hawley of jeopardizing reproductive care, including in vitro fertilization. Staring straight into the camera, with tears in her ...Read more
'Georgia is the reason I'm president right now,' Biden tells backers
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden reminded Georgia supporters at a fundraiser at the Arthur M. Blank Foundation Saturday afternoon of just how important the state is to his reelection bid.
“If you ever doubt the power of the vote, I say come to Georgia. You are the reason I won. Georgia is the reason I’m president right now,” Biden told the...Read more
Joe Biden's Atlanta trip highlights duel for Black voters with Donald Trump
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden told party loyalists in Georgia that they’re critical to his reelection, signaling the state’s importance as he steps up efforts to reach Black voters.
“Georgia is the reason I’m president of the United States,” Biden said at a campaign reception Saturday in Atlanta. “Our freedoms and democracy are at...Read more
Just how long should a Supreme Court justice stay around?
WASHINGTON — In late June, around the time the U.S. Supreme Court wraps up its current term, Justice Sonia Sotomayor will turn 70.
Is that old enough to retire?
For most Americans, that’s a simple question: More than 80% of Americans age 70 or older have left the labor force. Among those still working, a large share say they would retire ...Read more
Donald Trump talks inflation, Iron Dome, Biden and bacon at Minnesota GOP dinner
MINNEAPOLIS — Former President Donald Trump headlined the state Republican Party's annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Friday in St. Paul, repeatedly ripping President Joe Biden, promising to fight to turn Minnesota red and return to one-day voting and paper ballots.
"We want a landslide in your state and we want a landslide in our nation that is...Read more
Joe Biden's Atlanta trip highlights duel for Black voters with Donald Trump
President Joe Biden is stepping up a push to reach Black voters with weekend trips to students in Atlanta and business leaders in Detroit, signaling his need to lock in a bloc that’s critical to his reelection chances in November.
While overwhelming support from Black voters was key to Biden’s victory in 2020, there’s concern among his ...Read more
Maduro Bets He Can Crush Venezuela's Opposition in an Open Vote
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is convinced he can win July’s presidential elections without resorting to fraud.
But, if he’s wrong, he also has backup plans to cling on to power, according to people who are in contact with the administration, who asked not to be identified discussing sensitive political strategy....Read more
Donald Trump talks inflation, Biden and bacon to Minnesota GOP donors, leaders and activists
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former President Donald Trump headlined the state Republican Party's annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Friday in St. Paul, repeatedly ripping President Joe Biden and promising to fight to turn Minnesota red for the first time since 1972.
"This is an official expansion of the electoral map," Trump said of his appearance in ...Read more
Colorado voters will decide abortion rights question after constitutional amendment qualifies for ballot
DENVER — Colorado voters in November will decide whether to make abortion a state constitutional right after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that backers of a ballot initiative had gathered enough signatures.
Advocates for the measure turned in 159,930 valid signatures last month — more than enough to place the ...Read more
Donald Trump's claim in New Jersey that Democrats want to 'execute babies' is one of many GOP abortion falsehoods
Former President Donald Trump recently told a crowd of thousands in Wildwood, New Jersey, the baseless claim that Democrats want to pass an abortion law that enables doctors to “execute” newborns.
“If the radical Democrat extremists get their way,” Trump said during his May 11 rally, “they will have a federal law — an abortion in ...Read more
Biden twice makes false claim that inflation was 9% when he took office
President Joe Biden erroneously said twice in one week that inflation was at 9% when he took office in 2021.
In reality, inflation stood at 1.4% when Biden assumed the presidency in January of 2021.
Biden made the false statements in interviews with CNN on May 8, and with Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.
“No president has had the run we’ve had...Read more
Voters prefer Trump over Biden on economy. This data shows why
Americans give Donald Trump the edge over Joe Biden on the economy in poll after poll.
That’s even as the Biden years have been the best time to find work since the 1960s, and the U.S. has bounced back from the pandemic with stronger growth than international peers such as the European Union, United Kingdom and Japan and stronger growth ...Read more
President Biden plans to travel to Boston next week
BOSTON — President Biden plans to travel to Boston next week after making a stop in New Hampshire, according to a schedule released Friday morning.
Exact details of what Biden will do in the hub were not immediately available but he is expected to head to New Hampshire on Tuesday. It will be the president’s second trip to the Granite State ...Read more
Republicans sue Georgia's DeKalb County over outside election funding info
ATLANTA — The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit claiming DeKalb County violated state open records laws by failing to turn over documents related to its acceptance of an election grant.
Last year the county accepted a $2 million grant from the Alliance for Election Excellence, a nonprofit group. Republicans say the grant ...Read more
Harvard University slammed by Republican House committee for not addressing 'explosion of virulent antisemitism'
BOSTON — A Republican-led House committee that has put Harvard University under the microscope is calling out university leadership for not addressing “the explosion of virulent antisemitism” on campus.
The House Education and the Workforce Committee — which grilled the Harvard, MIT and Penn leaders over their handling of antisemitism ...Read more
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito under fire over upside-down US flag after 2020 election
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been mired in controversy since it was revealed that an upside-down flag flew outside his Virginia home in the aftermath of the 2020 election, a time when many claimed President Joe Biden stole the White House from Donald Trump.
The New York Times on Thursday published photos of the inverted flag, ...Read more
Biden kicks off outreach to Black voters as protest threat looms at Morehouse
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has kicked off a series of actions and public appearances aimed at selling his record to Black voters, a key bloc that typically votes Democratic but could tip the election by staying home in November in big numbers.
“We have a whole group of people out there trying to rewrite history, trying to erase ...Read more
Republican Janelle King appointed to Georgia election board
ATLANTA — House Speaker Jon Burns on Friday appointed Janelle King, a media personality and former deputy director of the Georgia Republican Party, to the State Election Board, which investigates allegations of fraud and creates election rules.
King is the co-chairwoman of the conservative political action committee Let’s Win For America ...Read more
Will Donald Trump be a lifeline or liability for Minnesota Republicans?
MINNEAPOLIS — Former President Donald Trump's visit to Minnesota is energizing Republicans as they prepare to battle for control of the state House in November.
They're hoping Trump's presence on the ticket, and his reported focus on winning Minnesota, will help them pick up House seats in rural areas and possibly some blue-collar suburbs —...Read more
Biden sets Saturday event in Atlanta ahead of Morehouse speech
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden plans to meet with Black voters in Atlanta on Saturday ahead of his closely watched commencement speech at Morehouse College, the latest in the Democrat’s escalating efforts to shore up his support with a crucial constituency.
The campaign announced the visit on Friday in tandem with a memo outlining Biden’s ...Read more
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