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Biden to visit Baltimore as crews prepare to clear fallen bridge

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he will head to Baltimore next week as the U.S seeks to accelerate emergency work to clear and reconstruct the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Biden will travel with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, the president told reporters Friday as he returned from a fundraising trip to New York. He didn’t elaborate ...Read more

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Trump exploits gaps in gag order in Stormy Daniels hush money case

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NEW YORK — In the wake of a gag order preventing him from verbal attacks against key players in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, Donald Trump has taken full advantage of targets still on the table — focusing his Truth Social crosshairs squarely on the presiding judge’s daughter.

Ahead of the trial starting on April 15, state Supreme ...Read more

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72% of Americans back legal access to abortion pill, poll finds

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Nearly three-quarters of all Americans back legal access to medication abortion, according to a new poll released Friday, reaffirming that the pro-choice side is winning the debate over reproductive rights.

Roughly 72% of those surveyed back allowing women to use the abortion pill to end a pregnancy if prescribed in person by a doctor, ...Read more

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Trump, Georgia co-defendants appeal judge's decision keeping DA Fani Willis on case

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ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump and eight co-defendants in the election interference case on Friday formally appealed a judge’s recent decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the matter.

The defendants say Willis should be disqualified from the case, citing her romantic relationship with...Read more

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Family of Brian Sicknick, Capitol officer who died after Jan. 6 riot, slams Trump attending wake for slain NYPD cop

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The father and brother of Brian Sicknick, the police officer who died during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol, blasted Donald Trump’s appearance at a wake Thursday for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller.

Charles and Kenneth Sicknick on Friday both expressed condolences to Diller’s family, but they said Trump’s appearance, ...Read more

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Biden's latest move in Florida? Sending 3 Democratic operatives to the front lines

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MIAMI — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is tapping three veteran Democratic operatives to head up its efforts in Florida amid a deeper debate over whether the state remains in play for Democrats in the November elections.

Jasmine Burney-Clark, the founder and former director of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund, will ...Read more

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Former Colorado gubernatorial hopeful Greg Lopez gets GOP nomination for 4th District special election

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DENVER — Republicans in Colorado’s sprawling 4th Congressional District on Thursday night chose former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez as their nominee to appear on the June 25 special election ballot to fill out the rest of former Rep. Ken Buck’s term.

Lopez, a conservative who ran unsuccessfully for Colorado governor in 2018 and 2022, has said ...Read more

Democrats say they're opening 30 campaign offices, tout 'ground game'

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LANSING, Mich. — Democrats plan to have 30 campaign offices open in Michigan by mid-April, a strategy they say shows the strength of their ground game in a battleground state that could be key to President Joe Biden's reelection bid.

The offices will serve as organizing hubs for volunteers, according to a Friday morning announcement from the ...Read more

Could a gag order be on deck in Fulton Trump case?

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A New York judge this week imposed a gag order on Donald Trump, limiting what the Republican can say about witnesses, jurors and most prosecutors ahead of his April trial over alleged hush-money payments.

Some 850 miles away, the judge in another one of Trump’s criminal cases suggested he’s open to considering a similar measure — not ...Read more

A new US-run pier off Gaza could help deliver 2 million meals a day – but it comes with security risks

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The U.S. has dispatched eight Army and Navy vessels from Virginia to build a temporary pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The aim of this work: to supply food and other necessary items for Palestinians as the war between Israel and Hamas continues and the resulting humanitarian crisis worsens.

Even before Oct. 7, 2023, and the ...Read more

What is Volt Typhoon? A cybersecurity expert explains the Chinese hackers targeting US critical infrastructure

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Volt Typhoon is a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group. The United States government and its primary global intelligence partners, known as the Five Eyes, issued a warning on March 19, 2024, about the group’s activity targeting critical infrastructure.

The warning echoes analyses by the cybersecurity community about Chinese state-...Read more

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Biden says Arab states ready to recognize Israel in future deal

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President Joe Biden said Arab countries including Saudi Arabia were prepared to “fully recognize Israel” in a future deal as he and his Democratic predecessors Bill Clinton and Barack Obama pushed back on critics of his Middle East policies at a campaign event Thursday.

Biden’s comments came during a discussion with his fellow presidents ...Read more

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'MAGA has your back!': John Eastman disbarment fires up rage in Trump devotees

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The recommended disbarment of attorney John Eastman has infuriated devotees of Donald Trump — and those who see their legal troubles through a lens of religious persecution.

Small-dollar donations have surged to help Eastman fight the forces of “evil” via the Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo. Eastman was on track to haul in some $30,...Read more

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Mayorkas impeachment headed to Senate for April 11 trial

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WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson said House leaders will send the articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, which is expected to tee up a Senate trial as soon as the next day.

Johnson and 11 GOP-appointed impeachment managers, in a letter Thursday, asked Senate Majority Leader ...Read more

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Trump stop at NYPD officer's wake stirs sharp contrast with Biden's long-planned Radio City fundraiser, experts say

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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday headed to the tearful Long Island wake for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller while President Joe Biden jetted into the city for a swanky Manhattan fundraiser.

That could amount to a split screen made in MAGA heaven as Trump seeks to take advantage of the contrast, political analysts said. ...Read more

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Court says South Carolina can use current congressional map

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WASHINGTON — South Carolina can use its current congressional map for the fall election, a panel of federal judges ruled Thursday, finding the U.S. Supreme Court has taken too long to decide an appeal over a ruling that the map is likely unconstitutional.

Last year, the three-judge panel found the state’s congressional map likely was ...Read more

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Trump lawyer: Ex-president cannot be charged for false statements

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The charges against former President Donald Trump in the Fulton County election interference case should be dismissed because he cannot be criminally charged for political speech that is protected under the First Amendment, his lawyer argued Thursday.

“When you look at the allegations against President Trump, all of the allegations — all of...Read more

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Biden raises $25 million in NYC, extending cash lead over Trump

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President Joe Biden will raise $25 million in a one-day New York fundraising bonanza, flexing his political and organizational muscles in the face of Donald Trump.

Biden is raising money Thursday with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton from more than 5,000 supporters at Radio City Music Hall, a unique gathering designed to expand his already-large ...Read more

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Jewish Democratic group backs George Latimer over Rep. Jamaal Bowman

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NEW YORK — A prominent national Jewish Democratic group Thursday endorsed Westchester County Executive George Latimer’s primary challenge to Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a key critic of Israel and the war in Gaza.

The Jewish Democratic Council of America cites Latimer’s “decades of support for the Jewish community and allyship” on a variety of...Read more

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Analysis: 'Take the money and run': Obama, Clinton to raise campaign cash for Biden at A-list NYC event

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WASHINGTON — Celebrities Mindy Kaling, Stephen Colbert, Queen Latifah and Lizzo will attend a pricey Radio City Music Hall function Thursday night. Actor Lea Michele and the multitalented Ben Platt also will be there in New York.

But the main draw will be a rarity in American culture and politics: Three of the six living men who have been ...Read more