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Why Nikki Haley isn't dropping out of the GOP presidential race — Nikki Haley's team is bracing for a home state embarrassment in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary on Saturday. Conventional wisdom suggests she'll be forced to drop out. But that may not apply in 2024.
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Haley vows not to drop out, calls Trump ‘meaner and more offensive by the day’ — The former South Carolina governor says she isn't going anywhere, will stay in “until the last person votes.” — GREENVILLE, S.C. — Nikki Haley cast herself on Tuesday as a steadfast candidate of last resort …
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Trump spokesman says Haley will ‘kiss ass when she quits’ — Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung predicted Tuesday that Nikki Haley would “kiss ass” to former President Trump when she “quits” the presidential race. — Haley gave a defiant speech Tuesday declaring she would not drop …
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Home sweet home? Donald Trump trounces Nikki Haley in exclusive South Carolina poll
Home sweet home? Donald Trump trounces Nikki Haley in exclusive South Carolina poll
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Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration — Spearheading the effort is Russell Vought, president of The Center for Renewing America, part of a conservative consortium preparing for Trump's return to power. — Russell Vought is president of The Center …
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Trump's Final Hours in Office Were Consumed With Fury at Snoop Dogg — Trump's rage at Snoop Dogg created “chaos” in his administration's last moments — and nearly killed clemency for Harry-O … The source of the then-outgoing president's anger had nothing to do with his failed attempts …
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Alito issues fiery 10-page dissent as Supreme Court declines to review elite high school admissions case — Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas said the high court should have heard a case challenging admissions program of elite Virginia high school — Join Fox News for access to this content
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Supreme Court allows elite high school to adopt admissions plan aimed at boosting racial diversity
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What's missing from the Senate ad blitz — THE BUZZ: SKIPPING SPANISH — Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, Barbara Lee and Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey will take the stage again tonight, this time for a debate co-moderated by NBC4 and Telemundo 52.
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California 2024 Poll: Schiff Continues to Lead U.S. Senate Primary with 28%
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South Carolina 2024 Poll: Trump with 23-Point Lead Over Haley Ahead of GOP Primary
South Carolina 2024 Poll: Trump with 23-Point Lead Over Haley Ahead of GOP Primary
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“That makes him a mark”: Experts warn Trump could get desperate as his fraud appeal appears doomed — Experts worry what Trump may do as he is “scrambling to pay his bills” after $400+ million in judgments — Former President Donald Trump faces long odds if he tries to appeal the $355 fraud ruling against him, legal experts say.
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Clarence Thomas has 30 days to resign if he wants millions from John Oliver — When it comes to Supreme Court reform, John Oliver is tired of just talking about term limits and ethics codes. Instead, the late-night talk-show host said he's taking a page out of the playbook used by the rich and powerful …
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Supreme Court won't review sanctions against pro-Trump lawyers who filed frivolous 2020 election suits — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revisit sanctions levied against two pro-Trump attorneys who filed frivolous lawsuits challenging the outcome of the 2020 election in Michigan.
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Supreme Court declines to undo sanctions on pro-Trump 2020 campaign lawyers
Supreme Court declines to undo sanctions on pro-Trump 2020 campaign lawyers
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Judge threatens ex-Trump aide Navarro with contempt in records fight — Trump's former trade adviser has claimed the documents were personal, but a federal judge says at least some of them must be returned to the government. — A federal judge threatened Tuesday to hold former Trump White …
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Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames — Signal's mission and sole focus is private communication. For years, Signal has kept your messages private, your profile information (like your name and profile photo) private, your contacts private, and your groups private - among much else.
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How Google is killing independent sites like ours — And why you shouldn't trust product recommendations from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google — Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations you can't trust
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Russia adds Lindsey Graham to list of ‘terrorists’ after he pushes consequences for Navalny's death — The South Carolina Republican has publicly blamed Vladimir Putin for the Russian dissident's death. — Sen. Lindsey Graham has been added to Russia's list of “extremists and terrorists” …
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US to announce ‘major sanctions package’ on Russia following Navalny death
US to announce ‘major sanctions package’ on Russia following Navalny death
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'You're both traitors': Speaker Johnson's thumbs-up photo-op with Trump doesn't go well — House Speaker Mike Johnson made his pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago for a photo-op with former President Donald Trump — but when he took it X Monday, it didn't get the kind of reception he'd hoped.
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Kari Lake can't say who ‘stole’ her election, says criticism of McCain was meant as a joke — In a radio interview, Lake also said she wouldn't support a federal abortion ban and characterized Ukraine's war against Russia as a lost cause. — A defensive Kari Lake acknowledged …
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Alito says he was right to fear that opponents of gay marriage would be treated as bigots — The justice raised that complaint about a trial judge's dismissal of potential jurors in a workplace discrimination case. — WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attempted an …
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Fani Willis turns the tables on her attackers — Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis took the stand last week under attack from Michael Roman, former henchman 0f four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump, and many in the media and legal community.
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Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead after a fight — Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom. Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they were
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‘What you are seeing is done in third-world countries’: Librarians, schoolteachers could become felons as censorship law advances — As book bans continue to sweep the United States, public librarians, educators, schools and museums could soon be exposed to criminal prosecution for showing children …
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Notorious ransomware provider Lockbit taken over by law enforcement — Washington — A ransomware service provider that has targeted over 2,000 systems across the globe, including hospitals in the U.S., with demands for hundreds of millions of dollars was taken down Monday …
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Trump's RNC Takeover Is on the Brink of Becoming a ‘Purge’ — From top to bottom, the national GOP organization could soon be rid of anyone seen as insufficiently MAGA. — First came the internal grumbling about Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.
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Supreme Court turns away House GOP lawmakers' appeal over mask rule violations — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to revive a lawsuit from three House Republicans after their pay was docked for not complying with a pandemic-era mask requirement on the chamber floor.
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Scoop: Mayorkas impeachment sparks new Senate GOP fight … - 13 Republicans, led by Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Ted Cruz (Texas), plan to send a letter to McConnell on Tuesday morning, demanding they “fully engage our Constitutional duty and hold a trial.” — A Democratic effort to dismiss …
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