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My Nikki Haley Theory — From the day she came in third in Iowa to her 20-point loss to Donald Trump on Saturday in South Carolina, Nikki Haley and her aims have been the subject of intense speculation. Clearly, in the absence of a lightning bolt from the blue that strikes Donald Trump …
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Trump's ‘Dominance’ of the GOP Primary Is an Illusion — Sure, he's fully vanquished the competition at the ballot box, but it's not like all Republicans are MAGA. Far from it, in fact. … Are the media guilty of judging Joe Biden more harshly than Donald Trump when it comes to things …
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
“Suicide for our country”: Nikki Haley goes scorched earth on Trump
“Suicide for our country”: Nikki Haley goes scorched earth on Trump
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Is Defiant Ahead of Expected Loss in Michigan Primary
Nikki Haley Is Defiant Ahead of Expected Loss in Michigan Primary
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Trump Has a Hilarious New Excuse for Why He Can't Put Up Bond — Donald Trump is arguing that he shouldn't have to post the massive bond in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against him ... because he's simply too rich. — Trump owes Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her in 2019 when she first accused him of sexual assault.
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Trump throws Truth Social tantrum demanding all cases against him “must be immediately halted” — On the heels of his South Carolina primary win, Trump spent the night (and early morning) complaining of legal woes — Donald Trump began his Monday raging about the slew of civil …
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This time, Trump's going to have to pay his own bills — With nearly a half-billion dollars in legal judgments to pay, a tepid GoFundMe fundraiser from supporters just isn't going to cut it for the Republican presidential front-runner — Soon after New York State Supreme Court Justice …
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Senate GOP poised to block IVF protection bill — With assists from POLITICO's Congress team — SENATE GOP: WE SUPPORT IVF - BUT NOT FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR IT — Senate conservatives are signaling they'll block Wednesday's planned Democratic bid to enshrine protections for in-vitro fertilization …
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Republicans' Absurdist Reproductive Policies Are Coming for Us All — When I first heard Roe v. Wade would be overturned, I knew I had to move my embryos out of a red state. The past few weeks have proven why. — Nearly two years ago, late into the night on a Monday …
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Exclusive: Extremism is US voters' greatest worry, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Worries about political extremism or threats to democracy have emerged as a top concern for U.S. voters and an issue where President Joe Biden has a slight advantage over Donald Trump ahead of the November election, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Wisconsin 2024 Poll: Trump 45%, Biden 42%
Wisconsin 2024 Poll: Trump 45%, Biden 42%
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Pride flags would be largely banned in Tennessee classrooms in bill advanced by GOP lawmakers — The GOP-led Tennessee House has passed a bill that would largely ban displaying pride flags in public school classrooms — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill that would largely ban displaying pride flags …
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A Spike in Heart Disease Deaths Since Covid Is Puzzling Scientists — Mortality data of the past four years show a wave of deadly cardiovascular and metabolic illness. — Almost three weeks before Covid-19 was reported to be spreading in the US, Patricia Cabello Dowd dropped dead in the kitchen of her San Jose, California, home.
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Controversial Ohio GOP congressional candidate considers dropping out (again) — House Republican leaders have been desperate to stop J.R. Majewski from winning the nomination to take on Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who defeated him in 2022. — J.R. Majewski, the controversial Ohio congressional candidate …
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Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey — Executives tell staff to end work on endeavor known as Titan — Employees on some car teams will move to Apple's AI division — Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car …
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Jack Smith Pounds Trump For His Unprecedented Conduct In MAL Case — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. — No One Has Ever Done What Trump Did — Special Counsel Jack Smith unleashed a tight, targeted fusillade in the Mar-a-Lago case …
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Trans Virginia lawmaker storms out of chamber after being called ‘sir’ by Lt Gov Winsome Sears — Virginia state Sen Danica Roem is state's first transgender legislator — A transgender lawmaker stormed out of the Virginia Senate chamber in protest after Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears referred to the lawmaker as “sir” on Monday.
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Scoop: U.S. wants Israeli written assurances on using U.S. weapons in Gaza by mid-March … - It also stresses that a country that uses U.S. weapons in conflict areas needs to provide “credible and reliable written assurances” that it will “facilitate and not arbitrarily deny, restrict …
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Two candidates for mayor of a Mexican city are shot dead within hours of each other — Candidates Armando Pérez and Miguel Ángel Zavala were found dead days before campaigning was set to formally begin. — MEXICO CITY — Two candidates for mayor in the Mexican city of Maravatio …
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Monica Lewinsky urges shoppers to vote in new fashion collection — Women's clothing brand Reformation has tapped activist and author Monica Lewinsky to be the face of their latest voting campaign to get shoppers to the ballot boxes this November. — Reformation's “You've Got the Power” …
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Former Australian PM: Trump acts like 12-year-old boy around Putin — Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described former President Trump's rhetoric around Russian President Vladimir Putin as an admiring “12-year-old boy.” — Speaking on Australian ABC's “Q+A” show …
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US Army is slashing thousands of jobs in major revamp to prepare for future wars — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls …
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House Democrats fume at Mike Johnson as government shutdown threat grows … - “The odds of a government shutdown go up every hour that we don't see legislative text for a budget vote,” Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) told Axios. … - “The Speaker has a day or two to decide who comes first …
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Kroger's “nefarious bargain” — This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and Fingers, a newsletter about drinking in America by journalist Dave Infante. Fingers is a must-read for anyone who cares about the business, culture, and chaos of booze. Sign up HERE.
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Megan McArdle: Google's Gemini AI Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — I tend to like Megan McArdle's takes on things so it's no surprise to me that her take on Google Gemini is pretty solid. As she sees it, Gemini is a case of Google saying the quiet part out loud.
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U.S. Launches Antitrust Investigation of Healthcare Giant UnitedHealth — Investigators have been interviewing healthcare industry officials who compete with UnitedHealth — The Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group, owner of the nation's biggest health insurer …
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In leaked audio, Supreme Court Justice John Devine railed against “brainwashed” GOP colleagues — Devine, a former anti-abortion activist, faces a heated primary challenge that has focused on questions about his ethics. — Speaking to a group of East Texas voters in September …
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'The numbers right now aren't good.' — FOR YEARS, DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN STAFF struggled to get him to make donor calls and take fundraising seriously. — But that was before Trump faced an incumbent president and a primary opponent who was outraising him.
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Vice president's SUV was partially ‘airborne’ during 2022 motorcade accident, records show — The Secret Service agent involved in the accident was allowed to avoid defensive driving training. — The back end of the vehicle carrying Vice President Kamala Harris “became momentarily airborne” …
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