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Secluded in Rehoboth, Biden Stews at Allies' Pressure to Drop Out of the Race — As he recovers from Covid, the president has grown resentful toward Democratic congressional leaders and former President Barack Obama. — Sick with Covid and abandoned by allies, President Biden has been fuming …
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Trump and Zelensky speak by phone as Ukraine worries about U.S. backing. — Former President Donald J. Trump and his new running mate, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, will campaign in Michigan on Saturday. President Biden remains publicly defiant as calls for him to drop out accelerate.
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JD Vance Leads Trump's Push to Win Key ‘Blue Wall’ States
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Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race
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“Don't watch cable news”: Biden campaign tries to rally staff
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Twelve more Democrats, including two senators, call on Biden to drop out
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Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden via virtual roll call
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The totalitarian tell in Trump's “unity” speech — Kim Jung Un and Victor Orban are role models for a type of unity, but not the type you would enjoy — By now you have no doubt heard that Donald Trump (a man who, I should note, has spent years urging his supporters to commit violent acts …
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July 19, 2024 — Today a Russian court sentenced 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after convicting him of espionage in a secret three-day trial. The U.S. government considers Gershkovich “wrongly detained,” …
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Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”
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Trump did something he's never done before with RNC speech. Now, the election may already be over

In the Blood — “That was some weird shit.” So said George W. Bush after watching Donald …
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Fact Checking Donald Trump's RNC Speech
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Was That the Worst Convention Speech of All Time?
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Trump the Lion, or Trump the Lyin'?
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Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74 — Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died. She was 74.
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer — The Texas Democrat announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment. — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.


U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is dead at 74 — The Houston Democrat announced earlier this year that she had cancer. — WASHINGTON — Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who was one of the longest serving members of Texas' Congressional delegation and a longtime advocate for progressive causes …
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Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed — The string of victories reflects luck and timing. — Donald Trump is on the cusp of emerging unscathed from his four criminal prosecutions — thanks almost entirely to the decisions of four judges he appointed.
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Tossing Trump's case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now
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George W. Bush's Attorney General Is Worried About Trump
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns anti-Biden Democrats about what comes next if they succeed — The progressive New Yorker spoke on Instagram about the potential risks of pressuring President Joe Biden to end his campaign. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has issued a dire warning …
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AOC Issues Dire Warning on Threats to Come if Biden Drops Out
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Pelosi voiced support for an open nomination process if Biden drops out — Some California House Democrats don't want the process to replace the president on the ticket to seem like a Kamala Harris coronation. — In a meeting with fellow California Democrats last week …


Trump's GOP is no country for MAGA women — At the Republican National Convention, MAGA women learn there's no place for them in Trump's GOP — MILWAUKEE — On the third night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's WWE-inspired entrance to the came complete with a trollish musical cue …
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Trump shooter flew drone over venue hours before attempted assassination, source says — The gunman was killed after he shot former President Donald Trump in the ear in an assassination attempt. A motive remains unknown. — The gunman who shot former President Donald Trump in the ear …
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JD Vance's wife faces racist online backlash from far-right social media posts — Usha Chilukuri Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants. — Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, July 17, 2024.


Florida OKs Misleading Statement To Print Next To Pro-Choice Ballot Measure — The supposedly nonpartisan committee that drafted it included an economist from the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025. — LOADING — The advocates behind Florida's pro …


Confronting the hate, Phil Williams tells neo-Nazis: ‘When I look at you guys, I do not think master race.’ — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — This is my town. — Nashville belongs to us — not the out-of-state neo-Nazis who have created havoc this week on our streets with their symbols of hate and vile words.
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Michael Moritz, Democratic Megadonor, Urges Biden Exit: ‘Clock Has Run Out’ — Mr. Moritz became one of the party's top contributors to go public with his fears about the president's candidacy, saying that Mr. Biden had a choice: “vanity or virtue.” — Michael Moritz, the billionaire …
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