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CNN Poll: Harris improves on Biden's performance against Trump in early look at new matchup — The likely 2024 presidential election campaign between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begins with no clear leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS …
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Trump Allies Warn Him: Underestimate Kamala at Your Peril — Republicans close to Trump tell him that while they were heading for a landslide before, Harris is putting key swing states back in play — IN THE DAYS since Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, several Republicans close to Donald Trump …
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So what does Joe Biden do now? — President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office Wednesday night in the culmination of a pivotal few weeks that saw him relinquish the Democratic presidential nomination — an act that may one day be the defining moment of his political career.
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As Trump unloads on Harris, even his supporters see her gaining ground — Trump's spokesperson says he doesn't know if attacks referencing race or gender of Harris are “off limits,” but says Trump doesn't do them. — CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Even Donald Trump's supporters sense he suddenly has a tougher race on his hands.

In Oval Office address, Biden to frame his 2024 decision as a ‘defense of democracy’

Geoff Duncan endorses Harris, says he's ‘committed to beating Donald Trump’

Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign
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Harris' Wall Street allies strategize on private call, Rubin, Lasry, Wolf among them
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Biden to deliver Oval Office address on decision not to seek reelection as Harris and Trump hit the trail

The Senate's last Harris hold out
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Kamala Harris' tech allies on track to raise over $100 million as they work to win over Silicon Valley skeptics
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Trump said to be ‘freaking out’ as he's ‘caught in a no-win situation’ against Harris
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Trump's Nephew Reveals Racist Comments From Former President In New Book — In a new memoir, Fred C. Trump III claims his uncle, Donald J. Trump, made cruel and racist comments. — In 2020, a few months before the last election, former President Donald J. Trump's niece, Mary Trump …
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My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’
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Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir
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Pelosi says Netanyahu gave ‘the worst’ speech to Congress from any foreign leader — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters
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Around half of Congress' Democrats skip Netanyahu speech … - Among the boycotters are former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). … - Most of the lawmakers who did attend the speech are on the more moderate …
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Sweeping bipartisan Netanyahu boycott grows to include Pelosi
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Posts spread baseless rumors about GOP vice presidential pick JD Vance having sex with a couch — CLAIM: Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir about having sex with a couch. — AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. Vance does not write about performing such an act in his bestselling book.
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NORAD detects, tracks and intercepts Russian and PRC aircraft operating in the Alaska ADIZ — North American Aerospace Defense Command Public Affairs — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - NORAD detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian TU-95 and two PRC H-6 military aircraft operating …
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Kamala Harris vetting about a dozen possible VP candidates — Approximately a dozen individuals are being vetted as possible running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a source familiar with the process. — That number is larger than previously reported …
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Trump allies crush misinformation research despite Supreme Court loss — High court ruling green-lighting contact between government and tech companies to stymie falsehoods online hasn't deterred a GOP campaign against academics, nonprofits and tech industry initiatives aimed at addressing their spread.
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The Murdoch Family Is Battling Over the Future of the Fox Empire — Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family's irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back. — Rupert Murdoch is locked …
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Republicans condemn Netanyahu protesters for burning US flags — and waving Hamas ones instead — Republicans seized immediately on images of burning U.S. flags and vandalism at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station following Benjamin Netanyahu's speech as evidence of widespread antisemitism …
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U.S. flag set ablaze, 23 arrested as thousands protest Netanyahu's D.C. visit
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Tuberville blasts pro-Palestinian protestors for taking down US flag near Capitol
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Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal — DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more. … Google is now the only search engine that can surface results from Reddit, making one of the web's …
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How Kamala Harris Took Command of the Democratic Party in 48 Hours — She worked the phones. Her team worked the delegates. When it was over, she had quickly locked down the nomination in a “well-orchestrated cascade,” as one party leader put it. — She worked the phones. Her team worked the delegates.
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Monday was the world's hottest day ever recorded — breaking Sunday's short-lived record — Global temperature records have been broken twice in a row this week. … Sunday's record as the hottest day ever recorded on Earth lasted only one day. — According to preliminary data …
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Vance's ‘childless cat ladies’ comment sparks uproar from Swift fans: ‘Armageddon is coming’ — JD Vance ignited uproar from a particularly vocal fanbase on the internet this week, as some Taylor Swift fans say the Republican VP nominee might “need to calm down” after a video resurfaced of him slamming childless women who own cats.
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