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National security adviser Jake Sullivan meets with top Chinese defense official in Beijing
President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will speak by phone “in the coming weeks,” the White House said Wednesday.
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump to visit swing districts in Michigan and Wisconsin as battleground campaigning increases
Donald Trump is scheduled to campaign Thursday in Michigan and Wisconsin as the former president ramps up battleground state travel heading into the traditional Labor Day turn toward the fall election. Trump’s intense focus on recapturing states he won in 2016 but lost narrowly in 2020 continues with stops in the middle of Michigan and western Wisconsin. Trump won Eaton County, where part of Lansing is located, in both 2016 and 2020, but by a smaller margin the second time.
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Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan
The Supreme Court said the Biden administration cannot implement its latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt.
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‘She can go to hell’: Vance blasts Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal in harshest rhetoric yet
The Republican vice presidential nominee's remark was in response to a question about an “incident” that occurred when Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery this week.
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Harris gains on Trump in Sun Belt states where Biden struggled, Fox poll finds
Previous Fox surveys showed Biden trailing Trump by 5 or 6 points in the four states.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Utah Gov. Cox faces scrutiny for using military cemetery photo with Trump in campaign email
Utah's Republican Gov. Spencer Cox came under criticism Wednesday for sending a campaign email that featured a photo of him and former President Donald Trump at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony. Federal law prohibits campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, and that rule was widely shared before the Monday ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery said Wednesday. Cox’s campaign apologized for using the photo and for politicizing t
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California’s sweeping AI safety bill passes first major hurdle
The state legislation has divided Silicon Valley, with support from Elon Musk but opposition from leading members of Congress like Nancy Pelosi.
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Trump and Vance's 'divide and conquer' strategy on the campaign trail: From the Politics Desk
Donald Trump and JD Vance have taken a "divide and conquer" approach to campaigning since teaming up on the Republican presidential ticket.
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Minnesota state senator pleads not guilty to burglarizing stepmother's home
A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father's death. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. In a joint court filing Tuesday, defense and prosecution attorneys said Mitchell was pleading not guilty, and was asking the court to schedule both a settlement conference and jury trial.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Mexico's ruling party edges closer to a majority in both houses of Congress after 2 senators defect
Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexico’s ruling party said Wednesday it is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress. The ruling Morena party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said it had won over two senators from the now-defunct Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD. The PRD disappeared as a national party after failing to win a minimum of 3% of the vote in the June 2 elections.
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FEMA opens disaster recovery centers in Vermont after last month's floods
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened disaster recovery centers in Vermont communities hit hard by violent flooding in mid-July while Gov. Phil Scott said he sought another federal disaster declaration on Wednesday for the second bout of severe flooding that occurred at the end of last month. Last week, President Joe Biden approved the state's request for a major disaster declaration for flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl on July 9-11, making federal funding available to
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A Day After Receiving Police Endorsement, Gallego Asks DOJ To Ease Up On Oversight Of Phoenix PD
The Pro-Trump Arizona Police Association endorsed Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat, for U.S. Senate against Republican Kari Lake.
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Vance to speak at Boston firefighters convention the day after Walz
The Republican vice presidential nominee will speak in Boston on Thursday, according to a Vance spokesperson.
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Trump claims Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election in soon-to-be released book
The Meta CEO earlier this week asserted that Biden administration tried to “pressure” the company to downplay content about Covid.
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Trump shooter also searched for info on RNC and DNC, FBI says
WASHINGTON — The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump last month had searched for information on both the Republican and the Democratic national conventions before ultimately opening fire on the former president's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, FBI officials told reporters Wednesday, suggesting that the Trump event was a "target of opportunity."
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FBI sees ‘no definitive ideology’ for Trump shooter
In the month before the assassination attempt, the shooter searched online for information about Donald Trump, Joe Biden and both parties’ national conventions.
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Trump Says He'd Win Blue States If Jesus Counted The Votes
"If we had an honest vote counter, I would win California," the GOP presidential nominee insisted to Dr. Phil.
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Following protests, DeSantis says plan to develop state parks is 'going back to the drawing board'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.” Questioned by reporters Wednesday, DeSantis worked to distance himself from the plan, which prompted hundreds of protesters to gather at the parks and sparked rare bipartisan opposition, including from Florida’s Republican U.S. Sens.
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2 men from Europe charged with 'swatting' plot targeting former US president and members of Congress
A former U.S. president and several members of Congress were targets of a plot carried out by two European men to intimidate and threaten dozens of people by calling in bogus reports of police emergencies at their homes, according to court records unsealed on Wednesday. Thomasz Szabo, 26, of Romania, and Nemanja Radovanovic, 21, of Serbia, targeted roughly 100 people with “swatting” calls to instigate an aggressive response by police officers at the victims’ homes, a federal indictment alleges.
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump shares social media posts with QAnon phrases and calls for jailing lawmakers, special counsel
Donald Trump shared more than a dozen posts on his social media network Wednesday that call for the trial or jailing of House lawmakers who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol, special counsel Jack Smith and others, along with images that reference the QAnon conspiracy theory. The former president began posting a string of messages Tuesday evening after Smith filed a new indictment against him over his efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 presidential election. The new indictment keeps
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Biden plans to travel to Wisconsin next week to highlight energy policies and efforts to lower costs
President Joe Biden plans to travel to southwest Wisconsin on Sept. 5, using a visit focused on small towns and rural areas to highlight his policies to lower costs and encourage renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. Democrats consider Wisconsin to be one of the must-win states in November's presidential election between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris. Biden won the state in 2020 by about 20,000 votes, flipping Wisconsin to the Democratic column after Trump narrowly
1 min read - WorldThe New York Times
Trump Team Clashed With Official at Arlington National Cemetery
ARLINGTON, Va. — Members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and an official at Arlington National Cemetery confronted each other during the former president’s visit to the cemetery Monday, the military cemetery said in a statement Tuesday. The altercation was prompted, according to Trump campaign officials, by the presence of a photographer in a section of the cemetery where U.S. troops who were killed in recent wars are buried. The cemetery released a statement saying that federal law prohibits po
4 min read - USAssociated Press
RFK Jr. appeals ruling that knocked him off New York's presidential election ballot
A lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked a state appeals court Wednesday to restore him to New York's presidential election ballot, even though he has suspended his campaign. A state judge knocked Kennedy off the state’s ballot earlier this month, ruling that he had falsely claimed to live in New York on his nominating petitions, despite actually living in California. Kennedy suspended his campaign less than two weeks later and endorsed Republican Donald Trump.
3 min read - BusinessAssociated Press
New US rules try to make it harder for criminals to launder money by paying cash for homes
The Treasury Department has issued regulations aimed at making it harder for criminals to launder money by paying cash for residential real estate. Under rules finalized Wednesday, investment advisers and real estate professionals will be required to report cash sales of residential real estate sold to legal entities, trusts and shell companies. The new rules come as part of a Biden administration effort to combat money laundering and the movement of dirty money through the American financial
2 min read - USAssociated Press
Militia group member sentenced to 5 years in prison for Capitol riot plot
A militia group member who communicated with other far-right extremists while they stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison. For weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, Kentucky electrician Dan Edwin Wilson planned with others to attack the Capitol and stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, according to federal prosecutors. Wilson told U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich that he regrets entering the Capitol that day but
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4 Republicans tasked with investigating the Trump assassination attempt didn't show up for a site visit
Just 3 GOP representatives were in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday for a visit to the site of the Trump assassination attempt, according to a report.
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House Trump shooting task force makes sweeping interview and records requests
The bipartisan panel sent the letter, obtained exclusively by POLITICO, after lawmakers visited the site of Donald Trump’s July 13 rally this week.
3 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Trump, without evidence, blames Biden and Harris for assassination attempt
Ex-president claims Biden administration weaponized justice department and caused Secret Service staffing shortages
3 min read - WorldThe Guardian
‘Enough is enough’: the Muslim American officials who resigned over US’s Israel-Gaza policy
Biden administration employees said their voices were ‘not being heard’ internally regarding US’s support of Israel
4 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
The Big Border Change Harris Isn’t Talking About
The situation at the southern border looks very different these days. Gone are the headlines about surging border crossings crushing border communities and cities like New York struggling to fund housing for migrants who recently came to the country. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times The reality is that the numbers at the southern border have dropped to levels not seen before in the Biden administration — and lower than they were during parts of the Trump administration.
5 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
How the Federal Cases Against Trump Came Sputtering Back to Life
The two federal criminal cases against former President Donald Trump sputtered back to life this week after periods of delay and major legal setbacks. With 10 weeks left until Election Day, prosecutors in the office of special counsel Jack Smith filed an appeal Monday of Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling last month dismissing the indictment that accused Trump of mishandling classified documents after leaving office and obstructing the government’s repeated efforts to retrieve them. Then on Tuesday, S
6 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Trump Suggests Debate Rules Are Set. Harris’ Team Says Otherwise.
Donald Trump announced for a second time that he would participate in a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris hosted by ABC News and suggested that the question of whether microphones will be muted when a candidate isn’t speaking had been resolved. But a person briefed on the Harris campaign’s thinking said the issue of whether the microphones will be muted — something the Trump team favors and the Harris team does not — remains an open discussion. A spokesperson for ABC declined
2 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Harris administration would rein in toxic PFAS chemicals, advocates say
Records of Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz instill hope that progress under Biden could be extended
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Parents can’t function they’re so stressed, surgeon general warns
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump want to provide relief, though they disagree on the details.
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Arlington National Cemetery officials confirm an 'incident' during Trump's visit
Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday confirmed an incident took place when former President Donald Trump visited there Monday to commemorate the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate attacks in Afghanistan.
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New video shows Nancy Pelosi calling Trump a 'domestic enemy' shortly after Jan. 6 attack
Video turned over to Congress by HBO gives additional insight into the former House speaker's actions and mindset surrounding the 2021 riot.
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In resurfaced remarks, Vance bashes teachers union president for not having 'some of her own' children
The GOP vice presidential nominee took aim at American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten when he was running for Senate in Ohio three years ago.
3 min read - USNBC News
Trump shooter believed to have used air-conditioning unit to get on roof
The gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump last month gained access to the roof he fired from by getting atop an air-conditioning unit, a source briefed on the investigation said.
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Judge blocks Biden program providing pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas on Monday temporarily blocked a Biden administration program that allowed undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens to apply for green cards without leaving the U.S.
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Gun control initiatives to be left off Memphis ballot after GOP threat to withhold funds
Election officials in Memphis decided Tuesday to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding. On Monday, Tennessee’s election coordinator, Mark Goins, sent a letter to the Shelby County Election Commission warning that the gun control measures violated several of Tennessee’s laws, making them void and ineligible to be placed on the ballot.
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Opponents stage protests against Florida state parks development plans pushed by DeSantis
Opponents of a plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to build golf courses, hotels, pickleball courts and other development at Florida state parks staged protests Tuesday at several sites as pressure builds against the proposal. The Republican governor's Department of Environmental Protection unveiled the plans last week and had planned a single hour of public hearings near the nine affected parks. Amid growing outcry, a golf course proposal at one park was abandoned and the agency delayed hearings
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Jack Smith hits Trump with revised January 6, 2021 indictment that's narrowed to avoid presidential immunity trouble
The new indictment removes some of former President Donald Trump's alleged conduct that risked presidential immunity challenges.
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Special counsel files new superseding indictment against Trump in response to Supreme Court immunity ruling
Special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment Tuesday in the Jan. 6 election interference case against former President Donald Trump that tailored the details of the allegations in light of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts.
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First Trump supporter to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 sentenced to over 4 years in prison
Michael Sparks, the very first rioter to breach the Capitol building on Jan. 6, indicated in court that he still believes Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election "to this day."
4 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
JD Vance asserts faith in Trump after admitting he once ‘didn’t fully believe’
At Michigan rally, the Republican VP nominee referred to his former hostility while taking aim at Kamala Harris
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Joe Biden Dropped Out 37 Days Ago. Donald Trump Still Can’t Let It Go.
The Republican Party's presidential nominee is struggling to focus on his new Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
How lessons learned from the 2016 campaign led US officials to be more open about Iran hack
The 2016 presidential campaign was entering its final months and seemingly all of Washington was abuzz with talk about how Russian hackers had penetrated the email accounts of Democrats, triggering the release of internal communications that seemed designed to boost Donald Trump's campaign and hurt Hillary Clinton's. U.S. security officials acted more swiftly to name the culprit, detailing their findings and blaming a foreign adversary — this time, Iran — just over a week after Trump’s campaign
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Judge extends temporary order for transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer, hears arguments
A federal judge extended a temporary order Tuesday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while considering arguments for a longer-term order and a possible trial as the teen and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris Turmelle, 14, filed a lawsuit Aug. 16 seeking to overturn the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act that Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law last month. While Turmelle doesn’t plan to play sports until
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
More than 200 former Republican presidential staffers sign open letter endorsing Harris over Trump
More than 200 staffers for four previous Republican presidential nominees have endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris' White House bid, cautioning that the notion of a second term for GOP nominee Donald Trump is "simply untenable” and “will hurt real, everyday people.” In an open letter, first written about on Monday by USA Today, 238 people who worked for former President George H.W. Bush, former President George W. Bush, former Arizona Sen. John McCain and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney call on their fellow
2 min read - USLA Times
More than half of Harris donors had not given to Biden's 2024 campaign
In every state, more than half of July contributions to the Kamala Harris campaign came from donors who had not given to President Biden's 2024 campaign.
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