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Biden calls Japan, India ‘xenophobic’ on immigration alongside China, Russia

President Biden called Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ at an off-camera campaign fundraiser in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, lumping the U.S. allies in with China and Russia while making the argument...

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Senate GOP campaign chief tempers expectations for size of November win

Senate GOP campaign chief Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) is keeping expectations in check for Republicans' quest to retake the Senate majority, maintaining that his only goal is to flip two seats despite...

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Biden: Violent protests 'not protected'

President Biden was sharply critical Thursday of aspects of protests that have swept across college campuses nationwide in response to the war in Gaza, condemning vandalism and trespassing even as he...

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Harris hits Trump on abortion 2 years after leaked Supreme Court decision

Vice President Harris on Thursday marked the second anniversary of the leaked Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with a fresh round of attacks on former President Trump over...

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White House puts teachers in the spotlight as Latinos look away

At a reception with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday, a man in a blue checkered suit suddenly broke down in tears. The man is one of the teachers of the year, in Washington for...

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Schumer poised to join Johnson invite for Netanyahu address to Congress

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is poised to join Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress, despite tensions...

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Trump trial invokes celebrity scandals as shadowy witness takes the stand 

NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan, Hulk Hogan and Tila Tequila were among a who’s who of celebrities name-dropped on the sixth day of testimony in former President Trump’s ongoing criminal trial.  The trial...

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5 takeaways from Day 10 of the Trump trial: ‘What have we done?’

Former President Trump’s trial in New York entered its 10th day on Thursday, with Keith Davidson on the witness stand. Davidson is a Los Angeles lawyer who represented adult film actress Stormy...

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders orders state to ignore new Title IX rules

(The Hill) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) ordered the state on Thursday to defy new changes to Title IX that add protections for transgender students. Sanders, the onetime press secretary...

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Biden expands ObamaCare to 'Dreamers'

The Biden administration announced a rule Friday morning that will allow certain "Dreamers" to access the ObamaCare marketplace. Under the rule, active recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood...

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Democrats knock Johnson for suggesting George Soros behind campus protests

Jewish Democrats are admonishing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this week after the Republican leader suggested George Soros is behind the pro-Palestinian protests roiling colleges campuses across the...

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Inflation in swing states is lower than the national average

(The Hill) -- Inflation in several battleground states in the 2024 election is below the national average — in some cases by more than a full percentage point — as food prices retreat even while...

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Hope Hicks breaks down chaos of Trump's 2016 campaign during hush money trial

Former President Trump’s ex-political adviser Hope Hicks testified for hours Friday in his hush money trial in Manhattan where she detailed the chaos that enveloped his 2016 campaign. Hicks, once a...

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NYPD officer discharged gun while clearing Columbia University building,...

(The Hill) – A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer discharged a gun while clearing a Columbia University building that had been taken over by protesters earlier this week, authorities said. The...

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Biden to award Medal of Freedom to 19 people, including Pelosi, Gore, Ledecky...

President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 individuals Friday at a White House ceremony, including stalwarts of Democratic politics former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.),...

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Young Democrats warn Biden he must quickly change course

Young Democratic voters are sounding the alarm and warning President Biden that his reelection bid could be in jeopardy if he doesn't change course on the issues that matter most to them, including...

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Judge corrects Trump's claim that gag order prevents his testimony

The judge handling former President Trump's hush money case clarified Friday that Trump is allowed to testify during the trial, correcting the former president's assertion a day earlier that a gag...

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Senate conservatives pan Greene’s 'horrible idea' to oust Speaker Johnson

Senate conservatives are urging Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to back off her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying it’s a waste of time and Congress has higher priorities ahead...

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5 takeaways from the second week of Trump’s hush money trial testimony

NEW YORK — Salacious celebrity scandal peppered with foundation-building evidence defined the second week of testimony in former President Trump’s New York criminal trial.  Witnesses this week began...

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Is a Biden-Trump-RFK debate in the cards? 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rising profile is raising the question of whether he could appear on a debate stage with President Biden and Donald Trump — and what impact that could have on the presidential...

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