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Trump rehashes baseless claims about Biden in barrage of pre-debate bluster
Former US president uses familiar tactics of denigrating Biden and debate hosts to minimise the event’s importance
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Joe Manchin Signals He'll Vote For Biden In November
The West Virginia senator, who registered as an independent after leaving the Democratic Party, says he loves his country "too much to vote for Donald Trump."
2 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Biden needs his high-stakes debate gamble to pay off, even if it won't upend the race
Joe Biden got his wish for an extremely early debate with Donald Trump. Now he needs it to pay off.
5 min read - WorldNBC News
Three female GOP state senators who filibustered S.C. abortion ban lost their primaries
Three Republican state senators in South Carolina who filibustered an abortion ban in the state have lost in their primary elections this month.
2 min read - PoliticsYahoo News
Supreme Court sides with Biden administration over conservative states in dispute over social media posts
The Supreme Court overturned the Fifth Circuit Court's decision and said it was not a violation of the First Amendment for the Biden administration to police misinformation on social media.
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the court that the states and other parties did not have the legal right, or standing, to sue. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented.
3 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
‘Will you shut up, man?’: memorable moments from Biden’s past debates
Biden goes into debate against Trump with set of challenges that he must overcome to sell voters on re-electing him
6 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions
As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready. After he won, the company spent $2.8 million more lobbying his administration and Congress, records show — an effort that included high-level meetings with top administration officials.
5 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Chuck Todd: Who has the most to lose in Thursday’s debate?
The Biden and Trump campaigns would love nothing more than the post-debate conversation to be about the other candidate.
8 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Biden announces pardons for veterans convicted under military law prohibiting gay sex
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will use clemency authority to pardon former service members who were convicted of crimes because of their sexual orientations or gender identities.
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
GOP former Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden, whose campaign wants to flip anti-Trump Republicans
Republican former congressman Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. Kinzinger, a military pilot who emerged as a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump after the U.S. Capitol was attacked by Trump's supporters, described Trump as “a direct threat to every fundamental American value” in a video announcing the Biden endorsement. “While I ce
4 min read - PoliticsReuters
Biden supporters bank on debate with Trump to ease age concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -For 90 minutes on Thursday night, U.S. President Joe Biden has the chance to show doubting Americans that, at age 81, he is capable of handling the rigors of another four-year term, when he faces off in a debate against Republican Donald Trump. A weak performance could dampen fundraising and push Trump further ahead in the polls. Trump is 78 and prone to making outlandish statements and mangling his sentences on the campaign trail.
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Homeland Security says border arrests fall more than 40% since Biden's halt to asylum processing
Arrests for illegal border crossings have dropped more than 40% during the three weeks that asylum processing has been suspended, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday. The announcement comes just one day before President Joe Biden is set to debate former President and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in what is expected to be a crucial moment in the election campaign. Biden is considered especially vulnerable with voters when it comes to immigration.
3 min read - USReuters
Biden administration awards $85 million to ease affordable housing development
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the award of $85 million in housing funds to 21 state and local governments for a new program aimed at helping them remove barriers to the development and preservation of more affordable housing units. Vice President Kamala Harris and Department of Housing and Urban Development Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman said the awards from HUD's initial Pathways to Removing Obstacles (PRO) to Housing program would help update state and local housing plans,
2 min read - PoliticsReuters
Biden announces process to pardon US veterans convicted by military for gay sex
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on Wednesday that would set in motion a process to pardon U.S. veterans convicted by the military for gay sex, which was illegal until the provision was repealed in late 2013. The Biden administration estimates that the proclamation could affect thousands of individuals convicted of consensual sexual conduct and who may be eligible for a pardon, senior administration officials said. "Our Nation's service members stand on the frontlines of freedom, and
1 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general
NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO ambassadors during a meeting at the 32-nation alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts will formally welcome him to their table at a summit in Washington on July 9-11.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds
Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday's presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Both men remain broadly unpopular as they prepare to face off for the first time since 2020, although Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, maintains a modest enthusiasm advantage with his base compare
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Biden and Trump are set to debate. Here's what their past performances looked like
Then-President Trump arrived at that first matchup in Cleveland seemingly determined to steamroll Biden at every turn, leaving the Democratic candidate exasperated and moderator Chris Wallace scrambling to regain control. Now, in 2024, many of the rules insisted on this time by Biden’s team — and agreed to by the Trump campaign — are designed to minimize the potential of a chaotic rerun.
7 min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Here's Who Will Likely Succeed Mitt Romney In The Senate Next Year
GOP Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) won the Utah Senate GOP primary on Tuesday, making him the odds-all favorite to replace Sen. Mitt Romney next year.
2 min read - USAssociated Press
Why AP called New York’s 16th District for George Latimer over Rep. Jamaal Bowman
The result marks the first primary defeat this year of a Democratic U.S. House incumbent. Bowman, a former middle school principal who was seeking a third congressional term, has been one of the U.S. House's most vocal critics of the Biden administration for its support of Israel in what he's described as genocide in Gaza.
2 min read - PoliticsPolitico
Utah Republicans pick Trump skeptic John Curtis to replace Mitt Romney
He defeated Trent Staggs, whom Donald Trump had endorsed.
3 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Hard-right Republican Lauren Boebert wins Colorado primary in new district
Bitter intraparty fight is one of two elections that could help determine control of Congress in November
3 min read - PoliticsPolitico
Jamaal Bowman is ousted in most expensive House primary ever
Westchester County Executive George Latimer bested the incumbent Democrat.
7 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Trump's VP announcement could come as early as this week
Trump is considering announcing his vice presidential pick before Thursday's debate with President Joe Biden, according to three people familiar with the situation.
3 min read - PoliticsNBC News
The big weaknesses Biden and Trump will confront on the debate stage: From the Politics Desk
Joe Biden and Donald Trump will each step on stage for Thursday's debate with some glaring political liabilities — and the potential to allay or exacerbate them.
4 min read - PoliticsReuters
US election body gives Trump another 45 days for personal financial disclosures
The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Tuesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a second 45-day extension to file personal financial disclosures. Trump had initially been due to report on his personal financial situation to the Federal Election Commission on May 15 but was granted an extension until July 1 on request. A legal representative for the former president on Tuesday requested the agency grant the candidate another extension, citing the complexities of his finan
1 min read - USAssociated Press
Arizona authorities are investigating theft of device that allows access to vote tabulators
Arizona authorities on Tuesday said they were investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker in the state's largest county had political motivations when he stole a fob that would allow him access to vote tabulators just before the July 30 primary. “This is not your average theft,” Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner said at a news conference in Phoenix, adding that he had no information yet on the suspect's beliefs. Skinner said authorities were reviewing Walter Ringfield's so
3 min read - PoliticsNBC News
House committee to vote on holding Biden's ghostwriter in contempt
The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote on a measure that would hold ghost writer Mark Zwonitzer in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena.
2 min read - PoliticsNBC News
A key swing group is up for grabs in battleground Pennsylvania: Nikki Haley’s voters
In bellwether Erie County, almost 1 in 5 GOP primary voters backed Haley after she dropped out. Now, they are without a political home heading into November.
7 min read - USPolitico
Arizona county Republican leader threatened to ‘lynch’ election official
In a statement to POLITICO Tuesday, the Republican leader said her remark “was a joke.”
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes
A proposal to ensure access to contraceptives cleared the Democratic majority Pennsylvania House on Tuesday, drawing dozens of Republican votes but facing an uncertain future in the GOP-controlled state Senate. A spokeswoman for the Senate Republican caucus did not directly answer when asked if GOP senators or their leadership were generally supportive of the measure. There was no debate in the House before the vote — only brief remarks by the sponsor, Rep. Leanne Krueger, a Delaware County De
3 min read - PoliticsNBC News
Trump gag order partly lifted in hush money case ahead of first presidential debate
The judge who presided over Donald Trump's hush money trial lifted some of the restrictions from his gag order Tuesday.
3 min read - USNBC News
Hunter Biden's law license suspended in Washington, D.C., after criminal conviction
A local appeals court in Washington, D.C., has suspended Hunter Biden's law license because of his conviction on gun-related charges in federal court in Delaware this month.
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Enough signatures collected to force recall election for Wisconsin GOP leader, commission says
Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on what district the recall should be held in, based on a review by the state elections commission released Tuesday. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet Thursday to vote on whether to order a recall election targeting Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
3 min read - USHuffPost
Top Maricopa County GOP Official Said She’d ‘Lynch’ Election Official
The GOP vice chair of Arizona’s largest county told HuffPost her comments were “in jest.”
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Judge alters Trump’s gag order, letting him talk about witnesses, jury after hush money conviction
A Manhattan judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction, but keeping others connected to the case off limits until he is sentenced July 11. Judge Juan M. Merchan’s decision — just days before Trump’s debate Thursday with President Joe Biden — clears the presumptive Republican nominee to again go on the attack against his lawyer-turned-foe lawyer
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
California governor defends progressive values, says they're an 'antidote' to populism on the right
Gov. Gavin Newsom used his State of the State address on Tuesday to boost President Joe Biden ahead of Thursday's pivotal presidential debate, comparing Donald Trump's version of the Republican Party to the rise of fascism prior to World War II and offering Democrats' ideals as “an antidote to the poisonous populism of the right.” Nowhere in Newsom's speech — which was prerecorded and posted online to his social media channels in a departure from decades of tradition — did he mention Trump or B
5 min read - PoliticsBusiness Insider
Biden shouldn't focus on his White House successes at the debate because nobody cares, advisors say
Top Democrats advise Biden to target Trump at Thursday's debate, rather than his focusing on his own achievements, sources told CNN.
3 min read - USAssociated Press
Public funds for religious charter school would be unconstitutional, Oklahoma high court says
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the U.S., turning back conservatives and the state's GOP governor who have welcomed religious groups into public education. The high court determined the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board's 3-2 vote last year to approve an application by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma for the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School violates the Establishment Clause, which pro
3 min read - WorldReuters
U.S. pier in Gaza may be extended past July, U.S. official says
The U.S. military's pier off Gaza may be extended well beyond its July 31 authorization date if the United States and aid organizations can get aid flowing again to Palestinians in the coming days and weeks, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. "While the pier was authorized through July 31st, I think it is entirely possible that it will continue on for at least another month, if not longer," said Isobel Coleman, deputy administrator for policy and programming at the United States Agency for
2 min read - USAssociated Press
More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed
More than 500 people — some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings — have been charged with gun trafficking and other crimes under the landmark gun safety legislation President Joe Biden signed two years ago Tuesday. A White House report obtained by The Associated Press on the implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act also said that enhanced background checks under the new law have stopped roughly 800 sales of firearms to people under age 21 who would be prohibit
5 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Former Georgia officials say they're teaming up to defend the legitimacy of elections
“For far too long, politicians, pundits and activists have worked overtime to sow distrust in American's electoral process,” Deal said in a statement. The group says it is focusing on states where Democrats and Republicans are competitive in elections. Other board members include three former governors, Republicans Jan Brewer, of Arizona, and Brian Sandoval, of Nevada, as well as Democrat Ed Rendell, of Pennsylvania.
3 min read - PoliticsNBC News
From 'WORST debater' to 'worthy debater': Trump changes his tune on Biden's skills
Donald Trump has gone from mocking President Joe Biden as a feckless debater who can barely speak to praising his talents ahead of the first debate in the 2024 presidential election.
5 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
Inside Biden’s Camp David Debate Prep
WASHINGTON — At Camp David, a movie theater and an airplane hangar have been outfitted with lights and production equipment to create a mock debate stage. At least 16 current and former aides, summoned from Washington and Wilmington, Delaware, whiz back and forth on golf carts to join President Joe Biden in strategy sessions. Biden is entering his fifth day of preparations at the presidential retreat in the woods of northern Maryland for Thursday’s debate against Donald Trump. Camp David has bec
6 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
The Voters Watching the Debate With a Hand Over Their Eyes
Jay Bodenstein, a lifelong Democrat who lives in The Villages retirement community in Florida, plans to sit down this week for a night of television he regards with terror. He will not be watching a horror movie. He’ll be watching the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. “I’m fearful, I really am,” said Bodenstein, 76. People of his and Biden’s age (81) can easily misspeak or make mistakes, he said, and he worries a slipup on the debate stage — or even just a mom
6 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search
Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the judge presiding over his classified documents case to prevent prosecutors from using as evidence boxes of records seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate. The arguments marked the conclusion of a three-day hearing in which prosecutors and defense lawyers have sparred over topics ranging from the legality of the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith, whose team brought the case, to whether the Republican former president should be barre
3 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
Who will be Trump’s VP? A shortlist
Who are the candidates to be Trump’s running mate in the 2024? Here’s who might be on the shortlist for vice-president – including Doug Burgum, JD Vance and Marco Rubio – and what to know about each Republican hopeful
11 min read - PoliticsNBC News
A 'squad' member on the ropes and a new test for Lauren Boebert: What to watch in Tuesday's primaries
After House Republicans have been facing competitive primaries for weeks, it’s now a Democrat who could be in trouble Tuesday.
6 min read - BusinessNBC News
Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many
In the lead-up to the first presidential debate, both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have been urging voters to ask themselves the question made famous by Ronald Reagan: Are you better off than you were four years ago?
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As Trump eyes VP hopefuls, JD Vance is the MAGA king in the Senate
JD Vance has already separated himself as the most consistently MAGA-aligned of the three GOP senators on Trump's VP short list during his short time in the Senate.
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