US elections
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Even by his haywire standards, Donald Trump’s latest rhetoric and behavior is erratic, autocratic and vulgar and hints at four years of unpredictable leadership that may lie ahead if he’s elected president in 15 days. Vice President Kamala Harris and top Democrats are seizing on the Republican nominee’s bizarre antics to inject new urgency and a…
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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off on Tuesday in a major moment that could swing an extraordinarily close 2024 race. This will be the first time Harris and Trump have ever met each other in person, a reminder of just how dramatically the contest changed after President Joe Biden…
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Ukraine’s air force has said it has shot down 60 Russian drones in an overnight attack, out of 78 launched in total. Russia also used one ballistic Iskander-M missile in the attack, the air force added in a post on the Telegram messaging app. Russia claims it has captured village near key town Russian forces…
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The U.S. government is working “extensively” on a framework to keep artificial intelligence from disrupting the 2024 election, according to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who says she is “very worried” about the technology being used in a nefarious manner. “AI can do amazing things and AI can disrupt our elections, here and around the world,”…
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The comments on Sunday come after thousands of Trump supporters took to the streets of the capital on Saturday to protest against the election results. After night fell, the relatively peaceful demonstrations in Washington turned from tense to violent. Videos posted on social media showed fistfights, projectiles thrown and club-swinging as Trump supporters clashed with…
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President Donald Trump can still win the presidency. Here’s how: Only the Electoral College or the various state legislatures can declare a candidate the winner. To base this decision on network vote totals and projections and to call Joe Biden the president-elect is irresponsible. The recounts in Arizona, Georgia, and the other states are likely…
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says Democrats have a 50-50 shot of flipping the upper chamber. ”It’s a 50-50 proposition. We have a lot of exposure. This is a huge Republican class,” McConnell said Wednesday during a campaign stop in Kentucky. “There are dogfights all over the country.” Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, though several polling…
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Republican Sen. Ben Sasse blasted U.S. President Donald Trump in a covertly recorded call with voters on Wednesday, airing a long list of criticisms rarely heard from an elected member of the GOP. The senator from Nebraska accused Trump of botching the COVID-19 pandemic response, kissing up to dictators, flirting with white supremacists, spending “like a drunken sailor,” selling out U.S.…
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Rapper Kanye West on Monday released his first official campaign video in his long-shot bid to be elected US president on November 3, focusing on religion and families. West, 43, who launched his campaign for the White House with erratic statements on his social media accounts in July, is on the official ballot in a…
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Conservative economists blasting Democrat front-runner Joe Biden’s tax hike proposals warn his ideas would “crush” the record-setting U.S. economic recovery. An analysis by the Tax Policy Center last week indicated Biden’s proposals to hike corporate taxes, increase the capital gains taxes on the top 1%, and toss out the Trump tax cuts would collect $4…
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