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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Biden's fundraiser with Obama and Clinton nets a record $25 million, his campaign says

    A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said. The eye-popping amount was a major show of Democratic support for Biden at a time of persistently low poll numbers. The president will test the power of the campaign cash as he faces off with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has already prove

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  • PoliticsYahoo News

    Trump legal news brief: Prosecutors tell Judge McAfee that First Amendment doesn't apply to Trump's 'criminal intentions'

    Prosecutors who have charged former President Donald Trump with election interference and racketeering relating to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia tell Judge Scott McAfee that the First Amendment does not protect him from prosecution in the case.

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  • PoliticsAFP

    US House to deliver Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate in April

    The US House of Representatives will send articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden's immigration chief to the Senate on April 10, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday -- sparking a trial that would likely begin the following day."As we have said previously, after the House impeachment managers present the articles of impeachment to the Senate, senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day," Schumer's office said in a statement.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Republican states file lawsuit challenging Biden's student loan repayment plan

    A group of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration to block a new student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, 11 states led by Kansas argue that Biden overstepped his authority in creating the SAVE Plan, which was made available to borrowers last year and has already canceled loans for more than 150,000. It argues that the new plan is no different from Biden's

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    Chris Christie won’t mount No Labels run in 2024 US presidential election

    Former New Jersey governor’s decision closes another door on No Labels, the non-partisan group seeking to mount a campaign

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  • PoliticsThe New York Times

    Biden Administration Finalizes Rule Curbing Use of Short-Term Health Plans

    WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it had finalized a new regulation that curbs the use of short-term health insurance plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act, reversing a move by the Trump administration to give consumers more access to cheaper but skimpier plans. Under the new rule, the short-term plans will be able to last for only 90 days, with an option for a one-month extension. In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule allowing the plans to l

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  • PoliticsWashington Post

    Biden Title IX rules on trans athletes set for election-year delay

    The Biden administration is preparing to finalize sweeping rules in coming weeks governing how sex discrimination is addressed in schools, including new protections for transgender students. But officials plan to put off a companion regulation outlining the rights of trans athletes, according to people familiar with administration planning. Athletics is among the thorniest issues confronting supporters of transgender rights, including those in the Biden administration. Polling shows that clear m

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  • USThe New York Times

    How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk

    The email went out to members of Justice Clarence Thomas’ law clerk network late last month celebrating his newest addition to an exclusive club. The justice’s selection needed no introduction. “Crystal Clanton’s clerkship for OT ’24 was announced by Scalia Law today!” wrote an assistant to Virginia Thomas, the justice’s wife, who is known as Ginni. The email referred to the 2024 October term of the court, and the tone was jubilant: “Please take a look at these posts of congratulations and suppo

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  • USHuffPost

    GOP Congressman Says It's 'Outrageous' To Use Federal Funds To Fix Baltimore Bridge

    Congress could be in for yet another partisan fight if Republicans line up against federal funding to address the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore.

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  • PoliticsReuters

    US judge strikes down Biden highway climate rule for states

    A U.S. judge in Texas struck down a climate rule adopted by the Biden administration requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway system. Texas had sued the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in December, arguing the agency lacked legal authority to enact the rule. A separate lawsuit was filed by 21 other states.

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    James Comer Formally Invites Joe Biden To Testify In Impeachment Inquiry

    Asking Biden to testify, and getting mad when he refuses, may signal the death rattle of the impeachment effort.

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  • BusinessReuters

    US may soon unveil list of Chinese chip factories barred from receiving tech

    The Biden administration is drawing up a list of advanced Chinese chipmaking factories barred from receiving key tools, three people familiar with matter said, to make it easier for companies to stem technology flows into China. The Commerce Department in 2022 barred U.S. companies from shipping equipment to Chinese factories producing advanced chips, as the U.S. seeks to severely limit Beijing's technological advances over national security concerns. But companies say it is difficult to pinpo

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  • USNBC News

    Trump attends wake for fallen NYPD officer as he ramps up rhetoric on crime

    After attending the wake Thursday of slain New York police officer Jonathan Diller, former President Donald Trump expressed outrage over the killing and used the opportunity to tout his position on the need to curb crime.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Sen. Bob Menendez decides not to delay May trial with appeal of judge's ruling

    New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will not appeal a judge’s ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed his May trial, his lawyers said Thursday. The Democrat’s lawyers notified the Manhattan federal judge who will preside over the May 6 trial in a letter that the senator’s decision was “principally motivated by his desire to proceed to trial and establish his innocence without further delay.” Prosecutors say the gold and cash resulted from bribes that he and his wife received in excha

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  • USThe Guardian

    Ted Cruz, US senator mocked for flight to Cancún, seeks airport police escorts

    Republican senator, who flew to Mexico as Texas faced deadly cold snap, complains of ‘serious security threats’ to lawmakers

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  • BusinessReuters

    US, Mexico to partner on semiconductor supply chain development

    The United States will partner with Mexico to explore semiconductor supply chain opportunities, the State Department said on Thursday, as the Biden administration pushes to reduce reliance on China and Taiwan for the technology. The collaboration will take place as part of the U.S. CHIPS Act, a 2022 law that created a $500 million fund for developing the semiconductor supply chain through initiatives with allies and partners. "Manufacturing of essential products ranging from vehicles to medica

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    Senate To Begin Impeachment Trial For Alejandro Mayorkas April 11

    The trial could be over very quickly due to bipartisan Senate opposition to ousting President Joe Biden's secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls

    Backers of former President Donald Trump are launching a second effort to recall Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office after the first attempt appears to have failed. Recall organizers filed paperwork to start a second recall effort on Wednesday, just a day after they asked a court to give them more time to rehabilitate signatures that Vos challenged on the first recall petition. Organizers on Thursday said they weren't giving up hope on the first attempt, calling the new

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  • PoliticsReuters

    South Carolina voting map faulted for racial bias by court revived for 2024

    A federal court that previously threw out a Republican-drawn South Carolina electoral map for bias against Black voters decided on Thursday that it can be used in this year's congressional elections, a ruling that could undercut Democratic chances of winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives. But the panel said the approaching election calendar and the U.S. Supreme Court's delay in ruling on an appeal by Republican state officials had left the judges little choice. The Supreme Court

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  • USAssociated Press

    South Carolina to hold 2024 congressional elections with map previously ruled unconstitutional

    A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year's congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision on the case by the Supreme Court. In an order, a panel of three federal judges from South Carolina wrote that “with the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending, and

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    House Speaker Mike Johnson will send Mayorkas impeachment to the Senate next month

    House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday indicated he will send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate shortly after Congress returns to Washington next month. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to swear in senators as jurors in the trial the next day, according to his office. The House impeached Mayorkas on a razor-thin party-line vote in February, but Johnson had delayed sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate while Congre

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    Al Sharpton: Trump’s $60 Bibles ‘a spit in the face of people that really believe’

    The Rev Al Sharpton makes comment to MSNBC amid backlash over Republican’s latest moneymaking scheme

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  • WorldReuters

    Zelenskiy tells US House speaker: Quick passage of military aid is vital

    Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has held up a bill for months that would supply $60 billion in military and financial aid for Ukraine. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said he told Johnson that Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities were "escalating and can only be stopped by the physical force of our defence".

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  • PoliticsReuters

    US House to deliver Homeland Secretary Mayorkas impeachment to Senate April 10

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will deliver two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday. Mayorkas, who Republicans blame for record flows of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, was narrowly impeached by the House last month on allegations that he has not enforced U.S. immigration laws and has made false statements to Congress. Mayorkas

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  • USAssociated Press

    As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth

    With Kansas poised to ban gender-affirming care for minors, college students are trying to counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing the state's largest university to declare itself a haven for trans youth. The GOP-controlled Legislature approved its proposed ban on puberty blockers, hormone treatments and surgeries for minors Wednesday, apparently with the two-thirds majorities in both chambers needed to override an expected veto from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. K

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  • USThe New York Times

    Bogus Election Fraud Claims Still Run Rampant in Maricopa County

    Nearly four years after Joe Biden flipped Arizona blue, the state — and in particular, its largest county, Maricopa — remains a hub for debunked claims of election fraud. In 2021, Republicans pushed for a recount of the vote in Maricopa, a lengthy and chaotic process that failed to validate former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the vote had been rigged. A year later, Kari Lake, a close Trump ally who lost the governor’s race, baselessly claimed that her election had been stolen, too.

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  • HealthAssociated Press

    Some cancer patients can find it hard to tell family and friends

    Ever since Anthony Bridges found out he had prostate cancer six years ago, he hasn’t stopped talking about it. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin kept his prostate cancer quiet, including from President Joe Biden. Dr. Otis Brawley says he’s encountered men who don’t even want to talk about their prostate cancer with their own doctors.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump

    The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened. The restoration of more protective regulations rankled Republicans who said the Endangered Species Act was being wielded too broadly and to the detriment of economic growt

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    James Comer Is Mad

    The House Oversight Committee chair has been increasingly lashing out at reporters covering his impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Biden okays $60M in aid after Baltimore bridge collapse as governor warns of 'very long road ahead'

    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a “very long road ahead” to recover from the loss of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge as the Biden administration approved $60 million in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse. Moore promised that “the best minds in the world” were working on plans to clear the debris, move the cargo ship that rammed into the bridge from the channel, recover the bodies of the four remaining workers presumed dead and investigate what went wrong.

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  • WorldThe Guardian

    Bernie Moreno says he fled socialism in Colombia for the US in 1971. What does history say?

    The Republican challenger to Democrat Sherrod Brown for US Senate in Ohio has made dubious claims in his campaign

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    JD Vance's VP prospects could rise after he helped deliver Trump a big Ohio win

    Bernie Moreno's Ohio GOP Senate primary victory reinforced Trump's influence and JD Vance's reputation as a loyal soldier to the former president.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    N.J. Democrat targets Sen. Bob Menendez's access to classified information — as well as Trump's

    A new bill would prevent Sen. Bob Mendnez and Donald Trump from accessing classified information due their indictments on federal charges.

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    Barack Obama Makes Big Change For Joe Biden As Election Nears: Reports

    The former president is said to be shifting his approach with Biden.

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  • OpinionLA Times

    Calmes: Is this the worst Congress ever? Let's count the ways

    The 118th Congress is on track to pass the least amount of U.S. legislation in modern times, all because of the self-defeating GOP House majority.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    US congressional delegation pledges continued defense support for Taiwan

    A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation pledged continued support for Taiwan on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that’s claimed by China. Congress also approved $400 million on Saturday to counter the Chinese government’s influence in the region, as part of its Defense Appropriations Act. China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province to be brought under its control, by force if necessary.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Republican committee to select Buck's likely replacement, adding a challenge to Boebert's campaign

    A panel of Colorado Republicans will select a candidate Thursday who will likely serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck ’s term — and could pose a challenge to Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bid for another term in Congress. It's an unusual and confusing twist in a closely watched primary race for a district the far-right Republican Boebert has not represented previously. Whoever the committee chooses is expected to prevail in the special election against the Democratic nominee, finish Buck's

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Trump's team cites First Amendment in contesting charges in Georgia election interference case

    The charges against Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, a lawyer for the former president said Thursday as he argued that the indictment should be dismissed. The hearing before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee was on a filing from Trump and on two pretrial motions by co-defendant David Shafer and centered on technical legal arguments. It marked something of a return to

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Judge recommends John Eastman be disbarred in California

    A judge recommended Wednesday that John Eastman, a co-defendant of Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, be disbarred in California.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Trump ramps up attacks on judge in hush money case after gag order

    Former President Donald Trump repeatedly lashed out at one person who's not covered by a gag order in the New York hush money case — the judge.

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  • USNBC News

    Hunter Biden asks skeptical judge to dismiss tax charges he says are politically motivated

    Lawyers for Hunter Biden asked a judge at a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday to dismiss tax charges filed against him last year, arguing that the case is politically motivated — allegations that did not appear to sway the seemingly skeptical judge.

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    Hunter Biden asks Los Angeles judge to toss out $1.4m tax evasion case

    Lawyers for president’s son to challenge criminal charges he evaded taxes and argue prosecutors bowed to Republican pressure

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  • PoliticsReuters

    Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules

    (Reuters) -A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump. Eastman, a former personal lawyer to Trump who is now his co-defendant in the Georgia criminal case over efforts to sway the election, was accused of violating California attorney ethics rules against misleading courts and making false public statements. "Eastman’s actions were

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  • USAssociated Press

    Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion 'lite' proposal that would cover fewer people

    A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature . Mississippi’s Republican-controlled Legislature is considering expansion after years of opposition to the policy allowed under the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 federal health overhaul signed by then-President Barack Obama. The proposal passed by a committee Wednesday is the only Medicaid expansion proposal still alive after Senate Republicans t

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Democrats hope Biden can ride the party’s special election wave: From the Politics Desk

    Democrats keep winning special elections, but Joe Biden isn't getting a polling boost. RNC co-chair Lara Trump sits down for an interview.

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  • PoliticsNBC News

    Election denier who Trump wanted to take over DOJ invokes the 5th in disbarment hearing

    Jeffrey Clark, who Donald Trump considered naming acting attorney general before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, testified in a disbarment hearing.

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  • USReuters

    Trump to attend wake for slain New York policeman

    Former U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to attend the wake on Thursday for a New York Police Department officer who was gunned down during a traffic stop earlier this week in a killing that drew national attention. Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has made support for law enforcement a focal point of his campaign to defeat Democratic President Joe Biden in November's election, set to be a close, deeply divisive contest. "President Trump is moved by the invitation to jo

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  • PoliticsThe Guardian

    State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy

    Annelle Sheline says ‘I no longer wanted to be affiliated with this administration,’ claiming Biden is flouting US law over Israel

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  • USAssociated Press

    West Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies

    Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia's GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only medical exemptions to vaccine requirements. The bill would have allowed some students who don’t attend traditional public institutions or participate in group extracurriculars like sports to be exempt from vaccinations typicall

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82

    Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, the statement said. Lieberman's independent streak and especially his needling of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama during

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