A Trump-appointed federal judge in Georgia slapped down a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee on Tuesday, and gave the lawyers responsible a brutal dressing down while he did it. Judge R. Stan Baker, who was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia …
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On Tuesday, Elon Musk and America PAC — a Super PAC the billionaire founded to support Donald Trump‘s 2024 presidential run — were hit with a second lawsuit over allegedly deceptive advertising practices related to its daily $1 million lottery. From Oct. 19 through Election Day, America PAC awarded $1 …
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Yet another virtual political event on Elon Musk‘s X, once known as Twitter, has gone down in flames. On Monday evening, the night before Election Day, the tech billionaire had hoped to host a virtual town hall for America PAC, the Super PAC he created this year to support the …
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Election day is upon us and the late-night hosts are ready. Or as ready as they can be given the circumstances. Jimmy Kimmel used his final show before the election to make an impassioned plea to get rid of Donald Trump, while others mocked the Republican candidate’s recent meltdown over …
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Donald Trump appeared to be running out of steam and memory on Sunday during his fifth rally out of six that he planned over the weekend ahead of Tuesday’s election. The event was held in Kinston, North Carolina. After arriving late to his second rally of the day, he gave …
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This article was copublished with The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, with the sky still pitch black, the parking lot of the Executive Education Academy in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was unusually active. The …
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Early voting has brought with it a wave of harassment and violence against poll workers. As local officials and volunteers attempt to carry out the nation’s quadrennial exercise in democracy with as little disruptions as possible, extremist groups are once again preparing to challenge election results — and are prepared …
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I’ve been told many times that the best way to see America is to drive across it. You can look at as many maps as you want, but there are things about its mammoth scale that can’t be conveyed in two dimensions. While there are a lot of stretches of …
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It’s tough to think that a squirrel might tilt the presidential election, but it’s 2024, so here we are. It all started last week, when an Instagram-famous rodent named Peanut was taken from a house near Elmira, New York, along with a raccoon named Fred. Peanut had lived with Mark …
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“A Katy Perry marching band? This is going to be the gayest day ever,” says the curly-haired woman watching as a 17-piece group works their way through “Firework,” and then follows it up with a jaunty rendition of Kesha’s “Timber.” She chuckles. “I must be in the right place.” It’s …
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