On the eve of jury selection in Donald Trump‘s hush-money trial in New York, it appears the former president has already been convicted of crimes in the court of public opinion. A new poll shows that the majority of voters believe he has committed “serious federal crimes” — plural. Fifty-four …
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A dozen major news organizations shared a letter Sunday pressing President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to meet on the debate stage. “With the contours of the 2024 general election now coming into clear focus, we — the undersigned national news organizations — urge the presumptive presidential nominees …
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On Friday, President Joe Biden’s administration announced its latest student debt relief effort, authorizing $7.4 billion in student loan debt forgiveness for 277,000 borrowers. This latest round of debt forgiveness takes place under Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program, which ties monthly student loan payments and debt forgiveness …
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President Joe Biden sharpened his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as demand grows for the U.S. to take concrete action against Israel’s brutal assault in Gaza. In an interview with Univision set to air Tuesday night, Biden said he disagreed with how Netanyahu is handling Gaza, with over …
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“I’m so nervous,” says Olivia, a photographer with Jewish Voice for Peace. “I’m so nervous.” She keeps repeating it. Olivia and about a dozen other activists are huddled in a cluster of booths in the Astro diner in midtown Manhattan. Cara, another JVP member, has propped up her phone next …
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A campaign official for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently said her “number one priority” is defeating President Joe Biden, and that Kennedy’s campaign could help throw the election to former President Donald Trump. Rita Palma, a New York state director for the Kennedy campaign, told a group …
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Donald Trump — the man most responsible for triggering the end of a federal right to abortion — announced Monday that if he wins the presidential election in November, he does not plan to support further federal restrictions on the practice and would allow it to remain a state issue. …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed Friday’s 4.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered in New Jersey but was felt hundreds of miles away, as well as Donald Trump‘s latest unsubstantiated allegation about President Joe Biden. Colin Jost began: “Well yesterday, everyone in NewYork pretended they felt anearthquake.Just admit it, you …
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In a column last week, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) criticized “cravenly partisan” officials who sought to keep former President Donald Trump off their state ballots for inciting the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. On Friday, LaRose warned Democrats that President Joe Biden may not …
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Following the killing of seven World Central Kitchen workers by an Israeli strikewhile delivering food toGazaearlier this week, House Democrats wrote a letter on Friday to U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging them to halt the the transfer of weapons to Israel until a full …
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