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Donald Trump rallies supporters in crucial battleground states – CBS News Watch CBS News For the first time since his New York criminal trial got underway, former President Donald Trump returned to campaigning on Wednesday, this time in Michigan and Wisconsin, which are two crucial battleground states in the 2024 election. On the campaign trail,
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Washington — Florida health regulators issued a new rule Thursday clarifying exceptions to the state’s six-week abortion ban, detailing the treatments allowed for certain medical conditions that jeopardize the health of the pregnant woman and fetus. The rule from the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration come a day after Florida’s new abortion restrictions took
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Biden hosts Japan’s Kishida for state dinner Biden welcomes Japan’s Kishida to White House for state dinner 05:08 President Biden on Wednesday called longtime ally Japan “xenophobic,” along with China and Russia, blaming their economies’ recent performances on racial prejudice. The president made those remarks during an off-camera fundraiser to mark the beginning of Asian
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Arizona Senate repeals 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions – CBS News Watch CBS News Arizona’s governor plans to sign a bill Thursday to repeal a 160-year old abortion ban. It was revived by the state Supreme Court last month. The Arizona Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, narrowly voted to repeal the law
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A whistleblower who identified engineering problems at the company that supplied Boeing with airliner fuselages died on Monday, CBS News has learned, after suffering from a fast-spreading infection. Joshua Dean was a quality inspector at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the bulk of the 737 Max for Boeing. Dean raised concerns in October 2022 about misdrilled
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Washington — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday said she would next week follow through on her threat to force a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, adding to the dysfunction that has become increasingly routine for Republicans in the lower chamber. “I think every member of Congress needs to take that vote and
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File: Timothy Kennedy, D-Buffalo, speaks in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol during the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. Hans Pennink / AP Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy on Tuesday won a special election for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins.
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CBS News poll finds economy is a top issue in major battleground states for Biden, Trump – CBS News Watch CBS News The first CBS News battleground tracker poll of 2024 found Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan in a statistical tie between President Biden and former President Trump if people voted today. View CBS News In
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Biden jokes about age, targets Trump amid protests outside White House Correspondents’ Dinner – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden joked about his age and made a vow to families of journalists imprisoned in Russia, while also targeting his rival, former President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Outside the event, pro-Palestinian demonstrators
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The number of searches about Americans conducted by the FBI in a controversial foreign intelligence database fell by almost half in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. intelligence community. The FBI’s searches, some of which were deemed to be improper in the past, were a flashpoint in
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