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Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, Republican congressional leaders announced Thursday night. In a statement, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the “bipartisan, bicameral meeting symbolizes the U.S. and Israel’s enduring relationship and will offer Prime Minister Netanyahu the
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The effort by President Biden’s campaign to target both supporters of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and moderate Republicans in general is ramping up. The Biden-Harris campaign announced Thursday the hire of Austin Weatherford — longtime chief of staff to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger — as a “national Republican engagement director,” a Biden campaign
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At Baker Heights Elementary, everything seems to be coming apart, and it’s Timothy Scott’s job to try to patch whatever’s broken — whether it be falling ceiling tiles or a water fountain falling off the wall. “It could be fixed, it could be repaired, but we’re pulling funding from the classroom,” Scott said. Baker, Louisiana,
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Trump to hold first rally since “hush money” conviction – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Donald Trump Thursday night will return to the campaign trail Thursday for the first time since he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business documents in his New York criminal trial. Trump will hold a rally
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Rapper 50 Cent weighs in on Trump’s 2024 bid Rapper 50 Cent says he sees Black men “identifying with Trump” 03:10 The Senate’s only Black Republican is looking to be the face of minority outreach for the Trump campaign and down-ballot GOP candidates. The Tim Scott-aligned Great Opportunity PAC announced Thursday that it will be
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Hunter Biden‘s ex-wife Kathleen Buhle and a woman he was later romantically involved with both testified Wednesday in his federal gun trial after his attorney sought to cast doubt on the authenticity of personal messages allegedly from his personal devices. Buhle, who was married to Hunter Biden for 20 years and shares three daughters with
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Washington — The Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump while it reviews a trial judge’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case. The stay issued by the court applies only to Trump and the eight co-defendants who
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Washington — A Democratic-led effort to advance legislation protecting access to contraception fell short in the Senate on Wednesday, with most Republicans opposing the measure that was aimed at highlighting reproductive rights heading into November’s election. The vote to advance the measure failed with 51 votes in favor to 39 against, with just two Republicans
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Less than a week after joining TikTok, former President Donald Trump’s following on the app has dwarfed those of his opponents in the presidential race, with his account racking up 5.6 million followers and amassing more than 87 million views on his first video. An account for President Biden’s campaign has 360,100 followers. Independent candidate
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Washington — Top U.S. counterterrorism official Christy Abizaid will step down next month as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, or NCTC, after three years in the role, U.S. officials confirmed on Wednesday. She will be replaced by Brett Holmgren, the current director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, or INR, the State Department’s
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