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Washington — In a contentious interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was pressed on immigration policy and her differences with President Biden as she tries to broaden her appeal to Republican and independent voters ahead of Election Day. “Let me be very clear, my presidency will not be a continuation of
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A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after holding a hearing on challenges to the rules. The rules that Cox invalidated include three that had gotten a lot of
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On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that violent crime has “skyrocketed” since 2020. Vice President Kamala Harris has claimed that violent crime has declined to a “near 50-year low.” Both candidates are citing different federal statistics that measure violent crime; Trump cites a Justice Department survey, while Harris cites FBI
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A federal grand jury unsealed an indictment against two Sudanese brothers Wednesday, charging them with running “Anonymous Sudan,” one of the most prolific cyberattack-for-hire gangs of all time and allegedly behind tens of thousands of attacks. Federal prosecutors accused Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27, of carrying out 35,000 denial-of-service
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For months, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have been making promises to the American people about what they’d do to improve the lives of Americans if elected president in the 2024 election. Their promises encompass climate, foreign policy, social issues, health care and, of course, taxes. Some campaign promises may be
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Two giant pandas arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, less than a year after the nation’s capital said goodbye to another pair of pandas that were on loan from China. The new pandas — Bao Li and Qing Bao — departed Chengdu, China, on Monday and made a stop in Anchorage, Alaska, according to
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Elections officials in Georgia have to certify results by the date required in state law, a judge ruled Monday, saying they have no discretion to delay certification because of fraud concerns or other potential issues that may arise as votes are being counted. Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney wrote in an order Monday that “election
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In a nondescript office a few floors above the cafeteria and a Dunkin’ in the Longworth U.S. House Office Building, Democratic staffers on a low-profile U.S. House committee have been gaming out what they say are some political nightmare scenarios. They’re discussing the perils of Jan. 6. But not Jan. 6, 2021. Democrats on the
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a lower court decision that shielded from liability Texas law enforcement officers who arrested a local citizen journalist after she sought information from a police source. The case of journalist Priscilla Villarreal, who is known to her readers in Laredo, Texas, as “Lagordiloca,” pits the First
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Expert on U.S. election complexities and the importance of understanding state rules – CBS News Watch CBS News With Election Day just three weeks away, CBS News contributor David Becker explains the complexities of the U.S. voting process, how states handle early voting, and what every American should know. View CBS News In Be the
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