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Vice President Harris and President Biden will make their first joint campaign trip next week since he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, the White House announced Friday morning. Seeking to burnish his legacy in his final months in office and support the new Democratic ticket, the two will travel to Maryland Thursday to
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The nation’s oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), will do something it has not done since its founding in 1929 — it will endorse a presidential candidate, CBS News has learned. The organization’s political arm, the LULAC Adelante PAC, will endorse Vice President Kamala Harris on
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The leaders of the U.S., Egypt and Qatar called for Israel and Hamas to resume cease-fire talks next week in either Doha or Cairo, and early Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that Israel would take part in those discussions. In a joint statement, President Biden, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Qatar’s Sheikh
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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered hospitals in the Lone Star State to ask patients about their immigration status in order to ascertain the costs of providing medical care to people living in the U.S. illegally. Through an executive order, Abbott directed Texas hospitals to compile data on inpatient discharges and emergency visits
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Bodycam video footage released by police on Thursday shows the moment when a local police officer spotted the gunman on a roof, just seconds before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The video, without audio at this moment, shows when a Butler Township Police officer is hoisted
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers have been assailing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, over his handling of the rioting in his state in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 — but in a phone call with governors that included Walz, then-President Trump praised his
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The Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Republican supporters of former President Donald Trump who falsely claimed he won the state in the 2020 election wanted to consider also charging Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to, according to court documents filed this week. The court records filed by Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz‘s military record has come under renewed scrutiny following Vice President Kamala Harris’ announcement of Walz as her running mate on the Democratic ticket. On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, who is an Iraq War veteran, seized the opportunity to target his opponent’s military record,
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After multiple mass shootings, including school shootings, then-Rep. Tim Walz changed his views about some of the most controversial gun laws back in 2017. Now, as Kamala Harris’ running mate, his strong stance on gun safety has drawn ire from the NRA. As he has in other policy areas, Walz has taken more liberal positions
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Harris, Walz hit campaign trail Harris, Walz hit campaign trail in battleground states 02:44 Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign said it raked in $36 million in the 24 hours after she announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. The haul for Harris and Walz continues the run of eyebrow-raising fundraising
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