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Trump, Vance prepare to hit campaign trail – CBS News Watch CBS News Following the conclusion of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, are preparing to campaign in key battleground states. Robert Costa has the latest. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get
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Biden remains defiant as calls grow for him to step aside – CBS News Watch CBS News A growing number of Democratic lawmakers called for President Biden to step aside Friday, even as his campaign insists he isn’t going anywhere. Ed O’Keefe has the latest. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get
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Washington — Former President Donald Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in a call that comes nearly five years after another phone conversation between the leaders triggered Trump’s first impeachment. Both Trump and Zelenskyy shared details of the call on social media, saying the Ukrainian president congratulated Trump on becoming the GOP
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A Marine who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and apparently used a Nazi salute in front of the building was sentenced Friday to almost five years in prison. Tyler Bradley Dykes, of South Carolina, was an active-duty Marine when he grabbed a police riot shield from two police officers and used it
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The Biden campaign is denying reports that President Biden could leave the 2024 presidential race, even as several more House Democrats called on him to step aside. Mr. Biden’s campaign was defiant on Friday, releasing a memo, giving several interviews and holding an all-staff call reaffirming he’s still running and aiming to put the focus
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The number of migrants unlawfully crossing the U.S. southern border has continued to drop markedly in July, nearing a threshold that would require officials to lift a partial ban on asylum claims enacted by President Biden, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. July is on track to see the fifth consecutive monthly
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President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House confirmed Wednesday, prompting an array of questions about his health and condition. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president is vaccinated and boosted and is experiencing mild symptoms. “He will be returning to Delaware where he will self-isolate and will continue to carry
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After the FBI identified the gunman who shot at former President Donald Trump as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, CBS News and other outlets reviewed public records that verified that he was a registered Republican who had previously donated $15 to a Democratic organization via ActBlue. The apparent contradiction in Crooks’ political alignment
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A new analysis shows an online account that was believed to belong to the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — and where he had purportedly called the date of the attack his “premiere” — was fake, a federal law enforcement official told CBS News on Thursday. A law enforcement official
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Donald Trump’s running mate Sen. JD Vance gave his first speech as the nominee for vice president Wednesday at the Republican National Convention – and his mom, Bev Vance, was a big focal point, receiving a standing ovation. Vance, who has been open about his difficult childhood and wrote a memoir about it, “Hillbilly Elegy,” shared
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