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Washington — President Biden said he would reevaluate running for reelection if a doctor told him that he had a serious medical condition. In an interview with BET News’ Ed Gordon released Wednesday and airing the same night, Mr. Biden was asked whether there was anything that would make him reconsider staying in the race,
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The Republican National Convention continues on Wednesday as Day 3 gets underway at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, where the focus is expected to be on foreign policy. Tuesday was firmly focused on projecting unity within the party, with former President Donald Trump looking on as his onetime rivals for the nomination lined up to support him.
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Washington — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California called on President Biden to drop his reelection effort on Wednesday, becoming the highest-profile Democrat to urge the president to step aside. A slow progression of Democratic lawmakers has called on the president to step aside in recent weeks, following a disastrous debate performance last month, while
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Washington — House Republicans are ramping up efforts to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and the apparent security lapses that allowed a gunman to get within striking distance of the GOP presidential nominee. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed alarm about how the gunman, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was
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With the Republican National Convention underway, most voters are paying close attention to presidential politics. However, enthusiasm remains low, especially as a Trump-Biden rematch looms. During the primaries, polls consistently showed that voters did not want another showdown between former President Donald Trump and President Biden. Despite this, it appears to be the matchup the country
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An investigation is continuing into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, who appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Monday night — the first time he has been seen in public since he was shot and injured at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The crowd at the convention cheered Trump, whose ear was bandaged after
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Washington — Republicans from across the country are returning Tuesday to Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum for day two of the Republican National Convention, after a busy kickoff day that featured a formal nomination of former President Donald Trump, the highly-anticipated announcement of his running mate — and the former president’s first public appearance since an attack
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Washington — Jurors in New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial will meet for a third day Tuesday to deliberate the fate of the New Jersey Democrat, who is accused of accepting bribes from three New Jersey businessmen in exchange for using his political influence to their benefit. The jury began deliberations Friday afternoon and
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The Biden administration is proposing a new way to keep rents around the U.S. from soaring: limit corporate landlords to annual rent increases of no more than 5%, or else they would lose a major tax break. The proposal comes as many households across the U.S. struggle to afford rents, which have surged 26% nationally
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Former President Donald Trump appeared alongside his newly announced running mate Sen. JD Vance at the Republican National Convention on Monday night, the first time Trump has been seen in public since Saturday’s shocking attempt on his life. The crowd cheered Trump, whose ear was bandaged after it was grazed by a bullet on Saturday at a
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