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Pennsylvania election official on the greatest threat in the 2024 presidential election

In 2020, the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania faced significant turmoil with election protests, court challenges and threats against election officials, including Republican Al Schmidt.  Schmidt, who previously oversaw Philadelphia’s elections as a commissioner and supervised the city’s election, now holds the position of secretary of the commonwealth, the state’s top election official. He said

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Trump gets edge over Biden nationally and across battlegrounds after debate as Democrats’ turnout in question — CBS News poll

The race for president has shifted in Donald Trump’s direction following the first 2024 presidential debate.  Trump now has a 3-point edge over President Biden across the battleground states collectively, and a 2-point edge nationally. A big factor here is motivation, not just persuasion: Democrats are not as likely as Republicans to say they will “definitely” vote

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2024 U.K. election is set to overhaul British politics. Here’s what to know.

London — British voters will head to the polls Thursday to vote in the country’s first general election since 2019. Here’s what to know.  Who is up for election in the U.K.? British voters will not be directly electing a new leader on Thursday. Under the United Kingdom’s parliamentary system, voters choose their local representatives for

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4 major takeaways from the Supreme Court’s most consequential term in years

Washington — It was one of the most momentous Supreme Court terms in decades, resulting in a flurry of blockbuster decisions on guns, abortion, the power of federal regulatory agencies and the prosecution of former President Donald Trump. For most of those cases decided by the nation’s highest court, the outcomes reflected its rightward shift

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Planned Parenthood to blitz GOP seats, but will abortion sway California’s conservative voters?

Planned Parenthood is preparing a seven-figure campaign blitz to oust GOP incumbents from California congressional seats, part of a larger national effort by the reproductive rights group to prevent a Republican majority from passing abortion restrictions, including a national ban. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California is targeting eight districts where voters largely backed Republicans in

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U.S. agrees to help Panama deport migrants crossing Darién Gap

The U.S. and Panama signed an agreement on Monday that will allow American officials to help the Panamanian government deport migrants who cross the Darién Gap, a once-impenetrable jungle that has become a popular transit point for those traveling to the U.S. southern border. Under the joint initiative, U.S. immigration officials will train and provide

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Trump seeks to overturn criminal conviction, citing Supreme Court immunity decision

Supreme Court says Trump has some immunity The Supreme Court says Trump has some immunity. What happens now? 08:22 Donald Trump is trying to leverage a Supreme Court decision holding that presidents are immune from federal prosecution for official actions to overturn his conviction in a New York State criminal case. A letter to the

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Biden responds to Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity

Biden responds to Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden is weighing in on the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling in remarks from the White House. It comes as Biden’s campaign rejects calls to step aside following his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump. Weijia Jiang

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Presidents have immunity for official acts in office, Supreme Court rules

Presidents have immunity for official acts in office, Supreme Court rules – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump is entitled to immunity from federal prosecution for official actions he took while in office. Jan Crawford reports on the landmark decision and Bob Costa has more

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Biden condemns Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump immunity case

Washington — President Biden condemned the Supreme Court’s landmark decision that former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for official acts he took while in office, saying it “almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what the president can do.”  “This is a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent, because the

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