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The Biden campaign is deploying both Vice President Kamala Harris and first lady Jill Biden to battleground states in the coming days, as part of a full-court political press centered around abortion. Their travels line up with Monday, June 24, two years to the day since the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, which
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Donald Trump is set to speak Saturday to a group of politically influential evangelicals who fiercely support him but would like to see the presumptive Republican presidential nominee promise to do more to restrict abortion. Trump’s stated opposition to signing a nationwide ban on abortion and his reluctance to detail some of his views on the
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Former President Obama picked Kendrick Lamar over Drake when asked in 2016 who would win in a rap battle. Since his presidency, rappers have had an elevated, if informal, platform in politics, making their own preferences for president known too. And in 2024, while notable rap artists lean towards President Biden, former President Donald Trump
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The Trump campaign is expanding its ground game in Minnesota and Virginia as it puts President Biden’s campaign on its heels in traditionally Democratic states, according to a new internal campaign memo. The memo, obtained exclusively by CBS News Friday, details that the campaign is in the process of securing leases for eight “Trump Force
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DePape found guilty on all charges in state trial for Pelosi attack DePape found guilty on all charges in state trial for Pelosi attack 00:22 SAN FRANCISCO — A state jury on Friday found David DePape guilty on all charges related to his home invasion hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker
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A Nevada state court judge dismissed a criminal indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring former President Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election, a spokesperson for the Nevada attorney general confirmed to CBS News. “We disagree with the judge’s decision and will be appealing immediately,”
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people who are subject to domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms, ruling that the measure does not violate the Second Amendment. The court ruled 8-1 that a person who has been found by a court to pose a credible threat to
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Major elements of a gag order preventing Donald Trump from commenting publicly about certain people involved with his New York criminal trial, including jurors, should remain in place, prosecutors said, perhaps even after Trump is sentenced on July 11. Prosecutors for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told Justice Juan Merchan in a filing released Friday
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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the RNC raised over $141 million in May, outpacing President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democrats, who said they raised a combined $85 million. The Biden campaign said it entered June with over $212 million cash on hand, as the month wrapped up with a flood of donations after the
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Former President Donald Trump plans to return to Virginia for a campaign event on June 28, the day after the first presidential debate, CBS News has learned. Sources tell CBS News the campaign hasn’t confirmed a location yet, but is looking in the Virginia Beach-Hampton Roads area. The area is home to a significant military
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