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Washington, D.C., – President Biden said on Saturday the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the overall leader of the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, in a Friday airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon was a “measure of justice,” for his many victims. In a statement released by the White House, Mr. Biden said “Nasrallah and the terrorist group he led, Hezbollah, were responsible
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Douglas, Arizona — During a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to keep President Biden’s asylum crackdown in place if elected, solidifying Democrats’ embrace of more stringent immigration rules. Harris used her visit to Douglas, Arizona, to address one of the most pressing political vulnerabilities faced by her presidential campaign: illegal
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Americans in all of the states and the District of Columbia still have time to register to vote in the 2024 elections this November. But those who haven’t registered yet should sign up soon — the deadlines are coming as soon as early October in some states. In most states, those who wish to vote
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Embattled Republican North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson — whose gubernatorial bid has been rattled by allegations that he previously posted racist and sexually explicit comments online — was hospitalized with burns Friday, his campaign said. Mike Lonergan, a campaign spokesperson, said in a statement late Friday night that the 56-year-old Robinson suffered second-degree burns
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Harris backing Biden’s asylum crackdown in border visit – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern border Friday for the first time as a presidential candidate. Harris is using the trip to push back against former President Donald Trump’s criticism of the Biden administration’s handling of immigration. Ed O’Keefe has
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty in bribery case NYC Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty in bribery case 06:44 NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty to federal bribery, conspiracy and campaign finance charges at his arraignment Friday. A sprawling 57-page indictment unsealed Thursday laid out accusations Adams abused his power
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Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by independent presidential Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore his name to New York’s general election ballot. The unsigned order from the court leaves intact a lower court decision declining to place his name back on New York’s ballot ahead of the Nov. 5 contest.
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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz will meet for their first and only debate on Tuesday, hosted by CBS News at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. The VP debate begins at 9 p.m. ET, and will be moderated by “CBS Evening News” anchor and
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The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure on Friday provided the latest sign that price pressures are easing, a trend that is expected to fuel further Fed interest rate cuts this year and next. Prices rose just 0.1% from July to August, the Commerce Department said, down from the previous month’s 0.2% increase. Compared with a
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Rep. Debbie Dingell believes her state will remain competitive until the last vote is counted on Election Day. “I don’t think we know who’s going to win Michigan yet,” the Michigan Democrat told chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett on “The Takeout” podcast. Dingell said in 2016, she had a sense that Donald Trump would win
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