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From the archives: House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the “Contract with America” – CBS News Watch CBS News House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined Face the Nation in 1995 to discuss his plans for the “Contract with America,” a series of legislative measures meant to shrink the size of the federal government. View CBS News In
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Howard University is where Vice President Kamala Harris spent some of the most formative years of her life, and it will now serve as the location where she spends what could arguably be the most important night of her life: election night. Her campaign announced this week that Harris will spend election night at her
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Flagstaff, Arizona — Laura Huenneke, secretary of the Coconino County Democratic Party in Arizona, remembers what used to pass for an election day problem. “A rattlesnake came into the facility one day and they had to shut down counting and evacuate people,” Huenneke told CBS News. “No election official today would tell you that they’re
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The pilot of an F-35 fighter jet that briefly went missing in September 2023 before crashing made an “inappropriate” decision in ejecting from the aircraft, a Marine Corps investigation concluded. The report released Thursday blamed the crash of the roughly $100 million aircraft on pilot error because “the pilot incorrectly diagnosed an out-of-controlled flight emergency
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How Israelis see the U.S. election – CBS News Watch CBS News With Israel at war in Gaza and in Lebanon, and led by the most right-wing government in its modern history, the Middle East is closely watching the results of the U.S. election, which could determine U.S. foreign policy in the region. Holly Williams
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Devices used in ballot box fires had the words “Free Gaza,” source says – CBS News Watch CBS News The incendiary devices used in suspected arson attacks on two ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state on Monday were marked with the words “Free Gaza,” a law enforcement source told CBS News Wednesday. Nicole
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Vice President Kamala Harris says she “strongly” disagrees with “any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” after President Biden on Tuesday made remarks in which he appeared to call Trump supporters “garbage” on a video call with Latino activists. Republicans seized on the comment, while the White House offered a different explanation of what
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Trump puts focus on Biden’s “garbage” remarks – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Donald Trump criticized President Biden for comments he made on a video call with Latino activists in which he appeared to call Trump supporters “garbage,” comments the White House alleges were misconstrued. Mr. Biden’s remarks were in response to a
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Harris seeks to bolster youth vote in campaign’s closing days – CBS News Watch CBS News Fresh off her massive rally at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Vice President Kamala Harris headed back to the battleground states Wednesday, where she was slated to hold a rally in Madison, in an attempt to appeal to the
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Reggaeton star Nicky Jam on Wednesday revoked his endorsement of Donald Trump after a comedian called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage” at a Madison Square Garden rally for the former president. Nicky Jam, who is Puerto Rican, announced to his 42 million social media followers he was rescinding his endorsement. He had endorsed Trump
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