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Biden criticizes Trump for false claims about hurricane response – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden has again called out former President Donald Trump for spreading false information about response efforts to hurricanes Helene and Milton, while Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that some hurricane victims have heard false rumors that FEMA
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In a debate Thursday between the nominees in the U.S. Senate race in Maryland, Democrat Angela Alsobrooks pointed to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s actions in office as evidence he fell short on standing up for abortion rights as he now claims he would. Hogan said she was mischaracterizing his position. Alsobrooks, in the hourlong
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Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the federal district judge overseeing his prosecution related to the 2020 election to keep from public view evidence accompanying a key legal brief from special counsel Jack Smith that detailed his case against the former president. Trump’s lawyers argued in their two-page filing that
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Simon & Schuster We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. For his 23rd book, “War” (to be published Tuesday by Simon & Schuster), legendary Watergate journalist Bob Woodward delves into the inner circles of the Biden White House to examine American influence in the war between Russia and Ukraine,
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Washington — The Afghan national charged with planning an Election Day terror attack was previously employed in a security role in Afghanistan by the CIA, CBS News has confirmed. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, who was arrested Monday in Oklahoma City, is accused of planning the attack on behalf of ISIS. Tawhedi along with unnamed co-conspirators —
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When Ohio senator and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance claimed Haitian immigrants had caused infectious-disease rates to “skyrocket” in Springfield, local health commissioner Chris Cook checked the records. They showed that in 2023, for example, there were four active tuberculosis cases in Ohio’s Clark County, which includes Springfield, up from three in 2022. HIV
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Book reveals details about relationship between Trump and Putin – CBS News Watch CBS News In the book “War,” veteran journalist Bob Woodward cites a Trump aide that says there were as many as seven phone calls between former President Donald Trump and Russia President Vladimir Putin in the period since Trump left the White
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FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said Wednesday that the agency has a “layered approach” to staffing, along with being just one part of the federal government’s support mechanisms, amid concerns about resources as the agency prepares for powerful Hurricane Milton as it barrels toward Florida shortly after the deadly Hurricane Helene. “We’re just one part of
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Thousands of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bibles — sold for $59.99 each — were printed in a country that the former president has frequently accused of engaging in unfair trade practices and stealing American jobs: China. Global trade records reviewed by The Associated Press show that a printing company in China’s eastern city
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Three Meals: Competitive congressional race takes center stage in California – CBS News Watch CBS News While California is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections, one of its congressional races has become a key battleground. Jo Ling Kent meets with voters from different backgrounds to discuss food, politics and their decisions for 2024. View CBS
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