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With less than a month left to collect signatures in Nevada, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. submitted a new petition to the Nevada Secretary of State’s office Thursday, despite having previously filed a lawsuit against the office in an attempt to secure his place on the state ballot. The independent candidate filed a lawsuit against the
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Tel Aviv — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make another trip to the Middle East next week as the U.S. attempts to ramp up support for a cease-fire proposal in the Israel-Hamas war announced last week by President Biden. Blinken will make stops in Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Qatar, the White House said, where
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Key prosecution witness testifies he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, wife Nadine Key prosecution witness testifies he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, wife Nadine 00:38 Washington — A key witness in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez testified Friday that he bribed the New Jersey Democrat and had given his wife, Nadine Menendez, a new Mercedes-Benz convertible, to
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Justice Thomas discloses trips with GOP donor as justices file new reports – CBS News Watch CBS News Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is belatedly acknowledging more luxury trips paid for by billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. It’s all revealed in the latest financial disclosures of the justices, who have come under increasing scrutiny over
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Prosecution rests in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial – CBS News Watch CBS News The prosecution has rested its case in the federal gun trial of Hunter Biden, the first child of a sitting U.S. president to face criminal charges. Defense attorneys called their first witness to the stand, Biden’s daughter Naomi, who testified that
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Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, Republican congressional leaders announced Thursday night. In a statement, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the “bipartisan, bicameral meeting symbolizes the U.S. and Israel’s enduring relationship and will offer Prime Minister Netanyahu the
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The effort by President Biden’s campaign to target both supporters of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and moderate Republicans in general is ramping up. The Biden-Harris campaign announced Thursday the hire of Austin Weatherford — longtime chief of staff to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger — as a “national Republican engagement director,” a Biden campaign
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At Baker Heights Elementary, everything seems to be coming apart, and it’s Timothy Scott’s job to try to patch whatever’s broken — whether it be falling ceiling tiles or a water fountain falling off the wall. “It could be fixed, it could be repaired, but we’re pulling funding from the classroom,” Scott said. Baker, Louisiana,
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Trump to hold first rally since “hush money” conviction – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Donald Trump Thursday night will return to the campaign trail Thursday for the first time since he was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business documents in his New York criminal trial. Trump will hold a rally
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Rapper 50 Cent weighs in on Trump’s 2024 bid Rapper 50 Cent says he sees Black men “identifying with Trump” 03:10 The Senate’s only Black Republican is looking to be the face of minority outreach for the Trump campaign and down-ballot GOP candidates. The Tim Scott-aligned Great Opportunity PAC announced Thursday that it will be
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