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Biden shares huge June fundraising numbers to calm Democrats after debate disaster — but donors remain spooked
In an attempt to quell nerves from top Democrats, the Biden campaign released June's numbers well ahead of the filing deadline later this month.
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Environmental groups decry attempt to delay shipping rules intended to save whales
A Georgia congressman has proposed a yearslong delay in changes to federal rules meant to protect vanishing whales, prompting a rebuke from environmental groups who say the animals need protection now. The delay proposed by Republican Rep. Buddy Carter concern new vessel speed rules issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service that are being finalized by the federal government.
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Biden campaign tells donors president can recover from subpar debate performance
President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign sought to reassure his top fundraisers that his weak debate performance wouldn’t derail his candidacy and he can recover, according to a recording of a conference call made by a participant and obtained by NBC News.
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‘Complicit’: Third Biden Administration Appointee Quits Over Gaza Policy
Maryam Hassanein, 24, became the youngest known resignee over Gaza after leaving the Interior Department over President Joe Biden's "dehumanization of Arabs and Muslims."
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Leonard Peltier Denied Parole After Nearly 50 Years In Prison
President Joe Biden is likely the last hope for the ailing, 79-year-old Native American rights activist to ever go home.
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Why Jill Biden is unlikely to convince Joe to step down, despite mounting pressure
Political commentators told Business Insider that Jill Biden's unwavering support of the president could backfire.
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Trump hush-money sentence will be delayed as he leverages Supreme Court immunity to fight his conviction
Manhattan prosecutors agreed to delay Donald Trump's hush-money sentencing.
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Giuliani loses New York law license after backing Trump's false 2020 election claims
Rudy Giuliani lost his New York law license on Tuesday, after a state appeals court found he had lied in arguing that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client, former Republican U.S. President Donald Trump. The court found that Giuliani, 80, the former New York mayor who served as Trump's personal lawyer, "baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this country’s electoral process" and "actively contributed to the national strife that has followed the 2020 presidential
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Supreme Court sidesteps new several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban
The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The moves came after the justices upheld a gun law intended to protect victims of domestic violence, the first guns rights case following a landmark ruling two years ago that expanded gun rights.
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Prosecutor won't oppose Trump sentencing delay in hush money case after high court immunity ruling
Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed with the New York court, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said they would be open to a delay of at least two weeks in the July 11 sentencing in order to file a response to Trump’s motion
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White House aide dishes on dealing with moody, aging Biden: 'People are scared'
White House aides reportedly have to carefully curate the information that ends up in Biden's daily brief each morning, for fear of setting him off.
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US gives key approval to Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey
The U.S. Interior Department approved the proposed Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey on Tuesday, giving a major boost to a project that would be the state's first. The project still requires an additional federal approval of its construction and operations plan, along with two state-level permits, before construction can begin. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the department's decision marked the ninth offshore wind project approved under the Biden administration, green-light
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Prominent Dems are starting to go public with criticism of Biden
Former Rep. Tim Ryan, who ran against Biden in 2020, says the president should step aside.
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Biden rebukes Supreme Court immunity ruling and Hurricane Beryl strengthens to Category 5: Morning Rundown
The Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling is attacked by President Joe Biden.
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Senator wants Washington Commanders to pay tribute to an old logo that offends many Indigenous
After a half century of activism, many Native Americans thought a bitter debate over the capital's football mascot was over two years ago when the team became the Washington Commanders. The organization left behind the racist slur “redskins" as its name and retired the logo that was closely tied to that name: the profile of a Native man with long hair and two feathers. Now, a white Republican U.S. senator from Montana is reviving the debate by blocking a bill funding the revitalization of the
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Trump hush money prosecutors agree to sentencing delay
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's July 11 sentencing on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star may be delayed after prosecutors said on Tuesday they don't object to giving the former U.S. president a chance to argue he should have been immune from prosecution. Trump's lawyers on Monday asked that they be permitted to argue his conviction in New York state court in Manhattan should be set aside due to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week that presidents are entitle
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Book Review: Pollster who wrote 'The Latino Century' says both political parties get Hispanics wrong
Mike Madrid, author of the new book “The Latino Century,” is better situated than most political consultants to comment on the U.S. Latino electorate because of his job experience and upbringing. Growing up in a Mexican American family in Southern California, Madrid says he became a Republican in his heart at age 9 when Ronald Reagan was first elected president in 1980. A longtime GOP member, he has advised high profile candidates at the state and national level..
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Ruling Further Slows Trump Election Case but Opens Door to Airing of Evidence
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday about executive immunity makes it all but certain that former President Donald Trump will not stand trial on charges of seeking to overturn the last election before voters decide whether to send him back to the White House in the next one. But the ruling also opened the door for prosecutors to detail much of their evidence against Trump in front of a federal judge — and the public — at an expansive fact-finding hearing, perhaps before Election Day. It remains
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‘Waiting in the wings’: as Biden stumbles, Gavin Newsom’s name is on everyone’s lips
Ever since Biden’s poor performance at debate, the California governor who’s spent years seeking a national stage finds himself at the centre of one
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Biden's bad debate slows Trump's rush to reveal his choice for vice president
Donald Trump’s timeline to announce his vice presidential running mate has paused following a shaky debate performance last week by President Joe Biden, sources familiar with the deliberations told NBC News.
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US voters press Congress candidates to fix housing crisis
From suburban New York to rural Montana, candidates for U.S. Congress are getting an earful from voters stressed by stratospheric housing costs, interviews with Democratic and Republican campaigns and Reuters/Ipsos polling showed. At campaign stops in his New York state district, Democratic U.S. Representative Pat Ryan said in an interview that people regularly complain about having trouble finding a house or apartment they can afford. "I would say right now ... in the whole region - the Huds
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Should Joe Biden Step Down?
It’s not that easy, and there are no good options. But Democrats set these wheels in motion the minute they chose Joe Biden as their nominee in 2020.
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Biden administration provides $504 million to support 12 technology hubs nationwide
The Biden administration said Tuesday that it was providing $504 million in implementation grants for a dozen technology hubs in Ohio, Montana, Nevada and Florida, among other locations. The money would support the development of quantum computing, biomanufacturing, lithium batteries, computer chips, personal medicine and other technologies. The Democratic administration is trying to encourage more technological innovation across the country, instead of allowing it be concentrated in a few met
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Biden administration proposes rule for workplaces to address excessive heat
The Biden administration proposed a new rule Tuesday to address excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories due to blistering temperatures. President Joe Biden planned to highlight the rule on Tuesday in remarks after getting a briefing on extreme weather at the DC Emergency Operations Center. Despite increased awareness of the risks posed to human health by high temperatures, extreme heat protections — for those routinely exposed to hea
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Biden and Democratic allies raise $264 million in second quarter
U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign and its Democratic allies raised $264 million in the second quarter, including $127 million in June and a record "grassroots" fundraising haul on the day of Biden's disastrous debate against Donald Trump, Biden's campaign said. The Democratic president's re-election effort has $240 million in cash on hand, the campaign said. Biden's team is eager to show fundraising strength after the president's poor debate performance, which prompted calls from some Democr
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White House takes steps to protect workers from extreme heat
The administration of President Joe Biden took steps on Tuesday to protect workers and communities from the deadly effects of extreme heat including proposing the first-ever rule on the matter from the Department of Labor. On June 20, before the beginning of the U.S. summer, nearly 100 million Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings. The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing a rule to protect workers, that if finalized, woul
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After a disastrous debate, focus falls on Joe Biden’s inner circle
As the party asks who is to blame for the US president’s poor performance against Trump, calls grow for Biden to widen his team
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‘We’ve all enabled the situation’: Dems turn on Biden’s inner sanctum post debate
The senior team’s management of Biden has grown more strictly controlled as his term has gone on.
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The Biden campaign is celebrating the wins they can get and touting the $33 million in donations they managed to rake in post-debate
A Biden campaign official said that half of the funds raised came from first time donors.
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Trump sneaker knockoffs spark lawsuit over copyright infringement
The company behind former President Donald Trump's new sneaker line filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the sale and promotion of counterfeit shoes by a series of people and business entities.
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Four days since his disastrous debate, Biden hasn't called top Democrats in Congress
Four days after his disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden hasn't called Democratic leaders in Congress as some lawmakers say he should step aside.
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'I dissent': Biden attacks Supreme Court immunity ruling as emboldening a lawless president
President Joe Biden called the Supreme Court decision providing some immunity for Donald Trump in his election case "a terrible disservice to the people of this nation."
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A Biden donor says giving him cash is a waste of time and money if that bad debate showed what Biden's really like
Investor Whitney Tilson said it didn't make sense to support Biden "because he has almost no chance of beating Trump."
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Supreme Court gives win to Trump, ruling he has immunity for some acts in election interference indictment
The Supreme Court raised the bar for prosecuting Donald Trump, ruling that he has immunity for some of his conduct as president in his federal election interference case, but maybe not for other actions, adding another obstacle for special counsel Jack Smith taking the case to trial.
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Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness
The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won't stand trial before the November election. Ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution in a decision that extends the delay in Donald Trump's trial in Washington on charges of election interference and all but rules out a trial before the November election. The justices return
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Trump seeks to postpone sentencing and set aside verdict in his hush money trial after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling
Attorneys for Donald Trump indicated in a letter to the presiding judge in the former president's hush money case that they want him to postpone sentencing and set aside the trial verdict following the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling Monday.
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Judge sides with 16 states, putting on pause Biden's delay of consideration of gas export projects
The Biden administration can’t delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge by 16 Republican-led states plays out in federal court, a Louisiana judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge James Cain, Jr. sided with the states, granting a preliminary injunction that puts the Biden administration’s delay on hold. It was unlikely, however, that any of the projects would be on a fast track for consideration as the U.S. Department of Energy said late M
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GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz charged with weapons violation at Dulles Airport
A spokesperson for the Indiana Republican said she "accidentally carried an empty handgun in her suitcase with no magazine or bullets."
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Biden says public must block Trump if Supreme Court will not
Biden called the court's immunity decision a “terrible disservice” to the nation.
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Biden campaign tries to soothe panicked donors in tense phone calls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's reelection team held difficult phone calls on Sunday and Monday with important campaign funders who questioned whether the 81-year-old Democrat should stay in the presidential race and why they should keep donating after his dismal debate performance last week. The campaign's National Finance Committee held a hastily scheduled call with hundreds of top Democratic donors and people who raise money for Biden's campaign on Monday evening to tamp dow
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Biden solemnly warns that the Supreme Court has fundamentally changed the country with its immunity ruling: 'May God help preserve our democracy'
President Joe Biden on Monday warned the Supreme Court's ruling granting presidents immunity for official acts fundamentally changes the country.
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Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier Monday on presidential immunity and asked the judge to delay Trump’s sentencing while he weighs the high court’s decision and how it could influence the New York case, according to the letter obtained by The Associated Press. Th
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Two congressmen request review after Times report on Central Valley water heist
Two members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to review how vulnerable the Bureau of Reclamation is to water theft following a Los Angeles Times report on a long-running heist from a federal canal in the Central Valley.
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Joe Biden Slams 'Dangerous' Supreme Court Trump Immunity Ruling
The president's remarks come amid intense scrutiny regarding his political future after his debate with Donald Trump last week.
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GOP US Rep. Spartz, of Indiana, charged with bringing gun through airport security, officials say
Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz has been charged with bringing a firearm through airport security, authorities said Monday. Spartz, 45, was charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor under Virginia law, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Monday. A TSA spokesperson said officers detected an unloaded .380-caliber firearm in Spartz's carry-on during passenger security screening on Friday at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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What would happen to Biden’s campaign cash if he drops out? That’s up to Kamala Harris
Campaign finance experts say VP Kamala Harris could use the tens of millions of dollars in Biden’s campaign account if she became the Democratic nominee.
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Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia's UN ambassador says he can't
Donald Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again. Russia’s United Nations ambassador says he can’t. When asked to respond to the claim from the presumptive Republican nominee, Vassily Nebenzia told reporters Monday that "the Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved in one day.”
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'Five alarm fire': Supreme Court immunity ruling raises fears about future lawless presidents
Although the Supreme Court ruling on Monday concerned Donald Trump, it has major repercussions for future White House occupants.
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‘A battle to the death’: The next abortion cases en route to the Supreme Court
The cases moving through federal courts could further roll back abortion access, even if Biden wins in November.
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Jack Smith's Trump prosecutions will survive SCOTUS, but barely, experts say
Both of Jack Smith's prosecutions of Donald Trump could be delayed and diminished by Monday's Supreme Court's immunity decision, experts say.
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