Associated Press-Mike Stewart |
Former President Trump's indictment in a Fulton County probe this week is putting the spotlight once again on Georgia, a crucial swing state Trump lost in 2020 that could pose a hurdle for the party again in 2024. Trump's 2020 loss in Georgia ended the 24-year red streak in the state, whose majority of voters had selected Republican presidential candidates since 1996. The 2020 election cycle also cost the party two winnable Senate seats, and Republicans later failed to regain one of those seats in last year's midterms. |
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The latest indictment of former President Trump, in Georgia, differs from the other three cases he faces in one key respect. The case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) shines a light on the role Republican officials played in pushing back on Trump's false claims of election fraud and thwarting his plans to overturn the result. |
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George Conway, a lawyer and conservative critic of former President Trump, said he agrees with Trump's reported decision to forgo next week's Republican primary debate Friday. "These are words … difficult for me to say, but I agree with Donald Trump. I think he's doing the right thing by Donald Trump," Conway told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on Friday. "I don't see the upside for him to appear at this debate. All it does is give his opponents a chance to take free shots at him." |
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said it's time to take a "political risk" and consider changes to Social Security and Medicare benefits for young people. Changes to the programs are necessary, or they could run out of money for everyone in about a decade as the country faces a rising national debt, the presidential candidate said. |
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While residents of Hawaii are well-acquainted with fleeing from tsunami waves, hurricane winds and volcanic ash, much of western Maui was caught off guard last week when a string of fatal fires tore through the island's flammable foothills. In the wake of the devastating blaze, wildfire experts are calling for the state and its denizens to take steps to better protect against similar disasters in the future. |
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The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter said in a new interview that the couple is in the "final chapter" of their lives as the former president receives hospice care and the former first lady grapples with dementia. "It's clear we're in the final chapter," Josh Carter said about his grandparents in a People interview published Saturday. |
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) distanced himself from a debate prep memo leaked earlier this week from a political action committee (PAC) supporting his 2024 presidential campaign, saying he hasn't read it. "On the memo, it's not mine. I haven't read it," DeSantis said in a brief Fox News interview Saturday. "It's just something that we have and put off to the side." |
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President Biden's reelection campaign on Saturday predicted that the GOP presidential candidates will "out-MAGA each other," in the first GOP debate next week, according to an email memo. Michael Taylor, communications director for Biden's 2024 campaign, detailed the "extreme MAGA" topics they expect Republican candidates to hit on the debate stage: cuts to Social Security and Medicares, tax breaks for the rich, shipping jobs overseas, protecting the gun lobby, enacting a nationwide abortion ban and undermining democracy through election denial. |
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said on Saturday that the recent threat made against her and the federal judge overseeing former President Trump's 2020 election case is "chilling." "I would simply say it's chilling for your family," Jackson Lee said during a Saturday interview on CNN. "But I thank law enforcement, who has really paid attention to this." |
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OPINION | There has been a theory bouncing around the inner circles of politics and the media that has gained more traction of late. It holds that many Democratic power brokers believe that former President Donald Trump would be more beatable in the general election than, say, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). For those who believe that, the critical question then becomes: how can we help ensure that Trump will be the Republican nominee come November of 2024? |
BY REP. LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TEXAS) |
OPINION | Vaccines save lives. History proves that time and time again — polio, smallpox, measles, and most recently, COVID-19. In addition to reducing the number of infections, vaccines reduce the severity of symptoms if, despite immunization, someone becomes infected. While some anti-vax conspiracy theorists claim that the appearance of any infection shows that vaccines have failed, in reality, they prevent disease and lessen the blow for the few who become sick. Just as a bullet-proof vest may not always stop every type of shot fired, it still offers the best protection for most. |
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BY KENNETH CHANG AND ANTON TROIANOVSKI |
The robotic Luna-25 spacecraft appeared to have "ceased its existence" after a failed orbital adjustment, the space agency Roscosmos said. |
BY LINGLING WEI AND STELLA YIFAN XIE |
The economic model that took the country from poverty to great-power status seems broken, and everywhere are signs of distress |
BY IGNACIO MARTINEZ AND STEFANIE DAZIO |
Hurricane Hilary moved closer to the coast of Mexico early Sunday on a continued path to the Baja California peninsula as a weakened but dangerous Category 1 hurricane, which the National Weather Service said was likely to bring "catastrophic and life-threatening" flooding to the region and cross into the southwestern U.S. as a tropical storm. |
Ukraine appears to be running out of options in a counteroffensive that officials originally framed as Kyiv's crucial operation to retake significant territory from occupying Russian forces this year. |
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