Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who served in Congress for nearly three decades, has died at the age of 74, her family announced Friday evening. "Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude for the life she shared with us, we announce the passing of United States Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of the 18th Congressional District of Texas," her family wrote in a statement shared to her account on X. |
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Democrats are in a stalemate.
On one side, there's President Biden, a beloved patriarch of the party whom Democrats have for years called "Uncle Joe." He has built a coalition of progressive, Black and Hispanic voters and lawmakers. He is quick to point out that he defeated former President Donald Trump once, and he can do it again. |
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Democratic strategists and party insiders say President Biden's postdebate crisis response has been as damaging to his chances of beating former President Trump in November as the disastrous debate performance itself.
They say there's little Biden can do to change the narrative short of dropping out of the race, a view that is shared by a majority of Democratic senators and a large number of Democratic House members. |
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The rising frequency and intensity of extreme heat events are exacerbating the health and safety concerns of America's older population — an already vulnerable community, and one that's growing fast.
"We're seeing increasing heat and increasing extremes of heat," said Ian Neel, a geriatrician and an associate professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, at a recent webinar. |
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BY ALEX GANGITANO AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
The president had a brutal week, but he is heading into the weekend still atop the Democratic ticket, with his campaign beating back a barrage of private and public pleas for his exit. The president's week was derailed by a positive COVID-19 test result — grim counterprogramming to the Republican National Convention amid an election where age and vitality are top of mind to voters. |
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When former first lady Melania Trump appeared on stage in the final moments of the Republican National Convention to congratulate her husband former President Trump, he greeted her with a startled expression. The former president leaned back and opened his arms in a gesture of shock, before returning his spouse's embrace. |
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The search history of Thomas Matthew Crooks, identified as the 20-year-old gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Trump at a rally outside Pittsburgh last weekend, includes photos of Trump and President Biden, among other things. Crooks, who was killed after opening fire at the campaign event, had searched dates of Trump's appearances and the upcoming Democratic National Convention, FBI officials told members of Congress, The New York Times first reported. |
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Michael Mortiz, a major Democratic donor, has joined the calls for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race against former President Trump. With his public comment, Mortiz — a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist — becomes one of the Democratic party's largest contributors to pressure Biden to suspend his campaign. |
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Former President Trump vowed to "bring peace" after he spoke on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. "President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and I had a very good phone call earlier today. He congratulated me on a very successful Republican National Convention and becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States," Trump posted to his Truth Social site. |
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OPINION | The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, which thankfully left him with only a small wound to his ear, horrified me and reminded me of two assassinations that changed my life in 1968 when I was only eight. |
OPINION | In the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt against Donald Trump a chorus of Republicans has called for toning down political rhetoric. "We've got to dial it back," said Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick. |
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Speakers at the Republican National Convention used more than 110,000 words over four boisterous days. The selection of speakers and their choice of words reflected both the pointed campaign rhetoric and the rewritten platform of the Republican Party in 2024. |
BY SADIE GURMAN AND ARUNA VISWANATHA |
The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump was able to fly a drone and get aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak there, law-enforcement officials briefed on the matter said, further underscoring the stunning security lapses ahead of Trump's near assassination. Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump's ill-fated rally, the officials said. The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site. |
BY RIO YAMAT AND PATRICK ORSAGOS |
Jay Nelson was standing outside the convenience store he manages in downtown Milwaukee when one of his regular customers walked by on her daily stroll around the neighborhood. "I've been telling people to come and buy even just a bottle of wine," she said, stretching out her arms. "I hope it helps." |
BY DAN DIAMOND AND JEFF STEIN |
In their private strategy sessions leading up to last month's debate, President Biden and his advisers homed in on what they saw as one of their most effective political messages against Donald Trump — the administration's success capping drug prices for millions of seniors, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the preparations. |
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