The Trump campaign's intense pushback to Project 2025 amid sustained attacks from Democrats is frustrating conservatives inside and outside the effort who worry that the disavowal will result in the former president alienating his most loyal supporters. It was one thing for Trump to separate himself amid Democratic messaging centering on the Heritage Foundation-led project's policy blueprint, which sometimes differs from that of the former president and was intended to kick-start a transition to a conservative White House. |
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The Supreme Court is becoming a bigger issue in the unfolding presidential race between Vice President Harris and former President Trump. The nation's highest court is always a hot-button issue in presidential races given the president's power to appoint justices. But it is taking on added importance this year as Harris has become the likely Democratic presidential nominee in place of President Biden. |
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Former President Trump went on the attack against Vice President Harris at a campaign rally in Atlanta Saturday, after Harris campaigned at the same venue earlier this week. "We have to work hard to define her," Trump said, speaking to supporters at Georgia State University. The former president then appeared to backtrack, saying "I don't want to even define her." |
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Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) leaned into recent attacks by former President Trump on Vice President Harris's background during a rally in Georgia Saturday, while calling her campaign tactics "pretty weird." Using the "weird" rhetoric Harris's campaign has levied at the Trump-Vance ticket, he took a swing at her recent rally at the same venue in Atlanta. |
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Vice President Harris has the chance to succeed where Hillary Clinton failed — in the quest to defeat former President Trump and become the first female president. Right now, it looks like she has about a 50-50 shot. There is plenty of Democratic excitement around Harris's rise to become the presumptive nominee following President Biden's July 21 decision to stand aside. But Trump leads Harris in national polling averages and in most of the swing states — albeit by much narrower margins than he enjoyed over Biden. |
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A federal judge declined Saturday to toss out former President Trump's federal election subversion case over his assertion that he's being unfairly and singularly prosecuted. In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote that, at the outset of the trial process, the court must assume the allegations against Trump are truthful — and the "improper reframing of the allegations against him" he has presented so far cannot support dismissal. |
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Senators on both sides of the aisle left the Capitol frustrated as they began an August recess following seven months of work that saw political messaging wars crowd out legislative results.
Aside from a major foreign aid package in April, most big-ticket legislative items stalled, leaving lawmakers with little to brag about ahead of November's elections. |
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Rep. Cori Bush's primary on Tuesday is once again putting progressives on guard as they face what could be their second consecutive defeat this cycle. Bush is squaring off against Wesley Bell, the prosecuting attorney from St. Louis County, in a Missouri race that will test the "squad's" strength and staying power. Many progressives see Bush as the potential underdog, especially after Rep. Jamaal Bowman's (D-N.Y.) loss revealed problems for liberal incumbents. |
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President Biden's historic deal to free high-profile Americans from Russian prisons has ignited a debate over the high cost and strategic wisdom of such exchanges, with Republicans and even some Democrats warning it will only embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin and like-minded adversaries. For decades, presidential administrations and Congress have grappled with how to deter and respond to hostage-taking and politically motivated arrests of Americans. It's a problem that is grounded in extortion efforts, but each case is unique to the circumstances. |
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BY JULIA BROTHERS, RICHARD L. KLEIN AND MARIO MITRE |
OPINION | As has been widely reported, 2024 is witnessing a large number of elections, with billions of voters eligible to go to the polls. The number of contests is a powerful reminder that elections remain the preferred way societies determine their leaders, with even authoritarian states feeling compelled to hold elections to maintain a patina of legitimacy. Now at the midpoint in the year of elections, five global trends have already emerged affecting electoral integrity. |
OPINION | The exchange of 24 prisoners between Russia and the West is of course great news — but it may be a tad too soon to open that second bottle of champagne. The question that should be on everyone's mind: Why would Russia's dictatorial president agree to the deal? In short, what's in it for him? |
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The assassinations of two Hamas leaders may be a short-term setback, analysts say, but the group could re-emerge intact — and possibly more radicalized. |
BY ALEX LEARY AND VIVIAN SALAMA |
Donald Trump ignited a firestorm by questioning Kamala Harris's racial identity, an attack that risks harming his larger campaign strategy to define her. |
Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the November election. |
Interviews with voters in the state made clear that JD Vance's comments have renewed unease about Donald Trump's judgment, his past statements about women and his record on abortion. |
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