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Biden administration cancels another $1.2 billion in student loans for public service workers
The Biden administration is cancelling an additional $1.2 billion in student loans for borrowers who work in public service through changes to an existing forgiveness program. The relief for roughly 35,000 borrowers was announced Thursday by the Education Department and made through changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which benefits workers such as teachers, nurses and firefighters.
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Biden has botched his comeback plan. Now the calls to replace him are growing.
Each time, it seems like Joe Biden might have finally closed the door just enough, another detractor bursts through.
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Gunman’s Phone Had Details About Both Trump and Biden, FBI Officials Say
FBI officials told members of Congress on Wednesday that the gunman who tried to kill former President Donald Trump used his cellphone and other devices to search images of Trump and President Joe Biden, along with an array of public figures. The 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, also looked up dates of Trump’s appearances and the Democratic National Convention, according to people on two conference calls held to answer lawmakers’ questions. And, at least on
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A COVID diagnosis, a major defection: Biden's reelection bid runs into new challenges
The political ground shifted once again below Biden's feet this week in the form of a high-profile defection from his cause and a COVID-19 diagnosis. Here's what happened and how it affects the president's reelection campaign
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The Bidens own a vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Take a look inside the 1,108-person town.
President Joe Biden, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, is isolating at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
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Trump’s Republican convention speech: how to watch and what’s at stake
Trump will speak from the Republican convention in Milwaukee on Thursday night
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Trump gunman searched for Biden's public appearances too: NYT
FBI officials told lawmakers the gunman who tried to kill Trump had also searched for Joe Biden's public appearances, the New York Times reports.
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Joe Biden reportedly more open to calls for him to step aside as candidate
President publicly insists he will be party’s nominee as leaders in Congress tell him they doubt he can beat Trump
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Biden says he'd re-evaluate staying in the race if diagnosed with a medical condition
President Joe Biden would re-evaluate his decision to continue his campaign if a doctors told him he has a medical condition, he said in an interview with BET News.
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Christian right see God’s hand in Trump rally shooting: ‘The world saw a miracle’
Attempted assassination bolsters Trump’s support in a key part of the Republican base – conservative evangelicals
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Democratic leaders seem ready to dump Biden
Top congressional Democrats have reportedly urged Biden to drop out. It's a sign that the anti-Biden push may soon go public.
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Pelosi behind Schiff call for Biden to step aside, doesn't think he can win, White House source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House officials believe former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed Representative Adam Schiff's call for President Joe Biden to step aside in the U.S. presidential race and she has told Biden he cannot win the Nov. 5 election, a top White House source with direct knowledge of the matter said. Schiff said in a statement on Wednesday that he has "serious concerns" about whether Biden can defeat Republican challenger Donald Trump, the first Democrat to
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Gunman searched for images of Trump and Biden but motive still unclear
Suspect had searched for details of many public figures, including Trump and Biden, but significance is unclear
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Climate groups split over whether Biden should 'pass the torch'
Green groups are split over whether President Joe Biden should step aside for another Democrat in the U.S. election, with some concerned his weakening polling against fossil fuel booster Donald Trump could hamper turnout and jeopardize his climate wins. Biden, 81, is under pressure and scrutiny from some lawmakers, donors and activists to drop his reelection campaign in the wake of a disastrous presidential debate performance this month that renewed questions about his mental fitness. Environm
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Here’s who’s speaking on day four of the 2024 Republican national convention
Donald Trump will address Republican party faithful tonight, while the theme for the day is ‘Make America great once again’
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What Americans say they want on climate versus what Biden and Trump are offering
Trump says he'd "drill, baby, drill" for fossil fuels that are causing the climate crisis. Biden wants to invest in renewables and a green workforce.
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Exclusive-Biden is working towards what's best for US - Sen. Hickenlooper
U.S. President Joe Biden is working towards a decision on whether to stay in the presidential race that is good for the country, Senator John Hickenlooper told Reuters, noting sadness among Democrats about the president while stopping short of saying he should step aside. Hickenlooper, who ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination that Biden won, declined to add his voice to the growing number of lawmakers explicitly calling on Biden to leave the race. Asked about Biden potentially s
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JD Vance accepts VP nomination and what we know about human cases of bird flu: Morning Rundown
JD Vance, Donald Trump, Biden Covid diagnosis, Chuck Schumer meeting, bird flu symptoms, Bob Menendez resignation, Terrell Davis, Amazon tribe photographed
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Bill would require federal prisons to disclose environmental factors that pose health risks
With limited data on how environmental stressors — from poor water quality to rising temperatures to contagious diseases — may harm people living and working in U.S. prisons, legislation introduced Thursday in Congress seeks to begin filling in the gaps.
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The new phase of the US-China tech war risks a whole lot of collateral damage
Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump look ready to risk unintended consequences as the US strives to contain China's technological ambitions.
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JD Vance's Team Says He Won't Debate Kamala Harris Ahead Of The DNC
If Vance "is unwilling to defend the Trump-Vance record on the debate stage, he should just say so," Biden's campaign shot back.
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Democrats are banking on outperforming Biden in key Senate races
Democrats in tough races in the 2024 elections are hoping President Joe Biden's poll numbers after the debate won't hurt them in November.
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Biden's feud with Musk is far from over
President Joe Biden recently used his positive COVID-19 diagnosis to take a dig at Elon Musk and "his rich buddies"
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Biden Called ‘More Receptive’ To Hearing Pleas to Step Aside
President Joe Biden has become more receptive in the last several days to hearing arguments about why he should drop his reelection bid, Democrats briefed on his conversations said Wednesday, after his party’s two top leaders in Congress privately told him they were deeply concerned about his prospects. Biden has not given any indication that he is changing his mind about staying in the race, the Democrats said, but has been willing to listen to rundowns of new and worrying polling data and has
8 min read - PoliticsThe New York Times
What It Would Take to Deport Millions of Immigrants
When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he vowed to build a wall to seal the border and keep criminals from entering the country. This campaign season, his immigration agenda has a new focus: a mass deportation program unlike anything the country has seen. His party’s platform, ratified at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, promises the “largest deportation effort in American history,” and immigration was the theme of Tuesday’s gathering. What would it take to deport millions of people
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A Blind Spot and a Lost Trail: How the Gunman Got So Close to Trump
WASHINGTON — About an hour before a gunman let loose a volley of bullets that nearly assassinated a former president, the law enforcement contingent in Butler, Pennsylvania, was on the verge of a great policing success. Among the thousands of people streaming in to cheer former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally Saturday, local officers spotted one skinny young man acting oddly and notified other law enforcement. The Secret Service, too, was informed, through radio communication. The sus
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Donald Trump will accept Republican nomination again days after surviving an assassination attempt
Donald Trump takes the stage Thursday at the Republican National Convention to accept his party's nomination again and give his first speech since he was cut off mid-sentence by a flurry of gunfire in an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump's wife, Melania, is expected to make her first appearance at the convention for the address, which will conclude the four-day convention in Milwaukee. Trump appeared each of the first three days with a white bandage on his ear, covering a
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South Africa's president to open Parliament after historic election created a coalition government
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will open a new parliamentary term Thursday to mark the official start of business for his 11-party coalition government, an uneasy union brought together by an historic election result. Ramaphosa's speech will likely outline the priorities for the new government, which were made clear after his once-dominant African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in the country's May 29 election.
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Analysis-Republican faithful to seal Trump’s takeover of Republican Party
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Five days after narrowly escaping assassination, Donald Trump will accept his presidential nomination on Thursday before an adoring crowd of supporters, the final act in his transformation of the Republican Party into the party of Trump. "Trump, Trump, Trump," attendees roared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee when he appeared each night this week, his right ear bandaged, to listen to speaker after speaker intone reverentially about him and reference God's
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‘Cultural heroin’ to 'great president': RNC speakers like JD Vance have transformed from Trump trash talkers to his closest allies
"I was certainly skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016,” JD Vance said this week. “But President Trump was a great president, and he changed my mind."
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Trump doesn't think interest rate cuts should happen before the election
Former President Donald Trump said Fed members "know" they shouldn't cut rates soon, but many economists disagree.
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The new most powerful people in US politics: Biden's doctors
Speaking with BET News on Wednesday, Joe Biden said he would revaluate running for the presidency if "some medical condition" emerged.
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Trump's stance on Taiwan could be devastating for the US economy
Former President Donald Trump could upend the long-standing diplomatic relationship between the US and Taiwan should he retake the White House.
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Trump expected to plead for national unity in first speech after assassination attempt
Strategists view Republican convention address as time to ‘pivot’ ex-president’s image, while critics remain skeptical
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Israel's Netanyahu makes surprise Gaza visit as far-right politician tours flashpoint Jerusalem site
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza on Thursday, his office said, just days before he was set to give a speech to the U.S. Congress. Netanyahu’s visit to the southern city of Rafah was announced hours after Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. Ben Gvir's move could disrupt sensitive talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in the 9-month-old Israel-Hamas war.
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JD Vance makes a Midwest-heavy, generational pitch: From the Politics Desk
Sen. JD Vance made a Midwest-heavy, generation pitch while introducing himself as Trump's running mate at the Republican National Convention.
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Trump rally shooter was reported as a suspicious person an hour before opening fire, sources say
The gunman who opened fire at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally was reported as a suspicious person — and photographed — one hour before he began shooting, according to three sources familiar with a briefing for senators Wednesday.
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Obama, Pelosi and Democrats make a fresh push for Biden to reconsider 2024 race ahead of convention
Former president Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he didn’t step away from the 2024 race. Pelosi also showed Biden polling that he likely can’t defeat Republican Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss it.
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Top Democratic Leaders Privately Met With Biden To Air Concerns About His Candidacy
The White House and the Biden-Harris campaign insist he’s going nowhere. “He is going to win this November,” said his spokesperson.
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With Pro-Israel Push At The RNC, Republicans Make A Play To Win Over Jewish Voters
Jewish Americans, who lean heavily Democratic, have proven elusive for the GOP before.
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Chuck Todd: Why we're in Milwaukee
Republicans’ confidence is growing about their chances of not just winning the White House but both chambers of Congress. But they're looking for a boost in Wisconsin.
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JD Vance pushes Republicans as champions of working class in first speech as Trump’s running mate
Vance denounces Biden and Democrats at Republican national convention, saying: ‘the people who govern this country have failed and failed again’
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European leaders discuss migration and Ukraine at a UK summit as concern grows about direction of US
Leaders from across Europe expressed support for Ukraine and concern about the direction of the United States on Thursday at a security-focused summit clouded by worries about whether the U.S. will remain a reliable ally if Donald Trump wins a second presidency. Newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed around 45 heads of government to a grandiose English country mansion to discuss migration, energy security and the threat from Russia as he seeks to restore relations between the U
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FACT FOCUS: Trump, in Republican convention video, alludes to false claim 2020 election was stolen
THE FACTS: In a prerecorded video at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump referenced baseless claims he made repeatedly after he lost the 2020 presidential race — that the election was “rigged” and that Democrats cheated to put President Joe Biden in the White House. Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same margin that Trump had when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016, which he repeatedly described as a “landslide.”
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'One screen, two movies': Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from the Trump rally shooting
For some supporters of Donald Trump, the failure of the Secret Service to prevent the attempted assassination of the Republican former president points to a conspiracy orchestrated by Democratic President Joe Biden. For some of Trump's critics, however, the details of the shooting don't add up. Two dueling conspiracy theories are taking root online following Trump's attempted assassination, one for each end of America's polarized political spectrum.
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Biden faces renewed pressure to step aside as Democrats’ rift widens
Tensions amid party members rise as Biden tests positive for Covid and will be in self-isolation in Delaware
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Hundreds attend vigil for man killed at Trump rally in Pennsylvania before visitation Thursday
Hundreds of people who gathered to remember the former fire chief fatally shot at a weekend rally for former President Donald Trump were urged to find “unity” as the area in rural Pennsylvania sought to recover from the assassination attempt. Wednesday's public event was the first of two to memorialize and celebrate Corey Comperatore’s life. Outside Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, where the vigil was held for Comperatore, a sign read: “Rest in Peace Corey, Thank You For Your Service,” with the
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What to watch as the Republican National Convention enters its fourth day in Milwaukee
The Republican National Convention culminates Thursday with former President Donald Trump expected to accept the party's presidential nomination, achieving a comeback four years in the making and anticipated even more in the past week in light of Saturday's assassination attempt. Trump is expected to accept his third consecutive party nod in prime time before thousands of supporters at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. Republicans throughout the week in Milwaukee have suggested the combative former p
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JD Vance leans head first into Trump populism in his first major moment
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio used his first big moment as Donald Trump's VP to tout his running mate and trash past GOP policies.
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Pelosi told Biden: You’re dragging down Democrats
An ally of the former House speaker said she would do “everything in her power” to get Biden off the Democratic ticket.
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