Donald Trump's lawyers have asked for a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland as a Justice Department investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents shows signs of winding down.
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A judge dismissed the last legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her 2022 Arizona governor's race loss. She failed to prove her claim that Maricopa County did not verify signatures on mail ballots, the judge said.
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In an poll, only about 1 in 3 Americans approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the economy, gun policy or immigration. Overall, Biden’s job approval stands at 40%.
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Far-right conservatives have been targeting seats on local boards and commissions, in many cases to gain oversight of elections. The tensions are playing out in one Tennessee county where a local Constitutional Republicans group now controls a commission.
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A super political action committee organizing for Ron DeSantis is navigating the tricky task of wrangling support for him in early-voting Iowa without his direct involvement as the Florida governor moves toward launching a 2024 presidential campaign.
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President Biden is confronting a divide in the environmental movement as he aims to make it easier to build power plants, transmission lines and other projects for a clean energy future. He says shifting from fossil fuels will generate blue-collar jobs.
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GOP presidential hopefuls have lined up to support Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran who pinned Jordan Neely to the subway floor in a fatal chokehold. The rush to back Penny recalls how top Republicans embraced Kyle Rittenhouse after he killed two protesters.
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"It's really demoralizing.” Papua New Guinea had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit by Joe Biden. Those expectations were dashed when the U.S. president canceled the visit to focus on debt limit talks at home.
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The symbolism will be palpable when G-7 leaders sit down in Hiroshima later this week. The Japanese city's name evokes the tragedy of war, and the leaders will tackle a host of challenges including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions in Asia.
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Former City Councilmember Cherelle Parker has won the Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor, making her the favorite to become the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman to serve in the role.
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Democrats have maintained control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after Heather Boyd won a special election in the Philadelphia suburbs over her Republican rival. Democrats were in the minority for 12 years until last November.
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BREAKING: Daniel Cameron wins Republican nomination for governor in Kentucky primary election. #APRaceCall at 7:11 p.m. EDT.
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BREAKING: Andy Beshear wins Democratic nomination for governor in Kentucky primary election. #APRaceCall at 7:00 p.m. EDT.
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President Joe Biden has made it a mission for the U.S. to build friendships overseas, and the next few weeks show the importance he's placing on ties with Indian leader Narendra Modi. That outreach has a strategic calculus as both nations respond to China.
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The U.N. is set to officially commemorate for the first time the flight of Palestinians from what's now Israel. It's the 75th anniversary of their exodus, stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.
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A federal agency is testing facial recognition technology to boost airport security. The government says it's voluntary and accurate. Critics have raised concerns about questions of bias and possible repercussions for passengers who want to opt out.
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Republican lawmakers in Ohio want to make it harder for voters to pass constitutional amendments in the state, requiring 60% approval. It’s the latest state where GOP-controlled legislatures have attempted to undermine direct democracy.
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President Joe Biden has an ambitious agenda when he sets off this week on an eight-day trip to the Indo-Pacific. But hanging over his travels is the debt crisis at home that threatens to spark an economic downturn.
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Recent advances in artificial intelligence will transform next year's elections in the United States by making it easier than ever to mislead voters, impersonate candidates and sow distrust. “We're not prepared for this," says a cybersecurity expert.
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Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn fossil fuels without worsening global warming. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says the time is here for the industry to prove it.
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Negotiations for a budget deal to end the debt ceiling standoff show how an ambitious era of government spending to cope with the pandemic and rebuild in its aftermath is giving way to a new fiscal focus on tailored investments and stemming deficits.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are sharing the spotlight in Iowa on Saturday with competing appearances in the GOP's leadoff voting state, hoping to sway influential conservative activists and contrast their political styles.
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Funding for a federal program that invested millions of dollars into hiring new doctors, nurses and dentists is at risk, even as a health worker shortage rages.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says Tesla shouldn’t call its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves. He tells the fine print says drivers need to keep hands on the steering wheel, eyes on the road.
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The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants. It’s an ambitious effort to reduce pollution from the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change after the transportation sector.
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The White House considers its handling of Ukrainians at the U.S.-Mexico border so effective a similar model shaped a broader border policy. Migrants who apply online, have financial backing and come through an airport are admitted; those on foot are not.
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The super PAC promoting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to have dozens of staffers in place in the first 18 states on the GOP presidential primary calendar in the coming weeks. It's an indication DeSantis’ expected 2024 announcement is drawing closer.
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Donald Trump's town hall forum on CNN on Wednesday is the first major television event of the 2024 presidential campaign. And it’s a gigantic test for the chosen moderator, Kaitlan Collins.
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President Biden says he hopes Hollywood writers "are given a fair deal they deserve as soon as possible.” He spoke before a White House screening of "American Born Chinese," starring Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan.
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Just how does the debt limit standoff end? Plenty of scenarios are being gamed out, but no one knows for sure. So far, neither President Joe Biden nor House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is giving ground.
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A key provision of U.S. law has let officials quickly expel migrants in the name of guarding against COVID-19. Its use ends Thursday, raising concerns of a migrant surge at the southern border.
The Biden administration says it’s prepared. Critics disagree.
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Black voters formed the core of Joe Biden’s support in 2020, but some say they're less enthusiastic as he plans to run for a second term. It's an early warning sign of the challenges as he aims to revive the diverse coalition so crucial to him before.
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As Kentucky’s gubernatorial primaries near, some Republicans are basing their decision on who poses the strongest challenge to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. Republicans dominate the state's politics but have struggled to hang on to the governorship.
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Election administrators across the United States say they’re concerned their offices will be targeted for fake Twitter accounts that will confuse or mislead voters after the social media platform altered its long-standing check mark verification service.
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Years after the 2020 election, two top Republican candidates for governor in West Virginia are still claiming President Joe Biden’s victory was illegitimate. But voters in one of Donald Trump’s most loyal states say other issues matter more.
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President Joe Biden is hoping that the surprisingly strong jobs market can help avert a recession. But a lot of things still could get in the way, and the economy could stumble. “We’re trending in the right direction," he says.
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Ron DeSantis is concluding a legislative session that establishes him as perhaps the most accomplished conservative governor in the nation’s bitter culture wars just as he prepares to launch a presidential campaign.
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Donald Trump has survived many scandals that other politicians would not. E. Jean Carroll's allegations that he raped her decades ago are a test of whether that's still true as he seeks a return to the White House in 2024.
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A bipartisan group of senators, all parents of teenagers or young kids, is pushing a bill to ban social media for kids under 13. The senators tell their bill also would require permission from a guardian for users under 18 to create accounts.
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Taiwan’s chief trade representative is criticizing what he calls “exaggeration” of any immediate peril of war with China. John Chen-Chung Deng says the semiconductor giant is upping its deterrence but open for business.
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