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McConnell tries to tamp down health concerns after second incident

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 6:10pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday suffered his second public incident of freezing up in five weeks, prompting questions about his health that his aides have declined to address.
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Abortion fight unites the left and rattles the right in key Wis. battleground

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 5:00pm
Republicans in Door County, which has backed all but two presidential winners in the last 50 years, are grappling with the political fallout of an unpopular ban.
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What was Giuliani allegedly hiding?

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 4:37pm
A judge said Rudy Giuliani deliberately flouted his obligations to save and turn over communications. That would seem to say plenty about his legal jeopardy.
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Ex-congressman Peter Meijer launches exploratory committee for Senate run

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 3:33pm
The Michigan lawmaker was defeated in a Republican primary last year after being one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump.
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Justice Thomas details jet travel, property deal with billionaire

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 3:23pm
Supreme Court justice reports three trips on billionaire Harlan Crow’s jet, says one was for security reasons after leak of ruling that ended Roe v. Wade.
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A different way to consider McConnell’s (and Feinstein’s) Senate service

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 2:54pm
Most importantly: a different way to consider Lisa Murkowski’s.
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Trump’s habit of exaggerating his net worth lands in front of a judge

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 1:01pm
It’s been clear for years that Trump overstates his net worth. The question is whether he did so in ways that leave him vulnerable to sanction.
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Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 crimes

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 12:24pm
The former Proud Boys leader was sentenced to one year shy of the longest punishment for a Jan. 6 defendant. Co-defendant Zachary Rehl was sentenced to 15 years.
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The falsehoods you’re allowed to tell on Fox News

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 9:26am
Laura Ingraham let plenty of false claims from John Eastman fly in her two-part interview with him — except one.
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How Trump’s March 4 trial date works with the Republican delegate math

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 8:38am
Seventy-five percent of delegates — or more — could be determined before the case is turned over to Trump’s defense.
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White House asks Congress to pass short-term spending deal, boost food aid

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 8:00am
The federal government will shut down on Oct. 1 unless lawmakers either extend current spending or fund programs through next year
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Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again while talking with reporters

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 5:49am
The freezing incident in Kentucky mirrored another occasion when Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, abruptly stopped speaking last month.
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Liberals raise alarms, calling on Biden to sharpen reelection pitch

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 4:00am
Left-leaning Democrats have backed the president, but some worry his second-term agenda lacks ambition.
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Biden loves to retell certain stories. Some aren’t credible.

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/31/2023 - 2:00am
Here’s a guide to some of the stories told by President Biden that cannot be verified or are not plausible.
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Giuliani’s first big legal loss is a blistering one

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 6:06pm
A federal judge ruled that Giuliani is liable for defaming two election workers. And she was unsparing in her reasoning.
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Trump co-defendant reaches bond agreement after weekend in jail

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 4:33pm
Harrison William Prescott Floyd, who faces allegations that he harassed an Atlanta-area election worker in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election, posted bond of $100,000 Tuesday.
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Tenn. lawmakers refused to act on guns. A GOP mother is still pushing.

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 2:38pm
Melissa Alexander says Covenant parents stood up to a GOP supermajority and lost, but this is the moment when ‘things started to change.’
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Trump has yet to issue any public statements on Jacksonville killings

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 2:33pm
Trump, who lives in Florida, has posted on social media about other topics dozens of times since a White man fatally shot three Black people Saturday.
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Biden pledges $95 million for Hawaii’s electrical grid after Maui wildfires

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 2:02pm
The fast-moving fires were the deadliest in modern U.S. history, killing more than 100 people on Maui, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying the historic town of Lahaina.
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Judge rules Giuliani defamed Georgia election workers, orders sanctions

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:07pm
U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell issued the judgment based on Giuliani’s failure to turn over relevant information, not based on evidence in the case.
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