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Former baseball star Steve Garvey running for California U.S. Senate seat
Garvey joins a growing list of candidates hoping to succeed the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
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A tantalizing detail in a new Trump legal filing
The government signals it plans to prove Donald Trump’s much-debated intent for taking and keeping classified documents.
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After years of exaggerating his business assets, Trump confronts them in court
New York civil trial to show, in never-before-seen detail, how experts told Trump over and over again the worth of his business but he wouldn’t listen.
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Haley and Ramaswamy get buzz, but little support among Indian Americans
Haley and Ramaswamy’s conservative politics are at odds with the majority of Indian Americans, who are Democrats.
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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan host 2024 candidates at influential donor summit
Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Doug Burgum, all underdogs against Donald Trump, will all address potential backers in closed-door sessions.
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Biden interviewed about classified documents found at his office, home
A special counsel is investigating how classified documents were found at a private office Joe Biden used after his vice presidency and at his Delaware home.
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House Republicans brace for drawn-out speaker fight
Kevin McCarthy says he’s willing to return as House speaker as Republicans begin to assess how they might be able to offer aid to Israel.
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Haley is rising in New Hampshire. But toppling Trump is a tall order.
The shifting terrain among the non-Trump candidates in the Granite State has drawn renewed attention to a unique and crucial 2024 GOP battleground.
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Vietnam tried to hack U.S. officials, CNN with posts on X, probe finds
The targeting came as Vietnamese and American diplomats were negotiating a major cooperation agreement intended to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.
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Will Hurd ends long-shot GOP presidential campaign, endorses Nikki Haley
“I urge donors, voters, and other candidates to unite around an alternative candidate to Trump,” the former congressman said.
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White House considers adding Ukraine to Israel aid package
Biden, seeking ways to push Ukraine aid through Congress, may tie it to a more popular package of support for Israel. Some conservatives are likely to cry foul.
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In Israel, U.S. lawmakers witness war up close
“We had 90 seconds” to get to safety, Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) said. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) described huddling in the stairwell of a hotel in Tel Aviv.
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Republicans turn on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he launches independent bid
Republicans are turning on RFK Jr. as he announces an independent presidential bid, underscoring nervousness on both sides on how the gadfly and other potential third-party candidates might scramble the races
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House Republicans need to pick a new speaker. Here’s how that works.
Members of the majority party hope to settle on a successor to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) by the end of the week. But there’s no guarantee they will.
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A few possibilities to replace Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he has no plans to seek reelection as speaker, creating a wide-open race as the House also faces a mid-November deadline to fund the government.
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As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts
Elon Musk recommended that users follow accounts that have promoted lies in the past.
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Trump trials: Slow motions
Welcome back to our weekly pop-up newsletter on Donald Trump’s four criminal cases.
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The Jim Jordan-ization of the GOP
Some argue Jordan has made himself more palatable in recent years. But it’s more about the GOP warming to his brand of bomb-throwing than the reverse.
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Divisions over abortion roil 2024 GOP presidential field
The party scrambles to unify on an issue that became a major obstacle for GOP candidates in last year’s midterm elections.
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Biden faces growing pressure from Democrats over border crossings
Republicans also seize on the issue, seeing immigration as a renewed vulnerability for the president.
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