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Former president Donald Trump uses dehumanizing rhetoric to describe undocumented immigrants before largely White audiences. The runaway GOP polling leader says they are “poisoning the blood of our country” —…

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Supreme Court faces pressure to decide if Trump is on the 2024 ballot

December 30, 2023

Now that a second state has decided to keep Donald Trump off the primary ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, there is…

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Despite Nikki Haley’s back and forth, the Civil War was about slavery

December 29, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s since-revised answer about the cause of the Civil War has been used as a bludgeon by political opponents and critics because she didn’t mention slavery.…

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Read the Maine decision to remove Trump from the 2024 primary ballot

December 29, 2023

Maine is the second state to block former president Donald Trump from running again under a part of the U.S. Constitution that prevents insurrectionists from holding office. In a decision…

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Donald Trump removed from Maine primary ballot by secretary of state

December 29, 2023

Maine barred Donald Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, becoming the second state to block the former president from running again because of his actions before and during the Jan.…

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Rep. Lauren Boebert switches Colo. districts, avoiding likely tough rematch

December 29, 2023

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is switching congressional districts ahead of the 2024 election, a surprise move that means she will avoid a likely rematch against the Democrat she narrowly beat…

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It’s not just Marjorie Taylor Greene. Other politicians are swatting targets.

December 29, 2023

The holidays have ushered in a rash of swatting incidents targeting politicians across the country, with phony calls for help leading heavily armed law enforcement personnel to show up at…

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Federal judge approves Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional districts

December 29, 2023

A federal judge in Georgia signed off Thursday on congressional districts redrawn this month by the state’s Republican-led legislature, ruling that the new map did not continue to illegally dilute…

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Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94

December 29, 2023

Gaston Glock, an Austrian engineer who created the flat-nosed, plastic-body handgun carried by military and police forces around the world, glorified in films and rap lyrics and decried by gun-control…

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Haley acknowledges Civil War ‘about slavery’ after facing backlash

December 29, 2023

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Nikki Haley on Thursday scrambled to quell a firestorm that rocked her ascendant presidential campaign, acknowledging the Civil War was “about slavery” after critics in both…

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Led by Trump, GOP candidates take polarizing stances on race and history

Supreme Court faces pressure to decide if Trump is on the 2024 ballot

Despite Nikki Haley’s back and forth, the Civil War was about slavery

Read the Maine decision to remove Trump from the 2024 primary ballot

Donald Trump removed from Maine primary ballot by secretary of state

Rep. Lauren Boebert switches Colo. districts, avoiding likely tough rematch

It’s not just Marjorie Taylor Greene. Other politicians are swatting targets.

Federal judge approves Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional districts

Gaston Glock, creator of handgun that flooded the world, dies at 94

Haley acknowledges Civil War ‘about slavery’ after facing backlash