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Trump clemency recipient’s arrest draws attention of judge in old drug case
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Trump clemency recipient’s arrest draws attention of judge in old drug case

Republican Presidential nominee, former president Donald J. Trump remarks during a campaign event at Precision Custom Components on August 19, 2024 in York, Pennsylvania.  Tierney L. Cross | Getty Images A New York federal judge has ordered U.S. probation officials to investigate the recent arrest of a convicted drug dealer who was released from prison […]

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Trump waffles on Harris debate on ABC News, Democratic nominee wants hot mics
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Trump waffles on Harris debate on ABC News, Democratic nominee wants hot mics

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in Howell, Michigan, U.S., August 20, 2024.  Rebecca Cook | Reuters Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is waffling on whether he will debate with Vice President Kamala Harris as previously agreed. And their campaigns are squabbling […]

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Trump says Musk wouldn’t have time to be in his White House cabinet, but could ‘consult’
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Trump says Musk wouldn’t have time to be in his White House cabinet, but could ‘consult’

Elon Musk (L) and Donald Trump (R). David Swanson | Vincent Alban | Reuters Former President Donald Trump said that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk likely couldn’t serve in his hypothetical White House cabinet due to the demanding schedule of running his various companies. “He wants to be involved. Now look, he’s running big […]

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RFK Jr. endorses Trump after weeks of back-channel courtship
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RFK Jr. endorses Trump after weeks of back-channel courtship

PHOENIX — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed former President Donald Trump Friday afternoon during a lengthy speech putting to rest his tumultuous independent presidential campaign. Kennedy’s campaign first confirmed the endorsement in a court filing in Pennsylvania before he took the stage for the speech in battleground Arizona. Trump has his own event in nearby Glendale […]

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DOJ sues software firm RealPage for allegedly helping landlords collude to keep rents high
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DOJ sues software firm RealPage for allegedly helping landlords collude to keep rents high

The Department of Justice and eight states on Friday accused software company RealPage of unlawfully scheming to undermine competition among landlords and create a monopoly that harms millions of renters. RealPage “allows landlords to manipulate, distort, and subvert market forces,” the Justice Department said in a civil complaint in U.S. District Court in North Carolina. […]

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Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says
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Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024.  Marco Bello | Reuters As the 2024 U.S. elections reach their home stretch, crypto companies are opening their wallets to try and influence the results. Nearly half of all the corporate money flowing into […]

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Trump’s Arizona trip keeps immigration front-and-center, as Democrats sharpen border messaging
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Trump’s Arizona trip keeps immigration front-and-center, as Democrats sharpen border messaging

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024. Jonathan Drake | Reuters Former President Donald Trump painted a dark picture on Thursday of what the U.S.-Mexico border […]

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Harris says Trump ‘wants to be an autocrat’ and tyrants are ‘rooting’ for him
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Harris says Trump ‘wants to be an autocrat’ and tyrants are ‘rooting’ for him

Vice President Kamala Harris said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “wants to be an autocrat,” as she accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday night. “I will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong-Un, who are rooting for Trump,” said Harris. “Because they know he is easy to manipulate with […]

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Watch DNC Live: Harris accepts nomination, vows to be a ‘common sense’ president who ‘unites us’
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Watch DNC Live: Harris accepts nomination, vows to be a ‘common sense’ president who ‘unites us’

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday officially accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, vowing to unite the country and bring a practical perspective to the presidency if she is elected in November. “I know there are people of various political views watching tonight, “Harris said in her keynote address on the final night of the Democratic National Convention […]

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Republican ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump ‘suffocated the soul of’ the GOP
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Republican ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump ‘suffocated the soul of’ the GOP

Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger in his Democratic National Convention speech that “Donald Trump has suffocated the soul of the Republican Party,” endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris for president. “His fundamental weakness has coursed through my party like an illness, sapping our strength, softening our spine, whipping us into a fever that has untethered us from […]

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