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Biden, who skipped Arlington event for vacation, trashed Trump in June for declining cemetery visit

President Biden remained on vacation with no remarks or events scheduled on the third anniversary of the Kabul airport attack, just weeks after bashing former President Donald Trump for previously canceling a World War I memorial visit. During his presidency, Trump canceled a planned visit to Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in 2018 citing bad flying weather

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World

Inside the wild life of Justin Trudeau’s party-loving mother… and the Fidel Castro paternity rumors that won’t go away (thanks to Donald Trump)

Rumors about Justin Trudeau’s relationship with former Cuban president Fidel Castro have once again surfaced – this time in Donald Trump’s latest book. Fact-checkers have long dismissed the claim that the Canadian Prime Minister is the son of the late revolutionary leader – and both governments have been pressed to say the link is bogus.

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U.S.

Poll of key battleground state shows how race between Trump and Kamala Harris has changed in the last month

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter Published: 08:28 EDT, 30 August 2024 | Updated: 09:18 EDT, 30 August 2024 Advertisement Donald Trump is leading Kamala Harris by just one point in the 2024 swing state of Michigan, a new poll shows. The Republican nominee was ahead in the battleground by seven points a month

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World

Harris CNN interview review; Donald Trump on IVF : NPR

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Vice President Harris sat down with CNN last night for her first major interview as the Democratic presidential nominee. She was joined

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Politics

Trump asks federal court to take over Bragg case weeks before sentencing

Lawyers representing former President Donald Trump are now asking a federal court to seize his New York criminal trial from the state, arguing he has become a victim of “Constitutional violations” in proceedings that conflicted with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.  The attorneys wrote in a filing Thursday that the “ongoing proceedings

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Politics

Trump vow to eliminate ‘deep state’ alarms good-government advocates

After one term as president in which his promise to remake the massive federal government mostly came up short, Donald Trump again is raining fury on the “deep state,” pledging if elected in November to replace career civil servants with his like-minded allies. If Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance were to succeed

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Politics

Trump tells town hall crowd that he supports free IVF treatments

Former President Donald Trump told crowds in Wisconsin and Michigan that he would make IVF treatment free if wins a second term. “I was always for IVF,” Trump told them.

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Politics

Debate aside, everyday is an open mic day for Trump

Things you never thought you’d never hear in 2024: Earth is cooling. Who’s Taylor Swift? Former President Trump would like his microphone muted. No. 3 happened this week when Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign asked for the candidates’ mics to say open, or “on,” during the forthcoming presidential debate, while the Republican camp argued that

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World

Trump attack exaggerates Kamala Harris’ power as vice president

He’s called her Laffin’ Kamala and Lyin’ Kamala. Crazy Kamala and Comrade Kamala. He’s described the vice president as lazy, dumb and antisemitic. (Even though her husband is Jewish, so maybe Donald Trump should throw in masochistic as well?) Ever since Kamala Harris became his opponent, an obviously flummoxed Trump has grappled with how to

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U.S.

Trump insists there are signs Fidel Castro could be Justin Trudeau’s father in new book

Former President Donald Trump once again stokes rumors about Justin Trudeau in his new book by claiming that Fidel Castro could be the Canadian prime minister’s father.  Trump put the rumor in print, weeks after saying in a podcast interview that ‘they say he’s the son of Fidel Castro, and could be.’ Trump has also previously said

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