Nation and World Politics
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‘It's our time': As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdueAug 25, 2024 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — “Electric.” “Joyful.” The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost q...
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5 takeaways from the Democratic National ConventionAug 23, 2024 11:15 pm - How abortion, young voters, door-knocking, and Gaza matter in the November election.
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Ahead of speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says in a Pennsylvania court filing that he's endorsing Trump
Aug 23, 2024 1:34 pm - Ahead of a planned speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign said in a Pennsylvania court filing Friday that he is endorsing Donald Trump for president.
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Saying Trump has ‘suffocated the soul’ of his party, former GOP Rep. Kinzinger endorses Harris at DNC
Aug 23, 2024 11:30 am - Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger did something Thursday night that might have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago. He stood on the stage of the Democratic ...
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‘Kamala knocked it out of the park’: Chicago-area delegates have glowing reviews for Harris’ acceptance speechAug 23, 2024 10:49 am - Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris knocked her acceptance speech “out of the park,” capping a party convention filled with joy and optimism, Chicago-area delegates said Friday.
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Ukraine says it used U.S. glide bombs in Russia's Kursk region and has retaken some land in Kharkiv
Aug 23, 2024 10:09 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military says it used high-precision glide bombs provided by the United States to carry out strikes in Russia’s Kursk region while also claiming...
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Trump deflects, misleads in real-time reaction to Harris speech
Aug 23, 2024 8:40 am - Former President Donald Trump did not hold back as Democratic nominee Kamala Harris delivered her acceptance speech Thursday night, firing off a series of scathing, insul...
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Fact-checking Kamala Harris at the Democratic convention on Day 4
Aug 23, 2024 7:56 am - Vice President Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech on the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured high rhetoric but not many facts easily...
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Powell: ‘The time has come’ for the Fed to soon begin reducing interest rates
Aug 23, 2024 7:37 am - With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.
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Harris summons Americans to reject political divisions, warns of consequences posed by a Trump win
Aug 22, 2024 11:17 pm - Kamala Harris summoned Americans on Thursday to reject political division and instead chart what she called a “new way forward,” as she accepted her party’s nominatio...