Articles filed under Political Figures
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Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women ‘are offensive to everybody’Oct 31, 2024 1:25 pm - Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies."
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Illinois launches ‘Help Stop Hate’ program as hate crime reports surgeOct 30, 2024 1:54 pm - Just days after an Orthodox Jewish man was shot while walking to his Chicago synagogue, and amid record numbers of hate crime reports nationwide, state leaders on Wednesday announced a new initiative to help those affected by hate-fueled attacks.
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White House, Trump campaign clash over whether Biden called Trump supporters ‘garbage’Oct 30, 2024 8:37 am - A single apostrophe — or lack thereof — caused an uproar in the presidential race Tuesday night after President Joe Biden criticized former President Donald Trump during ...
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Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults ‘was like a lovefest’Oct 29, 2024 11:54 am - Donald Trump on Tuesday called his rally at New York's Madison Square Garden, an event marked by crude and racist insults by several speakers, a “lovefest.”
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Harris reaches for a big moment in her closing argument for ‘turning the page’ on TrumpOct 29, 2024 8:08 am - Vice President Kamala Harris will pledge to Americans that she'll work to improve their lives while Republican Donald Trump is only in it for himself as she delivers her campaign's closing argument Tuesday from the same site where the former president fomented the Capitol insurrection in 2021.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of CongressOct 29, 2024 7:10 am - Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday, after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Here’s what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaignOct 28, 2024 8:07 am - Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a fiercely competitive presidential contest. What happens in the coming days will be pivotal in deciding the winner.
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Trump rally speakers lob racist insults, call Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’Oct 28, 2024 8:02 am - A comedian who warmed up the crowd at Donald Trump’s rally here Sunday described Puerto Rico as an “island of garbage,” attracting widespread criticism and triggering a Trump campaign statement disavowing the remark.
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Trump denigrates Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of Michigan's largest cityOct 26, 2024 6:07 pm - Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan."I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation," the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit is "great," but he thinks it "needs help."
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Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the ‘sin’ of a 150-year-old boarding school policyOct 25, 2024 2:32 pm - President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country.