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Republicans assess potential fallout for Trump from North Carolina bombshell
(NEW YORK) -- Republicans in North Carolina and nationally are assessing the potential fallout for former President Donald Trump from a bombshell report alleging that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the party's gubernatorial nominee, posted disturbing and inflammatory statements on a forum of a pornographic website.CNN reported Thursday that Robinson, behind…
Early in-person voting begins in three key states
(WASHINGTON) -- The 2024 voting season officially kicked off Friday, as voters in three states can now line up at early voting polling sites or election offices to cast their ballot.Early in-person voting sites opened throughout Virginia, on Friday, marking the first state to offer their voters that option. The…
Trump suggests if he loses election, Jewish Americans would ‘have a lot to do with that’
Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- During his speech at an antisemitism event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, former President Donald Trump pledged to be the "defender" of Jewish Americans if he wins but also seemed to suggest that if he loses the election, it…
Mark Robinson, NC GOP gubernatorial candidate, allegedly made disturbing comments on porn forum years ago: Report
(WASHINGTON) -- Mark Robinson, North Carolina's Republican gubernatorial candidate, released a video statement Thursday afternoon saying he's staying in the race following damning allegations reported by CNN.CNN claims that Robinson – under a username he allegedly used frequently online -- made several inflammatory comments on a message board of a…
Republicans step up effort to change Nebraska’s electoral vote process to benefit Trump
(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans are stepping up their efforts to change Nebraska's electoral vote process to winner-take-all -- a move that would benefit former President Donald Trump in an expected close November election in which a single vote could make a key difference in the Electoral College.The winner-take-all electoral change could…
Uncommitted movement declines to endorse Harris, but encourages against Trump, third-party votes
(WASHINGTON) -- The Uncommitted movement, the pro-Palestinian group critical of the Biden administration's handling of the war in Gaza, announced Thursday that it will not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, but also does not recommend a third-party vote in November.The group made the announcement as Harris campaigns Thursday in Michigan,…
Harris campaign says it did not use Trump campaign materials sent from Iranian hackers
(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign said on Thursday that it did not use any materials that the FBI said Iranian hackers gathered from email accounts associated with former President Donald Trump's campaign and sent to President Joe Biden's campaign before he left the race.Trump's campaign on Wednesday demanded…
Doug Emhoff blasts Gov. Sanders’ remarks about Harris not having biological children
(NEW YORK) -- Second gentleman Doug Emhoff blasted remarks made by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who said Vice President Kamala Harris "doesn't have anything to keep her humble" because she does not have biological children."We know that all parents, no matter how you become one, make the same sacrifices…
Biden calls rate cut ‘an important day for the country’
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday called the Federal Reserve's rate cut the day before an “important signal” from the Fed to Americans that inflation is cooling, but he cautioned that it “doesn’t mean the work is done” to improve the economy.In remarks on Thursday at the Economic Club…
Trump paints NYC hometown as wasteland at Long Island rally, says Dems are ‘threat to democracy’
(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump, in his first rally since the most recent apparent assassination attempt, painted a bleak picture of his hometown of New York City at a raucous rally just miles away in the suburbs of Long Island and painted his Democratic opponents as a "threat…