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Trump to attend Iowa State Fair, likely stealing limelight from 2024 rival DeSantis

9 Aug 2023

By Tim Reid (Reuters) -Donald Trump will attend the Iowa State Fair this Saturday, his campaign announced on Tuesday, a move likely designed to steal the limelight from his White House rivals, especially Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who will visit the event on the same day. It had not been clear until now that Trump, …

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Texas Republican ties US homeland security funding to border demands

8 Aug 2023

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prominent hardline conservative from Texas urged his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to withhold funding from the Department of Homeland Security unless President Joe Biden takes a series of controversial steps involving U.S.-Mexico border policy. Representative Chip Roy, a leading member of the House Freedom …

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Arizona abortion rights groups launch bid to put issue on 2024 ballot

8 Aug 2023

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Abortion rights advocates in Arizona on Tuesday launched a campaign to add abortion protections to the state constitution in next year’s election, in a bid to invalidate the state’s current 15-week ban. A new coalition, Arizona for Abortion Access, said it had filed proposed language on Tuesday for a ballot …

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Former US Vice President Pence has qualified for Republican debate -team

8 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has qualified for the first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, his campaign team said on Tuesday. Pence had initially appeared to be at risk of not making the debate, which is only open to those who have garnered the …

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With Trump absent, DeSantis likely to be top target at Republican debate

8 Aug 2023

By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign is shaping up as a crucial moment for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who badly needs some momentum in his challenge to former President Donald Trump for the party’s nomination. Complicating the matter for DeSantis: Trump, by far …

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Biden vowed to reform immigration detention. Instead, private prisons benefited

7 Aug 2023

By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke PHILIPSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – As a presidential candidate in 2020, Joe Biden pledged to end for-profit immigration detention, saying: “No business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence.” The opportunity for action came early in the Democratic president’s term, in May 2021, when a …

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Trump presidential rival Christie visits Ukraine, meets Zelenskiy

4 Aug 2023

By Doina Chiacu and Katharine Jackson (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Friday and underscored strong U.S. support for its fight against Russia. Christie, once an ally of former President Donald Trump, is challenging him for their party’s nomination in the 2024 election – and …

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Exclusive-About half of US Republicans could spurn Trump if he is convicted -Reuters/Ipsos poll

4 Aug 2023

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -About half of Republicans would not vote for Donald Trump if he were convicted of a felony, a sign of the severe risks his legal problems pose for his 2024 U.S. presidential bid, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday. The former president and current front-runner in the …

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Trump’s historic day in Washington court draws onlookers

4 Aug 2023

By Andrew Goudsward and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Eager to witness U.S. history in person, members of the public lined up at a Washington federal courthouse on Thursday to observe President Donald Trump’s arraignment on charges of 2020 election interference. Hours before the proceeding, Sam Arreaza, 16, waited on line with his mother for a …

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Senate Democrats urge recusals for US Supreme Court’s Alito

4 Aug 2023

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed back against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s recent public comments rejecting the ability of Congress to regulate the justices’ ethics, urging his recusal in any cases concerning legislation on the subject. Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and nine other Democrats on the panel sent …

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