By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mystery bettor on election gambling site Polymarket who made large bets on a Trump election victory is a French national who took a position based on a personal view of the presidential race, Polymarket said in a statement on Thursday. Four accounts have bet heavily on Trump …
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By Andrea Shalal GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) -Some prominent Lebanese Americans on Friday endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for president, saying in a letter that the U.S. had been “unrelenting” in its support for Lebanon under the Biden administration and they expect additional backing if Harris wins in November. The endorsement came amid ongoing Israeli attacks …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday canceled another $4.5 billion in student debt for more than 60,000 borrowers, bringing the number of public service workers who have had their student loans for higher education forgiven to over 1 million. The cancellation is Biden’s latest effort to fulfill his 2020 campaign pledge to deliver …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Abortion will be on the ballot in 10 U.S. states for the Nov. 5 election, including battleground states that will play critical roles in the presidential race and the fight for control of Congress. Democrats, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, the party’s presidential candidate, have sought to build support …
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By James Oliphant (Reuters) – After dodging the issue for weeks, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance said unequivocally on Wednesday he believes false claims that Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. Taking questions from reporters at a campaign event in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Vance was again asked if Trump lost to President Joe Biden …
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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump called himself the “father of IVF” at a town hall for women voters on Wednesday, as the Republican presidential candidate tries to convince the crucial voting bloc they can trust him on reproductive issues. Trump, who is trailing Democrat Kamala Harris in popularity among women voters ahead of …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a new rule requiring poll workers to hand count ballots in November’s U.S. elections, in a defeat for Donald Trump, whose Republican allies pushed the change after he lost the battleground state in 2020. The hand-count rule was passed on Sept. 20 by a …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Nebraska’s top state court on Wednesday upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote, enabling thousands more people to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. The Nebraska Supreme Court rejected claims by Secretary of State Robert Evnen, a Republican, that the law …
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By Joshua McElwee ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and Vice President Kamala Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights. Asked about the U.S. presidential election on his flight back to Rome from Singapore, the pope …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Heather Timmons (Reuters) – Global pop star Taylor Swift’s support for Kamala Harris may have boosted the Democratic vice president’s hopes of attracting young voters, but the question remains: Will the celebrity endorsement make a difference on Election Day? Locked in a tight White House race, both Harris and her rival, …
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