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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reed Hastings, a major Democratic Party donor and a co-founder of streaming platform Netflix, has called for Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden to step aside as a presidential candidate following his debate performance last week, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. “Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic …

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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris is the top alternative to replace U.S. President Joe Biden if he decides not to continue his reelection campaign, according to seven senior sources at the Biden campaign, the White House and the Democratic National Committee with knowledge of current discussions on the topic. Biden’s fumbling, …

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By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A leading U.S. anti-abortion group on Tuesday warned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump not to water down language in the party platform on abortion restrictions, the most visible sign yet of a widening fissure between Trump and social conservatives on the issue. The reproach by Susan …

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By Bianca Flowers, Kat Stafford and Allende Miglietta (Reuters) – Courtland Cox was 22 years old when he stood alongside civil rights icons Bayard Rustin and John Lewis at the March on Washington in 1963, joined by thousands of other Black Americans, including students Cox organized, who arrived on charter buses from the South. The …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will sit down for his first televised interview with ABC News following last week’s presidential debate with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the news network said on Tuesday. The interview, excerpts of which ABC said will air on Friday, comes as the president seeks to reassure fellow Democrats …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett became the first congressional Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race on Tuesday, following a widely panned performance at Thursday’s debate. Doggett, of Texas, applauded Biden’s “transformational” first term in office but said it was time to let another …

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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the United States has been elevated to the status of “a king above the law.” The occupant of the White House may order assassinations of political rivals without fear of prosecution. America’s leader may now be insulated from criminal consequences for whatever he or she wants …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Human rights advocates on Friday condemned former President Donald Trump’s references to Palestinians, and immigrants allegedly taking Black American jobs, during Thursday’s debate with President Joe Biden, calling the remarks racist or insulting. Biden and Trump had a brief exchange on the war in Gaza but did not have …

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