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Energizing South Carolina's Black voters is crucial to Biden as campaign looks ahead to swing states
The Democrats’ first primary of the 2024 presidential contest contains little mystery. What’s at stake for Biden is the depth of support he receives from Black voters. In the general election, Biden was backed by 91% of Black voters nationwide, according to AP VoteCast.
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Biden to release proposed U.S. budget plan on March 11
U.S. President Joe Biden will put forth his proposed U.S. spending plan on March 11, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget. Congress would need to pass Biden's proposals for them to take effect. Republican control of the House of Representatives, and particularly the influence of a hard-line group of Republicans loyal to likely Biden 2024 opponent Donald Trump, make agreement hard to come by.
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Judge dismisses election official's mail ballot lawsuit in North Dakota
A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the acceptance of mail-in ballots after Election Day brought by a county election official and backed by a legal group aligned with former President Donald Trump. In his Friday ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor said Burleigh County Auditor Mark Splonskowski lacks standing to bring the case, and failed to show he was harmed by the law or that his constitutional rights will be violated. The auditor alleged state a
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Black voters are asked to 'show up and show out' for Biden in South Carolina
How Biden fares with Black voters in South Carolina could set the stage for the rest of his campaign, experts say.
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These Republicans say they won’t vote for Trump. Here are the options they’re considering
Some devoted Republicans aren't comfortable voting for Trump but they're conflicted about what else to do.
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Japan's message for Donald Trump: don't cut a deal with China
Japan, America's closest ally in Asia, has been trying to send a message to U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump: don't try to strike any deal with China that could upend years of collective efforts to rein in Beijing and risk the region's fragile peace. Tokyo has stepped up attempts to engage with people close to Trump in recent weeks, as the 77-year-old's victories in Republican primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire have seen him emerge in some polls as the frontrunner in November's president
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Trump legal bills, Ramaswamy's self-funding and 4 more takeaways from new campaign filings
New campaign disclosures released on Wednesday show what the candidates and various big-money groups supporting them have been up to and where they stood entering the 2024 election year. From former President Donald Trump's eye-popping legal spending to Vivek Ramaswamy pouring millions of dollars of his own money into his campaign just weeks before he ended his campaign, here are six key takeaways from the latest financial filings. Juggling 91 felony charges across four criminal indictments an
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Nikki Haley argues she won't have to win in South Carolina to still claim a victory
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley insisted on Thursday that she won't actually have to win in her home state in order to achieve victory there -- after two huge losses in the first two states to vote in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Speaking with reporters after a campaign event in South Carolina, Haley was asked what winning looks like for her in the state's Republican primary on Feb. 24.
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A lawsuit seeks to block Louisiana's new congressional map that has 2nd mostly Black district
The Louisiana Legislature's redrawn congressional map giving the state a second mostly Black district is being challenged by 12 self-described “non-African American” voters in a new lawsuit. The challenge filed Wednesday and assigned to a judge in Lafayette says the map, which Republican lawmakers agreed to as a result of a 2022 federal lawsuit filed in Baton Rouge, is the result of “textbook racial gerrymandering.” At least one person, state Sen. Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat from Baton Rouge
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Trump PACs spent nearly $50 million on legal bills in 2023
Trump's PACs spent $50 million in donor money on attorneys, legal consulting and investigation-related fees across 2023, his latest campaign finance filings say.
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The failed political operation to make DeSantis the GOP presidential nominee cost $168 million
The failed campaign and expansive political operation aiming to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the Republican nominee for the White House cost $168 million, according to filings reported to the Federal Election Commission late Wednesday. DeSantis relied on support from outside groups more than any other major candidate since a U.S. Supreme Court 2010 ruling paved the way for super PACs.
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Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection
The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection. The decision upholds the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify the senators from the ballot under a voter-approved measure aimed at stopping such boycotts. Measure 113, passed by voters in 2022, amended the state constitution to bar lawmakers from reelection if they have more than
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Trump spent more than $50M of his PAC and super PAC money on legal bills in 2023
Amid mounting court battles, former President Donald Trump's legal fees cost his political fundraising committees more than $50 million in 2023, leaving his leadership PAC that once boasted a $100 million war chest with just $5.1 million in the bank entering 2024, according to his latest campaign disclosures. Trump is appealing both the jury verdict of defamation and the subsequent penalties imposed by a second jury. In a separate case, a New York Judge is also weighing whether to fine Trump a
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Yahoo News/YouGov poll: 51% of voters say convicting Trump of a ‘serious crime’ would be a ‘fair outcome’
But a large number of Republican and Republican-leaning voters already think the opposite.
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Republican lawsuits challenge mail ballot deadlines. Could they upend voting across the country?
Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two states in a legal maneuver that could have widespread implications for mail voting before the presidential election in November. A lawsuit filed last week in Mississippi follows a similar one last year in North Dakota, both brought in heavily Republican states before conservative federal courts. Democratic and voting rights groups are concerned about the potential impact beyond those two states if a judge rules that dea
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Republican says US House to vote on reversing Biden's LNG exports pause-Bloomberg
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next month on a measure to overturn the Biden administration's moratorium on approvals of new liquefied natural gas exports, Bloomberg reported, citing a Republican lawmaker. The measure will be voted on the week after next, the report said, citing Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, announced the permitting pause on Friday to allow time for his administration t
