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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Trump backs Kevin McCarthy protege in California special election for former speaker's seat

    A California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump and a sheriff who promises to harden the nation’s porous borders are facing off in a special U.S. House election to complete the remaining term of deposed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. State Assembly member Vince Fong, a onetime McCarthy aide who also has his endorsement, and Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, both Republicans, are among a cluster of candidates in the solidly conservative district ho

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Russia-Ukraine war – live: Putin threatens Nato with World War 3 as nuclear risk at ‘highest point in decades’

    Vladimir Putin has made at least 11 threats of nuclear war against the West since he launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Ohio Supreme Court primary with 2 Democrats kicks off long campaign over court's partisan control

    Tuesday's Democratic primary for one of three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court will kick off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. Ohio is one of 33 states with supreme court races this year and among the few where voters have an opportunity to flip partisan control of the court. To do so, Democrats must sweep all three races in November, retaining two incumbents — Justices Michael Donnelly and Melody Stewart — and winning an open seat.

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    Man jailed over 'shocking' kick to baby in mum's arms

    A man took drugs knowing they would turn him psychotic before he assaulted several train passengers at random including kicking a baby in the head.

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House

    Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House. At a weekend rally in Ohio, his first as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee, Trump stood onstage, his hand raised in salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail fo

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  • PoliticsAssociated Press

    4 things to know from Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon

    Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk’s X social network Monday. The interview was supposed to kick off Lemon’s new talk show on X, formerly known as Twitter, at least until Musk canceled the show shortly after the interview was recorded. Over the course of slightly more than an hour, the two men jousted over subjects ranging from the political consequences of immigration and the benefits and harms of content moderation to Musk’

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    Open seat for Chicago-area prosecutor is in voters’ hands after spirited primary matchup

    An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office is in voters' hands after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former appellate judge with a large campaign war chest, versus Clayton Harris III, a professor and attorney who’s held government posts. The race is open because Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx didn't seek a third term.

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