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Month: December 2023

Trump tells supporters, ‘Guard the vote.’ Here’s the phrase’s backstory and why it’s raising concern

By ALI SWENSON and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is urging supporters to “guard the vote” during next year’s election, a phrase that has set off alarm bells among pro-democracy advocates who say it signals permission to take extreme measures that could intimidate voters and threaten election workers. The phrase is

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Officer files retaliation claim against LAPD after she accused an assistant chief of stalking

By MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — An officer is suing the Los Angeles Police Department for retaliation and discrimination after an assistant chief allegedly stalked her. She claims that her complaint was leaked out of Internal Affairs resulting in more harassment. In it, she claimed that Assistant

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Guyana’s president says country is preparing to defend itself from Venezuela over disputed area

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Guyana’s president tells The Associated Press his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana’s vast Essequibo region that it considers its own. When asked if

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Conservative think tank laying groundwork for a second Trump term raised millions from a single anonymous donor

By Casey Tolan and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — A nonprofit that employs numerous Trump administration officials and is laying the groundwork for the former president’s potential second term raised more than $23 million last year – nearly a third of which came from a single anonymous donor, previously unreported tax documents show. The documents

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