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Month: May 2024

Lara Trump touts RNC changes and a 2024 presidential victory for Trump in North Carolina

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Lara and Eric Trump both addressed North Carolina Republicans at the state’s GOP convention to tout changes at the Republican National Committee and former President Donald Trump’s race back to the White House. The Friday address highlighted fundraising increases and staff changes at the RNC that

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US sending military aid to Ukraine to help ‘repel Russia’s assault near Kharkiv’

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States is sending $275 million in military assistance to Ukraine as part of “efforts to help Ukraine repel Russia’s assault near Kharkiv,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Friday. The top US diplomat said the new tranche of assistance “contains urgently needed capabilities” for Ukrainian troops as

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Nevada voter ID initiative can appear on 2024 ballot with enough signatures, state high court says

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America ELKO, Nev. (AP) — An initiative that would amend the Nevada Constitution to require that voters show photo identification at the polls can appear on the 2024 ballot as long as organizers collect enough signatures, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. Organizers must gather just over 100,000 valid

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Newsmax denies destroying evidence in 2020 defamation case after Smartmatic alleges ‘cover-up’

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The right-wing cable channel Newsmax denied Friday that it intentionally destroyed or concealed internal emails in an ongoing defamation case filed by voting technology company Smartmatic over the network’s airing of false claims about the 2020 election. Lawyers for Smartmatic previously claimed Newsmax “concealed over 200,000 documents” and “made

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Kennedy blasts Biden, Trump over pandemic measures in pitch at Libertarian convention

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused Joe Biden and Donald Trump of trampling on personal liberties in response to the pandemic. Kennedy spoke Friday at the Libertarian’s Party’s convention in Washington as he looks to grow his base of support among Americans disaffected with the Republican and

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Colombia’s ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been charged in a long-running witness tampering investigation. Uribe was formally charged Friday with witness tampering and bribery for his efforts to discredit a political opponent who was digging into Uribe’s family ties to right-wing paramilitary groups.

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Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate.

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Louisville police release videos of Scottie Scheffler’s arrest and discipline detective for not activating body-worn camera

By Eric Levenson, Gabe Cohen and Celina Tebor, CNN Louisville police released two videos Thursday showing some of the arrest of star golfer Scottie Scheffler last week and announced the detective who arrested him was disciplined for not turning on his body-worn camera at the time. One video from a fixed pole camera positioned across

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