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The RNC is rebuilding its legal operation after Trump allies’ failed effort to undo the 2020 race
The last time Donald Trump ran for president, the lawyers most directly involved in his efforts to overturn the election wound up sanctioned, criminally prosecuted or even sued for millions of dollars.
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Donald Trump tells supporters to ‘just vote’ at lively Georgia rally organized by Charlie Kirk
Donald Trump pushed supporters at a rollicking rally Wednesday in Georgia to vote for him — with an early ballot or in-person on Election Day — in a state that will be crucial in the presidential election.
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Harris says Trump ‘is a fascist’ after John Kelly says he wanted generals like Hitler’s
Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that she believes that Donald Trump "is a fascist" after his longest-serving chief of staff said the former president praised Adolf Hitler while in office and put personal loyalty above the Constitution.
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Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories
Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting.
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Trump can tap the brakes on the EV revolution, but not stop it
Tim Echols is a bona fide a conservative. The Georgia public service commissioner is an ordained evangelical minister, is solidly against abortion and founded a nonprofit to help teens understand the political process and "defend their Christian faith."
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Trump targets hardcore partisans, Harris goes after moderates: Inside the campaign’s final sprint
In battleground Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris warned that democracy and reproductive rights were at stake as she campaigned alongside a former Republican congresswoman.
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Trump hurls a string of insults at Harris including ‘lazy,’ a racist trope against Black people
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her "lazy" — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina.
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Rapper Eminem and Obama rally voters for Kamala Harris in Detroit
Detroit rapper Eminem stepped into the political arena Tuesday in his hometown, where he spoke briefly at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris ' presidential campaign before welcoming former President Barack Obama to the stage.
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Russia and Iran may fuel violent post-election protests in the US, intelligence officials warn
Russia and Iran may try to encourage violent protests in the U.S. after next month's election, senior intelligence officials warned Tuesday in a declassified memo, citing two recent examples of foreign intelligence agencies seeking to sow discord ahead of the vote.
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Border arrests fall in September in last monthly gauge before US elections
Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico fell 7% in September to a more than four-year low, authorities said Tuesday. It was likely the last monthly gauge during a presidential campaign in which Republican nominee Donald Trump has made immigration a signature issue.
