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Trump and the federal election case against him: Key passages from prosecutors’ latest court filing
Donald Trump "laid the groundwork for his crimes" well before Election Day in 2020. He said "the details don't matter" when told his election fraud claims would fail in court.
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Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months.
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The whiskey industry is bracing for a trade war if Trump wins. It’s not alone.
When you’re in the whiskey business, you’re always making predictions about the future.
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Cybersecurity head says there’s no chance a foreign adversary can change US election results
Nearly a month out from Election Day, the head of the nation's cybersecurity agency is forcefully reassuring Americans who have been swept into the chaotic churn of election disinformation and distrust that they will be able to feel confident in the outcome.
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Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks
A trio of new trials — a devastating hurricane, expanding conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike that threatens the U.S. economy — are looming over the final weeks of the presidential campaign and could help shape the public mood as voters decide between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
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Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
Biden surveys the storm's aftermath in the Carolinas
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Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’
Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president.
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Walz misleadingly claims to have been in Hong Kong during period tied to Tiananmen Square massacre
Multiple news reports indicate that Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz misleadingly claimed he was in Hong Kong during the turbulence surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, part of a broader pattern of inaccuracies that Republicans hope to exploit.
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Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate
In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other's running mates and sought to shore up their campaigns' vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over devastation from Hurricane Helene.
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Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene
Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.
