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Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon

Updated 5:57 PM EDT, Tue September 24, 2024 CNN — Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside of Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course for hours on end, armed with a rifle that he pointed through a chain-link fence with a clear shot to the next hole where the former president was headed on September 15. Routh, allegedly “stalked” Trump in Florida for more than a month, pr ...

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Chutkan rebuffs Trump effort to upend Jan. 6 case schedule

09/24/24 3:11 PM ET Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday rebuffed a request from former President Trump asking her to upend previously set deadlines and bar a lengthy filing from special counsel Jack Smith. The order from Chutkan comes after Trump lodged multiple complaints about a decision made shortly after a Sept. 5 hearing that allowed Smith’s team to first file their brief laying out how to proceed in the case in the wake of a decision from the Supreme Court granting former presidents broad im ...

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Brett Favre tells Congress he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's, a stunning disclosure made to Congress on Tuesday while testifying about his potential misuse of taxpayer money. Favre, appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, has been accused of improperly using political connections to redirect public money to his alma mater and his own pocket. "Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion dr ...

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Harris plans to visit southern border during stop in Arizona on Friday

Posted 10:47 AM, Sep 24, 2024 and last updated 11:11 AM, Sep 24, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border during a campaign stop in Arizona on Friday, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to Scripps News. Immigration is one of the most important issues to voters in this election cycle and a potential vulnerability for the Democratic presidential nominee. Former President Donald Trump has placed blame on the Biden-Harris administration for increased border ...

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Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade

Updated September 24, 2024 1:13 PM ET Vice President Harris says she would support eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate in order to bring back federal protections for a woman's right to an abortion as they existed under Roe v. Wade. Harris outlined her position during an interview Monday with Wisconsin Public Radio, saying that when it comes to the issue of abortion, she believes the Senate should do away with the filibuster rule that requires a 60-vote threshold for most legislation ...

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More Than 400 Economists Endorse Kamala Harris

(CNN) “More than 400 economists and former high-ranking US policymakers are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and her vision for the American economy,” CNN reports. “The mass endorsement lands as Harris tries to erode former President Donald Trump’s lead on the economy, a critical issue that many Americans say could decide their vote this election.”

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Harris Courts Rural Trump Voters

(Political Wire) “Kamala Harris is launching a targeted effort to court Republican voters in rural Pennsylvania,” Axios reports. “It’s a sign that the Harris campaign is not only aiming to surge Democratic turnout in vote dense Philly and Pittsburgh but also trying hard to blunt former President Trump’s margins in swing or red counties across the commonwealth.”

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Majority of voters say the threat of political violence will increase if Trump is elected in November

(The Independent) More than half of registered voters say the threat of political violence will be greater if Donald Trump is elected this November, according to a new poll. While 58 percent of registered voters think the threat of political violence will be greater under Trump if he is elected, 21 percent say it will fall, a poll from CBS News released Sunday reveals. Another 21 percent say there will be no change. Just over 40 percent of registered voters say the threat of political violence will be greater if current Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, while 27 percent say it will decrease and 30 percent expect it to stay the same, according to the poll.

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Shots fired at Democratic Party campaign office in Tempe, Arizona

(BNO News) Police are investigating after shots were fired at a Democratic Party campaign office near Phoenix in Arizona, according to local officials. No one was injured and no arrests were immediately made. The incident is believed to have happened on early Monday morning when no one was working at the campaign office, which is located in the 1400 block of W Southern Avenue in Tempe. “Overnight, several shots were fired into our Tempe Democratic Party coordinated campaign office,” DNC Arizona official Sean McEnerney said. “We are grateful to Tempe Police for coming quickly to the scene and are fortunate no one was present or injured.”

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Univision To Host Town Halls With Harris, Trump As Candidates Squabble Over Debate

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Trump campaign ad in Georgia (the state), mistakenly depicts country of Georgia

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Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade

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Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon

13 hrs ago - Updated 5:57 PM EDT, Tue September 24, 2024 CNN — Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside of Donald Trump’s West Palm ... (CNN Politics)

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Brett Favre tells Congress he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's

14 hrs ago - Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's, a stunning disclosure made to Congress on Tuesday while testifying about his potential misuse of taxpayer money. Favre, appearing before the House Ways and Me ... (NBC)

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