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4 senior campaign officials for Mark Robinson step down in wake of CNN report

Four top operatives on Mark Robinson’s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, the campaign announced on Sunday. General consultant and senior advisor Conrad Pogorzelski III, campaign manager Chris Rodriguez, finance director Heather Whillier and deputy campaign manager Jason Rizk have stepped down from the campaign. The announcement from Robinson’s campaign comes in the aftermath of a CNN report uncovering inflammatory comments the lieutenant governor and Republican nominee f ...

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'That will be it': Trump shares decision on a presidential run in 2028

Published 2:08 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2024 | Updated 4:45 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2024 One way or the other, 2024 will be Donald Trump's last presidential campaign, he says. The former president and GOP presidential nominee said he will not run again in 2028 if he loses this November, in an interview aired Sunday on the television show Full Measure. "No, I don't," Trump told host Sharyl Attkisson, when asked if he thought a fourth campaign was in the cards. "I think that that will be, th ...

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Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

Updated 6:23 PM EDT, September 22, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election. Temporary spending bills generally fund agencies at current levels, but an additional $231 million was included to bolster the Secret Service, and add ...

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Gretchen Whitmer calls Trump 'deranged' after comments on abortion

Sun 22 Sep 2024 13.07 EDT Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, called Donald Trump “just deranged” on Sunday after he said women would no longer be thinking about abortion if he is elected as president in November. “This guy just doesn’t understand what the average woman is confronting in her life in this country, and how could he? He’s not lived a normal life,” Whitmer said in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union. Whitmer also reaffirmed her support for Kamala Harris, describing ...

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Warnock: Trump set to make Jewish voters scapegoats if he loses

09/22/2024 02:03 PM EDT Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock called Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump anti-semitic and “out of touch” following comments Trump made on Thursday where he said if he loses in November, Jewish people would have “a lot” to do with it. “It’s an old anti-semitic trope that he was using ironically at an event supposed to address the problem of anti-semitism,” Warnock said on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday. He continued, “This is an old, old ploy, an ol ...

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Liz Cheney: Conservatives may need a new party

09/21/24 5:07 PM ET Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) indicated in an interview at The Capital Times Idea Fest in Madison, Wisc., that conservatives could end up forming a new kind of conservative party, arguing that “far too much has happened that’s too damaging” in the Republican Party. “There is certainly going to be a big shift, I think, in how our politics work — I don’t know exactly what that will look like. I don’t think it will just simply be… the Republican party is going to put up a n ...

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Trump says 'too late to do another' debate after Harris accepts CNN invitation

Former President Trump said Saturday afternoon that it's "too late to do another" debate, after Vice President Harris accepted an invitation from CNN for a second debate. "She's done one debate. I've done two. It's too late to do another. I'd love to, in many ways, but it's too late. The voting is cast," Trump said during a campaign event in Wilmington, N.C. "She's had her chance to do it with Fox," Trump said. "You know, Fox invited us on, and I waited an ...

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FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by company whose cargo ship collapsed Key Bridge

Updated on: September 21, 2024 / 11:54 AM EDT Federal agents have boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI has confirmed to CBS News. In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland confirmed that authorities have boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship is managed by Synergy Marine Group. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Crim ...

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Euphoric two years ago, US anti-abortion movement is now divided and worried as election nears

Updated 8:09 AM EDT, September 21, 2024 Just two years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, thus ending the nationwide right to abortion. Now, with a presidential election fast approaching, their movement is disunited and worried. Within their own ranks, there is second-guessing and finger-pointing, plus trepidation that Election Day might provide new proof that their cause is broadly unpopular. Michael New, ...

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Harris campaign seizes on suburban women as a key part of its North Carolina strategy

Sept. 21, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT When Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins of the Democratic nomination in late July, something happened in North Carolina. Volunteers started pouring in by the thousands. Of the more than 23,500 people who stepped forward, 94% of them had never done so before, according to the campaign. In the week after President Joe Biden stepped aside, voter registration among women overall spiked and was even more pronounced among women of color, according to a tracking f ...

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DOJ says Trump voter registration lawsuit against Whitmer should be dismissed

46 min ago - Sep 22nd, 2024, 11:18 am The Department of Justice on Friday said the lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump’s campaign against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her establishing new voter registration locations should be dismissed be ... (Law & Crime)

Harris' abortion rights bus tour aims for votes the big rallies don't reach

1 hr ago - September 22, 2024 10:32 AM EDT Updated 10 hours ago ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, Sept 22 (Reuters) - An intimate crowd gathered around a blue bus and listened intently while Hadley Duvall, an abortion rights advocate and a supporter of Kamala Harris' pr ... (Reuters)

John Kirby says U.S. working to prevent 'all-out war' in Middle East amid rising tensions

1 hr ago - September 22, 2024, 1:41 PM Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said Sunday that the Biden administration is doing “everything we can to try to prevent this from becoming an al ... (ABC News)

Department Won't Provide Election Security After Sheriff's Posts About Harris Yard Signs

2 hrs ago - Sept. 22, 2024, at 2:19 p.m. RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A local Ohio elections board says the county sheriff's department will not be used for election security following a social media post by the sheriff saying people with Kamala Harris yard signs ... (US News and World Report/AP)

Warnock: Trump set to make Jewish voters scapegoats if he loses

2 hrs ago - 09/22/2024 02:03 PM EDT Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock called Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump anti-semitic and “out of touch” following comments Trump made on Thursday where he said if he loses in November, Jewish people would ha ... (Politico)

President Biden plans to sign new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence

3 hrs ago - Posted 5:00 AM, Sep 22, 2024 and last updated 10:29 AM, Sep 22, 2024 The White House will soon announce new executive actions aimed at further reducing gun violence in America, Scripps News has learned, just as the one-year mark since the formation ... (Scripps News)

Josh Stein: Robinson could not exist without Trump's support

3 hrs ago - 09/22/2024 12:03 PM EDT North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein said that Mark Robinson, the state’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, could not exist without former President Donald Trump. “Look, Robinson exists bec ... (Politico)

'That will be it': Trump shares decision on a presidential run in 2028

4 hrs ago - Published 2:08 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2024 | Updated 4:45 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2024 One way or the other, 2024 will be Donald Trump's last presidential campaign, he says. The former president and GOP presidential nominee said he will not run again in 2028 if ... (USA Today)

4 senior campaign officials for Mark Robinson step down in wake of CNN report

4 hrs ago - Four top operatives on Mark Robinson’s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, the campaign announced on Sunday. General consultant and senior advisor Conrad Pogorzelski III, campaign manager Chris Rodriguez, finance director Hea ... (CNN)

Health system to pay $65 million after hackers leaked nude patient photos

4 hrs ago - Health system to pay $65 million after hackers leaked nude patient photos The episode highlights the risk of cyberattacks and their legal aftermath for health-care organizations with especially sensitive information By Daniel Gilbert September 22, 20 ... (Washington Post)

Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

5 hrs ago - Updated 6:23 PM EDT, September 22, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when ... (AP)

Exclusive: Harris to release new economic proposals this week on US wealth creation, sources say

5 hrs ago - September 22, 2024 3:57 PM EDT Updated an hour ago WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to roll out a new set of economic policies this week that aim to help Americans build wealth and set economic incentives for bu ... (Reuters)

Democrats go on offense against false claims about Haitians: 'Racist fearmongers'

6 hrs ago - 09/22/24 2:00 PM ET House Democrats have launched an aggressive campaign to push back against the false claims from some top Republicans that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ pets. Led by members of the House ... (The Hill)

Gretchen Whitmer calls Trump 'deranged' after comments on abortion

6 hrs ago - Sun 22 Sep 2024 13.07 EDT Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, called Donald Trump “just deranged” on Sunday after he said women would no longer be thinking about abortion if he is elected as president in November. “This guy jus ... (The Guardian)

Republican Policies Are Making It Harder For Trans People To Vote -- And Do Everyday Life

7 hrs ago - Sep 22, 2024, 08:00 AM EDT Brandyn Gallagher should be on the road right now. Instead, the 36-year-old, who has spent the last five years driving an 18-wheeler, is at home in northeast Arkansas looking for a new job. Gallagher doesn’t want to gi ... (Huff Post)

Rep. Mike Kelly on Trump assassination attempts: 'We cannot accept this as Americans'

8 hrs ago - Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., the chair of the bipartisan panel investigating the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in July and the apparent one last week in Florida, called for more resources and reforms at the Secret Service during a ... (ABC News)

1,500 striking S.F. workers call on major Union Square hotels to 'do the right thing'

8 hrs ago - About 1,500 San Francisco hotel workers walked off their jobs Sunday to protest what they say are painful workloads and inadequate wages for the cost of living and health care in the Bay Area. Organized by Unite Here Local 2, the strike comes after ... (San Francisco Chronicle)

Kamala Harris Campaign Mocks Trump for Rejecting Second Debate Challenge

8 hrs ago - Published Sep 22, 2024 at 11:19 AM EDT Kamala Harris's campaign team has mocked Donald Trump after he declined to take part in a second televised presidential debate with the vice president on CNN this fall. Harris has agreed to take part in a second ... (Newsweek)

Hillary Clinton says Vance's child care comments are 'not in touch' with most Americans' lives

9 hrs ago - Updated 11:00 AM EDT, Sun September 22, 2024 CNN — Hillary Clinton has criticized Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance for suggesting that families could ease the financial burden of child care by tapping grandparents for more help, s ... (CNN Politics)

Scoop: Harris, Trump in talks with "60 Minutes"

11 hrs ago - 2 hours ago Vice President Harris and former President Trump are both considering "60 Minutes" interviews that would air back-to-back on Oct. 7 as a campaign grand finale, Axios has learned. Why it matters: With Trump ruling out a second debate with ... (Axios)