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03.11.2024The Day of Final Swings and SNL Controversy

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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 03.11.2024.

It displays 186 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.

03.11.2024The Day of Final Swings and SNL Controversy
Vice President Harris and former President Trump made their final campaign pushes in key swing states. Harris's surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live sparked controversy, with an FCC commissioner claiming it violated the Equal Time rule. New polls showed a tight race, with Harris leading in some battleground states. Trump continued to lay groundwork for disputing election results, stating he "shouldn't have left" the White House after the 2020 election. His comments about reporters being shot drew criticism. Both campaigns focused on energizing their bases and swaying undecided voters. Election security concerns persisted, with officials preparing for potential challenges. The tight race and potential for delayed results in states like Pennsylvania heightened tensions. As evening approached, both candidates held rallies in crucial states, delivering their closing arguments to voters.
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Former President Trump argued that Republicans winning the popular vote is “tough” because of Democratic strength in certain strongholds ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. Trump said at a rally in Virginia that votes need to turn out on Tuesday because he wants to win “everything,” including the popular vote. But he said states like...
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Vice President Harris has taken a 3-point lead over her opponent, former President Trump, in red-leaning Iowa, according to a new poll released on Saturday. The new Des Moines Register/Mediacom survey found Harris outpacing Trump by 3 points, 47 percent to 44 percent, among Iowa’s likely voters, jumping ahead of the former president who won...
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00:51The Final Swing: Harris Leads Iowa, Trump Rallies on Trans Athletes

The newspapers report on the final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Trump and Harris are making last-minute stops in battleground states (CNN, NPR, AP News). A new poll shows Harris leading Trump in Iowa (The Hill, Newsweek). Trump's rally in Virginia focused on transgender athletes in women's sports (Breitbart, Fox News). Harris is set to appear on Saturday Night Live (AP News, USA Today). Election security concerns persist, with reports of a Trump supporter being assaulted for wearing campaign attire (The Blaze).
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Vice President Harris is set to make a surprise appearance on an episode of “Saturday Night Live” with just three days to go before Election Day, the Associated Press (AP) reported, citing three people familiar with the Democratic nominee’s plans.  Harris was in Charlotte, N.C., and Georgia earlier on Saturday, and was slated to head...
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Yahoo! News

What to know about Pa.'s election laws — and why certification may take awhile

The state doesn't have early voting, instead offering on-demand mail voting. It also doesn't process its mail ballots early.
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Yahoo! News

Why Pennsylvania's unusual voting laws make it ripe for rigged election claims

The state doesn't have early voting, instead offering on-demand mail voting. It also doesn't process its mail ballots early.
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Yahoo! News

Why the counting and ballot-challenge laws in Pa. make it an Election Day focal point

The state doesn't have early voting, instead offering on-demand mail voting. It also doesn't process its mail ballots early.
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03:15Harris' SNL Surprise and Iowa Shock

The newspapers report on the final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Vice President Harris and former President Trump are making last-minute stops in battleground states (CNN, Fox News, NY Post). A new poll shows Harris leading Trump in Iowa (NY Post, Newsweek). Harris is set to make a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live (AP News, The Hill, USA Today). Pennsylvania's voting process is under scrutiny due to its ballot-counting laws (Yahoo). Internationally, Lebanon's former central banker Riad Salameh awaits his fate after being arrested on graft charges (Wall Street Journal).
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Former President Trump is ahead of Vice President Harris by 10 points in Iowa, according to a new poll released on Saturday.  The new survey, from Emerson College Polling/RealClearDefense, found the Republican nominee leading by 10 points, 53 percent to 43 percent, among Iowa’s likely voters with just three days to go before Election Day....
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Former President Trump wrapped up the last Saturday before Election Day by campaigning in North Carolina, praising the state’s voters for voting early and urging those who had not voted to cast their ballots on Tuesday.  “I hope to hell you get you’re going to get your a---es out and vote,” Trump told a crowd...
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04:43Harris' SNL Cameo Amid Final Campaign Push

The newspapers report on the final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live (NY Post, Newsweek, AP News), while former President Trump campaigned in North Carolina and Virginia (The Hill, CBS). Both candidates are making last-minute stops in battleground states (CNN). Pennsylvania's unique voting laws are under scrutiny for potential election rigging claims (Yahoo). Internationally, China faces a dilemma as North Korean troops deploy to Russia for the Ukraine war (Wall Street Journal).
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Vice President Harris made her debut on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) less than three days before Election Day. Harris made her appearance during the cold open alongside her impressionist, comedian Maya Rudolph, who was dressed in an identical outfit.  “I wish I could talk to someone who's been in my shoes, you know, a black...
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Former President Donald Trump is poised to secure a significant electoral victory, potentially “sweeping battleground states,” according to Rasmussen’s head pollster, who sees the current race favoring Trump in the national popular vote, suggesting a larger “political realignment” is underway, and foreseeing an outcome that could echo — or even exceed — Ronald Reagan’s historic landslide win over Jimmy Carter in 1980.
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06:27Harris' SNL Cameo Sparks Campaign Controversy

The newspapers report on Vice President Kamala Harris's surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) just days before the election (Breitbart, CNN, NY Post, The Hill, USA Today). Harris made a cameo alongside comedian Maya Rudolph, who impersonates her on the show (The Hill, USA Today). The Trump campaign criticized Harris for "cosplaying with elitist friends" instead of campaigning in Michigan (Breitbart, NY Post). Both Harris and Trump continue to make stops in battleground states (CNN, CBS). Meanwhile, Pennsylvania's ballot-counting laws are under scrutiny (Yahoo).
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CNN

How the US election night will unfold hour by hour

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CNN

Trump is laying the groundwork to dispute election if he loses

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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) is hoping to outrun former President Trump in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, which has been trending blue and is set to play a key role in the contentious presidential race. Bacon, who has represented the recently-redrawn district encompassing Omaha for nearly a decade in Congress, is running against state Sen. Tony Vargas,...
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Texas Republicans are making a preemptive push to paint the 2024 election as illegitimate and rife with fraud, a move that comes as Sen. Ted Cruz (R) fights for his political life. That rhetorical and legal campaign — which has seen longtime GOP claims of illegal voting by Democrats blossom into allegations of a massive...
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Yahoo! News

With the 2024 race so tight, here's a reminder how close the margins were in 2020

In the last presidential election, 386,769 votes in the 7 swing-states out of 158 million cast nationwide led to Biden's victory over Trump.
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12:29The Last-Minute Swing State Shuffle

The newspapers report on the final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Vice President Harris and former President Trump are making last-minute stops in swing states (CBS, CNN, NYTimes). New polls show a tight race, with Harris improving in Pennsylvania and leading in Iowa (NYTimes, USA Today). Trump's campaign criticizes Harris's SNL appearance (Fox News), while concerns about election integrity persist (CNN, The Hill). Weather forecasts for Election Day are being closely watched (Boston Globe). The impact of daylight saving time ending is also noted (NBC News).
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Vice President Harris and former President Trump hold leads in different important swing states, according to new polling. The polling from The New York Times/Siena College and The New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College, released Sunday, found Harris garnered 49 percent support from likely voters to Trump’s 46 percent support in Nevada; 48 percent support from...
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Yahoo! News

It might take days to know who won the election — and that doesn't mean fraud

Even in states that have tried to speed up counting, there are several factors that could have Americans again waiting.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s call for “at least” $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending is drawing skepticism from experts as the billionaire tech magnate cements himself as one of former President Trump’s most prominent backers. “How much do you think we can rip out of this wasted, $6.5 trillion Harris-Biden budget?” Howard Lutnick, Wall...
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14:35Trump's Pre-Emptive Election Challenge

The newspapers report on the final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Trump is allegedly preparing to dispute the election results if he loses (CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo). Harris's SNL appearance is under scrutiny for potential FCC violations (Fox News, NY Post). A Georgia judge dismissed a GOP effort to halt weekend absentee ballot drop-offs (The Epoch Times). Amid the campaign, 58,000 children were vaccinated against polio in north Gaza (Washington Post). Elon Musk's call for $2 trillion in spending cuts is drawing skepticism (The Hill).
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Sunday mocked former President Trump’s recent claims surrounding the validity of election results. “It's the same s— that he played in ‘20, and that didn't go anywhere,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.” Trump has recently been sowing doubt when it comes to election results in...
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Yahoo! News

Harris campaigns in Michigan, Trump hits eastern swing states in final push

Opinion polls show the candidates neck and neck in the seven states that are likely to determine the outcome on Tuesday.
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Yahoo! News

Final Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Trump and Harris deadlocked at 47%

The race between the two has only gotten closer as the clock ticks down to Election Day.
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CNN anchor Dana Bash and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) went back and forth on Sunday over claims by former President Trump about election validity. “Will you urge the former president not to prematurely declare victory again and allow the process to play out so the American people can trust the final legitimate outcome?” Bash asked...
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Yahoo! News

Harris and Trump in a dead heat, final Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds

The race between the two has only gotten closer as the clock ticks down to Election Day.
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16:11Harris's SNL Cameo Sparks Equal Time Rule Debate

The newspapers report on the final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Vice President Harris's appearance on Saturday Night Live is under scrutiny for potential FCC "Equal Time" rule violations (Breitbart, NY Post, Fox News). Both Harris and Trump are making last-minute campaign stops in swing states (The Epoch Times, CNN). New polls show a tight race between the two candidates (Yahoo, USA Today). Some sources discuss Trump's potential strategies to dispute the election results if he loses (CNN, NPR). The ongoing conflict in Gaza continues to be a significant issue (Washington Post, NPR).
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Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Ken Martin on Sunday projected confidence going into Election Day on Tuesday, saying Democrats have long prepared for a close race. “I am really confident, in the end, not only with the early vote returns that we've seen, but also with the ground game that we have, that we'll be...
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) strongly pushed back on the suggestion that Democrats would respond to a hypothetical Harris-Walz defeat on Tuesday similarly to the way former President Trump's supporters fought back in 2020. "I mean, are you kidding? January 6 is in our rearview mirror," Murphy said in an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill Sunday"...
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said he would be "completely shocked" if Vice President Harris won Iowa on Tuesday, despite a dramatic new poll showing her leapfrogging former President Trump just days before the election. A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom survey released on Saturday found Harris three points ahead of Trump, 47 percent to 44...
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Yahoo! News

Election Day angst: 6 key things that could go wrong

The extraordinary closeness of the latest polling means that determining the next president could be as chaotic and confusing in 2024 as it was four years ago.
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Trump is laying groundwork to dispute election if he loses

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House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) touted former President Trump's support among women despite the apparent gender gap in polls against his Democratic rival, Vice President Harris. “I think it's important for viewers to know that President Trump is doing better among women than Kamala Harris is doing among men. There is a significant...
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On Nov. 3, 1979, Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis ambushed and killed five leftist demonstrators at an anti-racist rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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18:03Trump's Pre-Emptive Election Challenge

The newspapers report on the final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Trump is laying groundwork to dispute the election if he loses (CNN, Yahoo), while his supporters express fears of election fraud (USA Today). Harris leads Trump in the final Iowa poll, with abortion rights playing a significant role (Common Dreams). The controversy over Harris's SNL appearance continues, with an FCC commissioner claiming it violates the Equal Time rule (One America News Network, The Blaze). The closeness of the race and potential for post-election chaos is highlighted (Yahoo, AP News).
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Donald Trump’s presidency was bad news for the Kurdish movement, as Washington abandoned Rojava and gave NATO ally Turkey a free hand in the region. But Joe Biden continued to allow Turkish impunity — and Kurds fear Kamala Harris will do the same.
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Former President Trump is rallying voters in battleground North Carolina Sunday after, just a day after early voting ended in the state. During his visit, Trump is expected to make a final pitch against Vice President Harris, targeting his Democratic rival on the economy and immigration, per the campaign. The former president also held two...
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As climate disasters intensify, conservative politicians are systematically undermining the agencies meant to protect us — slashing budgets, firing experts, blocking climate data from informing policy, and weakening enforcement against corporate polluters.
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Yahoo! News

How Harris, Trump and their running mates are spending final days of campaign

The candidates and their running mates are making final stops, from Michigan to North Carolina, hoping to sway undecided voters.
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CNN

Trump says he 'shouldn't have left' White House after 2020 election

2024 NFL Week 9: The best of Sunday’s games and the standout storylines
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Yahoo! News

Down to the wire: How Harris, Trump are spending last days of campaign

The candidates and their running mates are making final stops, from Michigan to North Carolina, hoping to sway undecided voters.
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19:31The Final Campaign Day Frenzy

The newspapers report on the final day of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Both Harris and Trump are making last-minute stops in key states (Yahoo, AP News, The Atlantic). Trump's controversial comments about reporters being shot and his claim that he "shouldn't have left" the White House after the 2020 election are drawing attention (Boston Globe, CNN). Harris's church visit contrasts with Trump's rhetoric (AP News). The race remains close, with polls showing a tight contest (Breitbart, Fox News). Trump criticizes Fox News for airing "Democrat ads" (The Hill).
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Former President Trump on Sunday took aim at Fox News for airing what the GOP presidential nominee sees as too much coverage devoted to the Democrats, just a few days before the election. “FoxNews keeps putting on Democrat ads, as part of their news program. Their soundbites are almost all of Harris and her Democrat...
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Vice President Harris leads former President Trump by three points in a new national poll of likely voters conducted by ABC News and Ipsos. The poll, conducted on Oct. 29-Nov. 1, shows likely voters backing Harris over Trump, 49 percent to 46 percent, in the final poll before Election Day on Tuesday. The results are...
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Yahoo! News

No matter who wins the 2024 presidential race, history will be made

A presidential historian says the unique nature of the contest is due to more than just Donald Trump and Kamala Harris's backgrounds.
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Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) said on Sunday that races are "always tight in Nevada” in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “You met- you mentioned your victory in 2022, that was just by 8,000 votes. So this- this could be a tight one as well, this time around. The Trump campaign...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he hopes whoever is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel’s (R-Ky.) replacement is someone who will change “how the Senate operates.” “I want to see a majority leader who changes how the Senate operates, who democratizes it more,” Cruz said Sunday on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” Cruz, who was critical...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he hopes whoever replaces Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) atop the Senate GOP is someone who will change “how the Senate operates.” “I want to see a majority leader who changes how the Senate operates, who democratizes it more,” Cruz said Sunday on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” Cruz,...
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21:23Trump's Final Day Firestorm

The newspapers report on the final day before the 2024 US presidential election. Trump's controversial statements about reporters being shot and his claim that he "shouldn't have left" the White House after 2020 are drawing attention (Boston Globe, AP News, HuffPost). Both Harris and Trump are making last-minute campaign stops in key states (Breitbart, NPR). The race remains tight, with polls showing a close contest (Breitbart, Yahoo). Meanwhile, the ongoing conflict in Gaza continues to be reported, with at least 50 children killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia (Common Dreams).
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Wall Street CEOs are courting both the Trump and Harris campaigns. If their effort succeeds, a new rule that makes it easier for customers to change banks will almost certainly be on the chopping block.
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The presidential race is tight, and neither candidate has a clear lead. But in the final weekend before Election Day, both Vice President Harris and former President Trump are ready to declare victory. Both campaigns say they have laid the groundwork to win. Both think they have the correct rationale for why they should win. The...
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Yahoo! News

Forget swing states. The election may come down to these 8 counties.

Polls suggest the race between Trump and Harris is so close that the winner might be decided by a handful of counties.
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CNN

Trump and Harris deliver starkly different closing messages

IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in landmark move
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Former President Trump said Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House in 2021. Speaking at a rally in Litliz, Pa., the former president confirmed Democrats’ concerns about him not wanting to give up power after he lost the presidential election in 2020. "I shouldn't have left, I mean, honestly," Trump said. "We did...
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Former President Trump is in Georgia Sunday evening, offering his closing remarks to voters in the critical swing state. In his remarks, the former president will outline his economic agenda and hit the Biden-Harris administration over high food and home prices, inflation and what they call lapses in border security, according to the campaign. Trump...
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Vice President Harris is in battleground Michigan on Sunday, offering closing arguments to voters ahead of Election Day. Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., will serve as the venue for Harris's final campaign stop in the critical swing state. The vice president has spent a significant portion of time in the state since launching...
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Former President Clinton defended former President George W. Bush for not playing a more active role in the 2024 presidential campaign and making clearer whom he supports as candidate for president. “First of all, he’s spoken up, I think, more than he’s gotten credit for, and he takes every opportunity that I’ve seen to talk...
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23:32The Final Countdown: America's Nail-Biting Election Eve

The newspapers report on the intense final days of the 2024 US presidential campaign. Polls show a deadlocked race between Trump and Harris (Fox News, NY Post, Yahoo), with both candidates making final appeals to voters (CNN, The Epoch Times). Early voting turnout is high, with nearly 75 million ballots already cast (NYTimes). Some sources highlight potential delays in vote counting in key states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (USA Today). The campaign's impact on financial regulations is also discussed (Jacobin).
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Republicans are taking aim at Democratic strongholds in Georgia that opened locations this weekend for voters to return their absentee ballots in person. The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a new lawsuit Sunday after a state judge one day prior rejected allegations that deep-blue Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, was violating Georgia’s election law over...
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Former President Trump expressed tentative support for former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to remove fluoride from water. “Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me,” Trump told NBC News on Sunday. “You know, it’s possible.” Kennedy, who ran for president but suspended his bid...
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