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There are conversations and thoughts about the moment
Nicole Sidman, who is running for US’ North Carolina Governor’s Mansion, said she ran for the office to “make North Carolina ground zero in 2024”. “When you add issues like reproductive freedom, when you add the biggest Governor’s race in the country, those things, I think, come together to make North Carolina ground zero in…
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Trump is on the Colorado ballot after the Supreme Court restored him
The US Supreme Court ruled that US President Donald Trump cannot be removed from the presidential election ballot as he had engaged in “incitement to insurrection”. However, the court said that the federal enforcement of Section 3 is in no way at issue. Trump had asked the Supreme Court to intervene, setting out more than…
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Harris is against a Gaza cease-fire and he wants Israel to ease aid delivery
US Vice President Kamala Harris said that the US has no regard for innocent life in Israel or in Gaza, during a meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. Harris also assailed what she called “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and urged Israel to allow for the increase of aid into the besieged enclave. Israel and…
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Harris supports a cease-fire in Gaza and France is in favor of abortion rights
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that he had made a commitment to make women’s “freedom to have an abortion irreversible by inscribing it in the constitution”. This comes after the French Parliament approved a bill allowing abortion in cases of rape, incest and when the woman’s life is in danger. The legislation will…
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Harris wants an immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza
US Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Israeli War Cabinet Member Benny Gantz at the White House on Monday, as the US looks to secure temporary cease-fire deal to bring in more humanitarian aid into Gaza and for hostages to be released. Harris added that Israel needs to do more to increase aid flow…
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Harris calls for a cease-fire in Gaza
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday met Israel’s Chief of the General Staff Benny Gantz at the White House amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. “I’m here to express my support for Israel’s right to defend itself against the threat from Hamas,” Harris said. Harris also urged Israel to let…
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The Florida legislature stopped the bill to protect unborn child
Democrats in Alabama’s Senate tried to amend the bill to states that a human embryo outside a uterus can’t be considered an unborn child or human being under state law. The Republicans blocked the amendment from coming up for a vote. This comes after the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos should be considered…
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Many in the state of Michigan do not know how to vote in the general election
US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign has said that 81 million people have voted for Biden. “The message has been received,” it added. However, many people in Michigan, the state with the highest number of voters, said that they don’t know how, or if, they’ll vote in the General Election. “It’s going to be…
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The abortion issue is already playing out on the campaign trail
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday denied a bid by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to block a proposal in the House of Representatives to bar federal aid to abortion clinics. The ruling comes after US Supreme Court overturned the state law that had banned most abortions in Alabama. This comes…
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There is a senator who has a plan to protect IVF access
A Republican US Senate candidate said in a recent interview that if elected, she’d vote against an abortion ban in Arizona.kari lake said on tape, “It will prohibit abortion in Arizona, except to save the life of a mother.” This comes after Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a state law banning abortion would not be…
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The goal was achieved, but the push to vote “uncommit” to Biden exceeded it
Thousands of people have participated in the ‘Listen to Michigan’ campaign which is trying to get 10,000 uncommitted votes so that former US President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. In 2012, over 20,000 people in the state had opted to vote uncommitted for President Donald Trump. Biden won Michigan in 2020 by more…
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Why Egypt won’t let vulnerable Palestinians cross its border
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his country will carry out an “operation in Rafah” with or without a ceasefire. This comes after Israel announced a “Day After Hamas” plan to end the war in Gaza that has killed over 29,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Egypt is mediating between Israel and…
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Zelenskyy says that over 30,000 Ukrainian troops have died in the war
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that over 30,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the country’s war with Russia. “If Russia continues with its war againstUkraine, it could be decisive in twenty four years,” Zelenskyy added. The conflict began when Russia invaded Ukraine following the ouster of a US-backed Ukrainian president in a military coup…
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Voting takes place in the G.O.P. Primary in South Carolina
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has said that presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments on African-Americans at an event “disgusting” are the latest example of a “huge warning sign” if he is the Republican nominee. Haley, speaking to reporters after casting her vote in the South Carolina primary Saturday, added that the comments are the latest…
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South Carolina voters are going to the polls for the G.O.P primary
Ex-South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has lost the state’s Republican presidential primary to Donald Trump, with 60% of votes counted. Haley’s campaign said that they are confident of victory. “I know that South Carolina will send a strong message to the world that our country is open for business,” Haley said. Trump has won all…
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The South Carolina Republican presidential primary ends today
South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore said that the party there is “a lot different party than when Nikki Haley was Governor”. He added that the party there is “a much different party than when Nikki Haley was governor”. Moore further said that the GOP there is “a much different party than when Nikki…
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Haley and Trump are scheduled to meet in South Carolina
South Carolina voters started casting their votes for the state’s Republican presidential primary on Saturday. The primary is locally run at the sheriff’s level and ultimately certified by South Carolina’s State Election Commission. Nikki Haley, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, is leading the polls ahead of the vote in her home state.
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Joe Manchin doesn’t think Biden is a good fit for the job and he isn’t sold on Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she doesn’t like that Donald Trump is going to be US President. “People don’t like when he says crazy things like he’d rather take Putin’s side over our allies, and they don’t like that at all,” she further said. “I think we need to have a new generational leader…
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How will Trump pay his millions of dollars in legal fines?
Former US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he’ll appeal against a court’s decision to order him to pay $355 million to New York Attorney General Letitia James, who sued him for fraud. Trump claimed James has been “attacked by political hacks in New York State” and added, “We have a totally corrupt attorney…
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Over 400 people are in Russia in mourning the death of Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was “murdered” and the authorities have been “deliberately stalling” the release of his body, Navalny’s team said on Saturday. Navalny died at a penal colony in Kharp city on Friday, following which his family demanded that his body be handed over to them immediately. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Navalny’s…
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Prabowo Subianto is an ex-general who ran for president in Indonesia
Indonesia’s Defence Minister and ex-general Prabowo Subianto, who had been barred from entering US for alleged human rights abuses, has claimed victory in the country’s presidential election. Subianto was barred from entering US in 2020 on the same grounds. “Indonesians forgive Prabowo’s sins in their own way,” said an activist who survived abduction, interrogation and…
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There are conversations and insights about the moment
The US Supreme Court has said it will decide ex-President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal prosecution for rest of his days in office even if he leaves office, quickly. The court said this in a unanimous opinion. Trump’s lawyers want the trial to be delayed indefinitely at the federal courthouse in Washington DC.
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The Democrats flip the seat of George Santos when the House votes to impeach him
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is the first member of US President Donald Trump’s cabinet to be removed from his post. “This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for HouseRepublicans,” US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office said. The impeachment measure will now go to the…
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The Democrats have flipped a House seat in New York
The US House of Representatives has gone into recess after a special election was held on Tuesday to replace former Representative Ed Markey. Democrats retained control of the state House in Pennsylvania, holding onto a seat in the Philadelphia suburbs, where the winning candidate campaigned, in part, on abortion rights. The election took place to…
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We asked if Biden and the Democrats worked for Black people
Speaking ahead of South Carolina’s primary, US Vice President Joe Biden said, “It’s our vote…you should come with things that are going to impact…change our lives.” He added, “Having the Vice President come from an HBCU herself, she knows the stories…we go through.” Biden further said that the current and former governors of South Carolina…