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Month: March 2024

Biden and Trump ask voters if they’re ‘better off’ than they were 4 years ago. It’s complicated

By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are posing the time-tested question “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” to their supporters. Rarely have voters’ answers to the question been so complicated. Each candidate is hoping the

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No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict, prosecutor says

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed against the Oklahoma teens involved in a high school bathroom fight with Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old whose death following the altercation was ruled a suicide, the county district attorney said Thursday. Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in

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Requiring ugly images of smoking’s harm on cigarettes won’t breach First Amendment, court says

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court says a requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking does not violate the First Amendment. The ruling Thursday from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a partial victory for federal regulators seeking to

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Opinion: What world is Jared Kushner living in?

Opinion By Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Is Jared Kushner clueless? Kushner’s newly disclosed musings last month that Gaza has a lot of “very valuable” waterfront property reminds one of Marie Antoinette’s purported observation, “Let them eat cake.” The former Trump White House senior adviser talked up the possible worth of Gaza’s waterfront real estate at an event at

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Senate rival Frank LaRose joins other GOP Ohio officeholders in endorsing Bernie Moreno

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Secretary of State Frank LaRose has joined other Ohio officeholders in backing his former rival, Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno. LaRose’s endorsement Thursday followed a bruising and expensive primary in which he repeatedly attacked Moreno as untrustworthy. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, LaRose

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