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Month: July 2024

Homeland Security secretary names independent panel to review Trump assassination attempt

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Officials said Sunday that the panel members will have extensive law enforcement and security experience to conduct a review of the planning for and actions taken by the Secret

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Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against Fox News over ‘mock trial’ miniseries

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden on Sunday abruptly dropped a lawsuit he filed last month against Fox News over the network’s fictionalized miniseries that he alleged included sexually explicit images of him without consent. Biden dropped the lawsuit just hours after his father, President Joe Biden, announced his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, though it’s not clear if the timing is related. The

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Biden’s withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges

Associated Press Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western leaders are grappling with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a more assertive China in Asia and the rise of the far right in Europe. During a five-decade career in politics, Biden developed extensive personal

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‘This is transformative’: Early elation expressed by some Democratic donors at Harris’ potential ascension

By Fredreka Schouten, Pamela Brown and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — Alan Kessler, a Philadelphia lawyer and longtime Democratic fundraiser, said the texts and emails began soon after news broke Sunday that President Joe Biden had withdrawn from the 2024 race and called for Vice President Kamala Harris to become his successor. One, in particular,

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Kamala Harris is now in a bright spotlight as she fights to secure the Democratic presidential nod

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is being thrust into the most scrutinizing of spotlights, suddenly the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and her party’s main hope of defeating Republican Donald Trump. She spoke multiple times with Biden on Sunday, according to people familiar

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Mayorkas names bipartisan panel to lead independent review of Trump assassination attempt

By Priscilla Alvarez, Evan Perez and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, under pressure from the White House and Congress, unveiled Sunday the experts who will be conducting an independent review of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, tapping former senior Homeland Security officials who served under multiple administrations, as well

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Trump’s campaign quickly pivots to Harris after Biden announces decision to leave the race

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign has spent the last year-and-a-half viciously attacking Joe Biden, ridiculing his policies, mocking his fumbles and relishing a rematch they felt they were winning. But they have also spent weeks preparing for the possibility that Biden might exit the race, readying a bevy of attacks against

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¿Qué pasará con los casi US$ 96 millones en efectivo recolectados por la campaña de Biden?

Paulina Nares (CNN) — La campaña Biden-Harris modificó formalmente este domingo los documentos presentados ante la Comisión Federal Electoral para cambiar el nombre de su comité principal y declarar a Kamala Harris candidata demócrata a la presidencia. Según el Centro Legal de Campañas, en caso de que Harris se mantenga en la candidatura para las elecciones

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