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Trump seeks to appeal decision not to disqualify district attorney from Georgia election case
FILE – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A progressive Democrat and a Republican who briefly worked in Donald Trump’s administration entered the Fulton County district attorney’s race Friday, March 8, 2024, as the current officeholder, Willis, awaits a judge’s decision on whether…
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Trump floats ‘cutting’ retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump opened the door Monday to “cutting” spending under Social Security and Medicare, drawing swift pushback from President Joe Biden and elevating a key policy battle in the 2024 election. Phoning into CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Trump was pressed on how he plans to resolve the long-term solvency problems of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “So…
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DeSantis names Disney World admin to run elections in Democratic Orange County
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new job for the man who has led Walt Disney World’s government since his allies took it over — elections supervisor in Orange County, long one of Florida’s most reliable sources of Democratic votes. Glen Gilzean was appointed Monday by the Republican governor to oversee the voting in Florida’s fifth largest…
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Where the 2024 GOP candidate field stands
We put the presidential hopefuls into categories based roughly on their chances to get the GOP nomination. Source link
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Who is Yulia Navalnaya, Putin’s new enemy? – POLITICO
“My main task is for our family to stay the same, despite everything,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. Behind the scenes, however, those who knew the couple well said Navalnaya not only shared her husband’s views, but also helped shape them. Telepathic connection “At every stage of Alexei’s career, Yulia has always been by his side,” Anna Veduta, employee of the…
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Germany’s Scholz fires back at Trump – POLITICO
Trump triggered uproar across Europe after telling a crowd during a weekend campaign stop in South Carolina that he would “encourage” Russia to invade NATO allies who are “delinquent,” saying: “You gotta pay. You gotta pay your bills.” Tusk, who arrived in Berlin to meet Scholz after seeing French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris earlier in the day, said that “regardless” of…
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King Charles III has cancer – POLITICO
The palace statement said Charles was “grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention,” and insisted the king “looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.” A source close to Charles’ younger son Harry, who lives in California, told the BBC the prince had spoken to his father and will be flying back to the…
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French farmers plan ‘siege’ of Paris despite government concessions – POLITICO
The French government rushed to appease the country’s farmers on Sunday in a last-ditch bid to prevent a major blockade of the French capital this week. But agriculture union leaders showed no signs of backing down from their ongoing protests over a range of grievances related to taxes, regulations and prices. Freshly minted French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal spent Sunday…
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Diversity-based hiring is antisemitic – POLITICO
KRAKÓW, Poland — Elon Musk has upped his war on woke by saying that diverse hiring policies are “fundamentally antisemitic” and discriminatory, shortly after a private visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp. The controversial tech billionaire was speaking at a European Jewish Association (EJA) conference in the Polish city of Kraków, amid rising criticism that his social media platform — X, formerly…
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Trump’s ghost stalks Davos – POLITICO
DAVOS, Switzerland — World leaders gathered together in the Swiss Alps this week are nervous that Donald Trump will be even more anti-global if he returns as United States president. And they have good reason to be wary. If polls prove correct, the front-runner for the Republican nomination is set to be crowned winner of the Iowa caucus — the first…
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