Trump-backed candidate for Michigan AG and ex-GOP lawmaker face state charges over alleged voting machine plot after 2020 election
Two prominent Republicans in Michigan, including a Trump-backed candidate who lost his state attorney general bid, are now facing criminal charges in connection with their alleged role in a plot to access and seize voting machines across that state, according to court documents.
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DeSantis defends record on abortion following rebuke from leading anti-abortion group
Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended his record delivering "pro-life protections" as Florida governor following criticism from the Susan B. Anthony anti-abortion group over his reluctance to embrace a national ban.
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Two teens die in crash on way to school dance in Monaghan
There is devastation after a vehicle with five people on board crashes on the way to a school dance.
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Even Trump's indictments haven't shattered the deadlock between the parties. Here's why
Former President Donald Trump's mounting legal jeopardy is raising a stark political question: can anything break the sustained electoral stalemate that has left the country divided almost exactly in half between the Republican and Democratic coalitions?
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Biden on speakerphone in son's business calls, Congress hears
But Joe Biden only discussed topics like the weather with his son's associates, a Democratic lawmaker says.
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Two people killed in County Monaghan crash
A further three people have been taken to hospital, two of whom are in a critical condition.
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Apology after wrong fuel put in petrol pumps
Up to 87 customers are affected after diesel was delivered in an underground petrol tank, it says.
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Why Republicans can't get out of their climate bind, even as extreme heat overwhelms the US
Deadly heatwaves are baking the US. Scientists just reported that July will be the hottest month on record. And now, after years of skepticism and denial in the GOP ranks, a small number of Republicans are urging their party to get proactive on the climate crisis.
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Kamala Harris takes center stage in Biden reelection campaign's rapid response to GOP
Gathered at the vice president's residence at the Naval Observatory last weekend, a group of aides and advisers to Kamala Harris marveled at what they had just pulled off.
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Wagner-backed CAR leader asks voters to abolish term limits
The opposition is boycotting the poll and says Faustin-Archange Touadéra wants to be leader for life.
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Trump shows in Iowa he still rules the GOP -- despite his deepening criminal peril
Donald Trump only needed 10 minutes to show why his growing pile of criminal charges is not yet loosening his grip on the Republican presidential race and why his opponents will find him so hard to beat.
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Trump criticizes DeSantis without pushback at Iowa event, even after new criminal charges
By Tim Reid and Alexandra Ulmer Republican presidential rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis appeared at the same
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