by David Nakamura, Aaron Schaffer, Cat Zakrzewski, Devlin Barrett (c) 2024 , The Washington Post The man arrested on suspicion of possibly trying to assassinate former president Donald Trump spent his recent years in search of a mission – trying to muster a ragtag army to defend Ukraine and writing a book about his failed […]
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Trump golf course incident investigated as potential assassination attempt
by Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Mariana Alfaro (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Federal authorities are investigating a potential assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump on Sunday after a man with a weapon appeared near his golf course in Florida as Trump was golfing. “The FBI has responded to West Palm […]
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Nebraska high court allows competing abortion measures on fall ballot
By Annie Gowen (c) 2024 , The Washington Post OMAHA – Nebraska’s competing constitutional initiatives on abortion can remain on the November ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Friday, paving the way for an unusual, high-stakes battle on the issue to play out in the conservative red state. The court agreed that a proposed amendment […]
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The ‘feral 25-year-olds’ making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok
By Drew Harwell (c) 2024 , The Washington Post After Tuesday night’s debate, as former president Donald Trump worked the reporters in the spin room in Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris’s TikTok team was busy appealing to a different crowd. In the digital “war room” at campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., they hit the button […]
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Biden lashes out at Trump over false claims about Haitian migrants
By Matt Viser, Azi Paybarah (c) 2024 , The Washington Post President Joe Biden lashed out Friday at former president Donald Trump for his comments about a Springfield, Ohio, community that has seen an influx of Haitian migrants. “I want to take a moment to say something [about the] Haitian American community that’s under attack in […]
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Congressional Republicans try to hide from Trump’s debate performance
By Paul Kane (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Republicans tried to largely hide from former president Donald Trump’s debate performance Tuesday, mostly cheering him on or just avoiding the issue altogether. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) focused entirely on a failed government funding plan. What did he think of Trump’s […]
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Trump’s D.C. trial may not begin until 2026 or later, legal experts say
By Devlin Barrett (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Donald Trump’s trial in Washington on charges of federal election obstruction may not begin until 2026 or later because of complex legal and factual issues that may ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court, according to legal experts. Even that schedule is largely dependent on a […]
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Anatomy of a racist smear: How false claims of pet-eating immigrants caught on
By Sarah Ellison, Jeremy B. Merrill (c) 2024 , The Washington Post It started with a tragedy, gained momentum online with neo-Nazis and became Donald Trump’s message from the presidential debate stage. A Midwestern town grappling with the fallout from an influx of Haitian immigrants became a focal point for racist and xenophobic memes this week […]
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Democrats cheer — and Republicans dismiss — Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement
By Niha Masih, Annabelle Timsit (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Democrats are embracing Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president, calling the megastar’s backing “huge” for her campaign – while some Republicans were quick to dismiss it, and others warned her against alienating Donald Trump voters. The pop star – one of the most […]
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Harris, Trump set politics aside at ceremony to commemorate 9/11 attacks
By Matt Viser, Maeve Reston (c) 2024 , The Washington Post NEW YORK – Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump on Wednesday morning both arrived here in Lower Manhattan, the site of the worst terrorist attack in American history, each pausing for a moment of solemn commemoration in the midst of a […]