By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and five third-party candidates will compete for New Mexico’s five electoral votes, but the most competitive race on the ballot will likely be a U.S. House race that could determine control of the narrowly divided chamber. New Mexico was once one of […]
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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Barbie: Harris campaign embraces ‘girl culture’
By Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance Friday night alongside Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest female pop stars, embodies a trend: the overlap between her campaign for the White House and the icons of “girl culture.” The phenomenon of “girl culture,” epitomized by last year’s box-office blockbuster “Barbie” […]
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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Barbie: Harris campaign embraces ‘girl culture’
By Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance Friday night alongside Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest female pop stars, embodies a trend: the overlap between her campaign for the White House and the icons of “girl culture.” The phenomenon of “girl culture,” epitomized by last year’s box-office blockbuster “Barbie” […]
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GOP candidates embrace Trump’s call to abolish Education Department
By Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Closing the Education Department is a central plank in former president Donald Trump’s schools agenda. Inside the Republican Party, he’s not alone. GOP candidates in some of the most competitive Senate and House races have proposed shuttering the agency, in some cases following Trump’s lead. Project 2025, […]
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GOP candidates embrace Trump’s call to abolish Education Department
By Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Closing the Education Department is a central plank in former president Donald Trump’s schools agenda. Inside the Republican Party, he’s not alone. GOP candidates in some of the most competitive Senate and House races have proposed shuttering the agency, in some cases following Trump’s lead. Project 2025, […]
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DOJ warns Musk his $1 million petition contest could violate election laws
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Justice Department sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s political group, warning that its contest awarding registered voters in swing states $1 million for signing a petition could run afoul of federal election laws, according to a person familiar with the matter. The letter was […]
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DOJ warns Musk his $1 million petition contest could violate election laws
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Justice Department sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s political group, warning that its contest awarding registered voters in swing states $1 million for signing a petition could run afoul of federal election laws, according to a person familiar with the matter. The letter was […]
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Trump says he’d fire special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again
By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump said Thursday that he would “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear that he would push to drop a pair of federal cases against him. In an interview […]
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Trump says he’d fire special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again
By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump said Thursday that he would “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear that he would push to drop a pair of federal cases against him. In an interview […]
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As Democratic icons stump for Harris, GOP elders keep distance from Trump
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post (c) 2024 Several people who once occupied the White House are now energetically crisscrossing the country on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris: Bill Clinton was recently in North Carolina, Barack Obama will head to Georgia on Thursday and his wife, Michelle, will be in Michigan on […]