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AP News - Politics

'Gen Z feels the Kamalove': Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters

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Trump returns to Minnesota with Midwesterner Vance to try to swing Democrat-leaning state

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With trials pushed back, Trump sees first big dip in legal bills

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FBI says Trump was indeed struck by bullet during assassination attempt

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Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, giving her expected but crucial support

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Who Kamala Harris may choose as her VP running mate

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Trump meets Israeli PM Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence

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Obamas tell Harris they'll back her as Democratic nominee for the US presidency

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Harris will carry Biden's economic record into the election. She hopes to turn it into an asset

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What's in a name? Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has had many of them

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Harris tries to thread the needle on Gaza after meeting with Netanyahu

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Kamala Harris: A Baptist with a Jewish husband and a faith that traces back to MLK and Gandhi

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Harris refashions campaign in her own image as she prepares for historic clash with Trump

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As Harris considers a running mate, what are states' succession rules for VP candidates?

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Volunteers and donations surge into Democratic campaigns with Harris atop the ticket

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Justice Department defends group's right to sue over AI robocalls sent to New Hampshire voters

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Blinken to celebrate Biden legacy, reassure allies in Asia after president drops out of 2024 race

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Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It's come at a cost for Black people in the South

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House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration's handling of border policy

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Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued US Bureau of Prisons after AP reporting

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Senate to consider bills that aim to protect children and teenagers online

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What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing

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Big wins for Trump and sharp blows to regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term

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Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness

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Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial

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Justices keep on hold Florida and Texas efforts to regulate social media platforms

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza.

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Two former FBI officials settle lawsuits with Justice Department over leaked text messages

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Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium have ended a meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11.

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Vice President Kamala Harris has crashed the season finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars," urging Americans to vote in an appearance taped before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid.

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In a fresh broadside against one of the world's most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion.

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A judge has rejected an effort by GOP lawmakers to use the term "unborn human being" to refer to a fetus in a pamphlet for Arizona voters.

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A day after California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments on state land, including lots under freeways, the homeless people living in these encampments are wondering where else they could go.

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A federal judge has ruled a provision in North Carolina's abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently.

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Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers' driving data to brokers who package it and then sell it to insurance companies.

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An inmate was found dead inside his cell at a Mississippi prison, about 90 miles east of the state's capitol.

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

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Federal judges have given final approval to new boundaries for several Detroit-area state legislative seats.

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A Georgia judge is batting down an attempt by a local government to overrule state lawmakers and draw its own electoral districts.

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The North Carolina Democratic Party has challenged the state election board's decision last week to recognize a new political party that will put Robert F.

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A Las Vegas man has been charged with threatening to injure and kill government officials in three states and Washington, D.C., including the New York judge and prosecutor who handled former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial.

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A former Alabama lawmaker was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison for his role in a kickback scheme involving state grant funds. U.S.

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The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventative measures to address climate-related flooding and other disasters.

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Nevada election officials verified enough signatures for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign to appear on the Nevada ballot, likely bringing his his insurgent quest to shake up the Republican and Democratic dominance of U.S. elections to a crucial battleground state.

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North Carolina state regulators now say a nonprofit run by the wife of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson must repay $132,000 for what they call disallowed expenses while carrying out a federally funded child care meal program.

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A judge is overturning a Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that attempted to limit diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces. U.S.

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is one of several Democrats who is said to be in consideration as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate.

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Three men have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a plan to strike a power grid in the northwestern United States.

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Steward Health Care announced Friday that is it closing two hospitals in Massachusetts because it received no qualified bids for the facilities after declaring bankruptcy earlier this year.

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The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a law restricting access to both medical care for transgender youth and abortion.

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has apologized for a comment about Ohio Sen. JD Vance earlier this week — but not to Vance.

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Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a sharply critical review of the club drug MDMA has put the therapy's approval in doubt.

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The Federal Reserve's favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates in September.

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Arizona is already expected to play a critical role in the race for the White House as it did in 2020.

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The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump's civil fraud trial says he won't step aside from the case, vehemently denying a claim that another lawyer had advised him ahead of the verdict.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order directing state agencies "to move urgently to address dangerous" homeless encampments and clear them from state land while giving local governments the authority to do the same.

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AZ-Arizona State Primary Elections Testing, Advisory EDITORS: NEWS DIRECTORS: The Arizona state primary election is July 30.

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A forensic review commissioned by the state Department of Elections has uncovered improprieties in the campaign finances of Delaware's lieutenant governor, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor.

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The Alabama Department of Corrections is responding to criticism from families of incarcerated people.

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A court filing shows that the signatures collected by volunteers for an Arkansas abortion-rights measure would fall short of the number needed to qualify for the ballot if they're the only ones counted.

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The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who was locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job. U.S. District Judge Kristi K.

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