Here are thelatest resultsin the South Carolina GOP primary. South Carolina allows registered voters — Republicans, Democrats and independents — to participate in any primary of their choosing. But they can only vote in one, not both. Former President Donald Trump railed against South Carolina’s 2024 open GOP primary earlier this month as he sought to convince Republicans that he …
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The small, high-altitude hobbyist balloon being tracked by the U.S. has left American airspace, the North American Aerospace Defense Command told CBS News on Saturday afternoon. CBS News first reported that the military was tracking the balloon as it traversed the Western U.S. on Friday. NORAD, the military command responsible for air defense over the U.S. and Canada, later confirmed …
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Here are thelatest resultsin the South Carolina GOP primary. Washington— South Carolina voters headed to the polls Saturday for the state’s Republican presidential primary, the fourth primary contest of the 2024 campaign. Haley, the state’s former governor, is the last major Republican running against former President Donald Trump for the nomination. He has won all of the GOP contests so …
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Republicans aiming to take back control of the U.S. Senate are urging lawmakers and candidates to express support for in vitro fertilization after a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that determined IVF embryos are children, “regardless of their location.” In a memo released Friday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which works to elect Republicans to the Senate, advised candidates …
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The Fulton County District Attorney’s office filed a response Friday to an analysis filed by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers of phone records that purport to raise questions about the timeline D.A. Fani Willis gave regarding when her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade began. Trump’s attorneys filed an analysis Friday of cellphone data that allegedly belongs to Wade as …
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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is already looking ahead to next week’s Michigan primary, with her campaign unveiling its first TV ad in a state where many Republican officials have already lined up behind former President Donald Trump. Polls have shown Haley trailing Trump in her home state of South Carolina by a significant margin ahead of Saturday’s primary. She …
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Washington — President Biden “never had any involvement” in the business dealings of other members of his family, his brother James Biden testified Wednesday as he appeared for a voluntary private interview on Capitol Hill as part of House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry. “I have had a 50-year career in a variety of business ventures. Joe Biden has never had any …
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Washington — A Navy sailor who was based in Japan was charged by the U.S. military with espionage for allegedly giving classified information to an employee of a foreign government. Bryce Pedicini, a chief petty officer fire controlman, is accused of providing documents to an employee of a foreign government at least seven times between November 2022 and February 2023 …
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Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California, a surrogate for President Biden’s reelection campaign, is meeting in his personal capacity with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan this week to discuss U.S. policy toward Israel, amid a growing push by activists who are encouraging Democrats to cast protest votes in next week’s primary. Local organizers are pushing for Michigan voters …
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The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday as a government lawyer argued that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution “good neighbor” rule in 11 states while separate legal challenges continue around the country. The rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with …
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