Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s super PAC, American Values 2024, aired a 30-second ad about the independent candidate’s presidential campaign during Super Bowl LVIIIon Sunday. The ad highlighted images of the 70-year-old candidate in a vintage look, while using slogans, clips and a jingle that leaned into the legacy of his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. But some members of …
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Washington — The Senate voted on Sunday to advance a foreign aid bill in a rare weekend session that puts the legislation on track for a vote on final passage later this week. But the slog toward approving the bill was expected to continue in the days ahead as some senators seek to slow its path forward. The procedural vote …
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Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Saturday that, as president, he warned NATO allies that he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent” as he ramped up his attacks on foreign aid and longstanding international alliances. Speaking at a rally in Conway, South Carolina, Trump recounted a story he has told before about …
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Conway, South Carolina — Former president Donald Trump questioned the whereabouts of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s husband during a rally Saturday in the Palmetto state. “Where’s her husband? Oh, he’s away,” Trump said. “What happened to her husband? Where is he? He’s gone.” Maj. Michael Haley, who is a commissioned officer with the South Carolina National Guard, is …
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Former Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, is running for the U.S. Senate seat in Maryland that will be left vacant by Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin’s retirement, according to three sources familiar with his decision, complicating a race that Democrats were hoping to win easily. Hogan confirmed his decision in a video he posted to X. “The politicians in Washington seem …
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For months, the group No Labels has mounted an aggressive ballot access drive, aiming to put a candidate on the 2024 presidential ballot in as many states as possible. No Labels says it wants to give American voters “a better choice” than what seems increasingly likely to be available from the major parties: a rematch between former President Donald Trump …
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The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that it is filing a Federal Election Commission complaint against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s independent presidential campaign and the super PAC supporting him on allegations the two are colluding to get Kennedy ballot access. On Dec. 5, super PAC American Values 2024 announced it would invest $10 million to $15 million in ballot …
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Washington — The House will vote again on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday,after it fell short by one vote earlier this week. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is returning to Washington next week after working remotely in January while completing cancer treatment. The Louisiana Republican could give the House GOP enough votes to impeach Mayorkas. A special …
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The Biden administration will be requiring countries that receive weapons from the U.S. to provide “credible and reliable” written assurances to the State Department that they will use those weapons in accordance with the laws of war, according to a national security memorandum released Thursday. The executive action applies globally to the more than 100 countries that currently receive American …
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Washington — A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester. Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published in 1998 in the …
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