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New prosecutor won’t pursue charges against Trump and others in Georgia election interference case

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who recently took over the case said he would not pursue the charges. Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, took over the case last month from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who was removed over an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she chose to lead the case. After Skandalakis’ filing, Fulton County Superior […]

todayNovember 26, 2025

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Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party’s policies, its message or President Donald Trump’s leadership. Trump says Democrats and the media are misleading voters who are concerned about high costs and the economy. Republican officials aiming to avoid another defeat in next fall’s midterms are encouraging candidates to embrace the president fully and talk more about his accomplishments. Those are the major takeaways from a […]

todayNovember 16, 2025

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‘Corrupt!’: Trump slammed for pardoning allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss

President Donald Trump‘s pardons of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss are being slammed as corrupt by critics who say it signals a message to others who may be accused of committing a crime on his behalf. On Monday, Department of Justice pardon attorney Ed Martin confirmed that Trump issued “full, complete, and unconditional” pardons to Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and Trump’s attorney, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and others, […]

todayNovember 10, 2025

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Here’s what hangs in the balance for Black Amercians this Election Day

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, millions of eligible voters will cast their ballots in the first election since Donald Trump‘s stunning 2024 presidential victory, which has resulted in his MAGA takeover of the federal government, and to some degree, state and local governments. The outcome of Tuesday’s elections is seen as a referendum on Trump’s performance as president to date, and will be critical for millions of Americans, most especially Black Americans, 83% of whom did not vote for Trump in […]

todayNovember 3, 2025

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Obama calls frontrunner Zohran Mamdani ahead of mayoral election, praises his campaign and offers support

In a 30-minute phone call, former President Barack Obama offered to be a “sounding board” for New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani in the future. The New York Times first reported that Obama called Mamdani on Saturday, which was confirmed later to Reuters through a Mamdani spokesperson, Dora Pekec. “Zohran Mamdani appreciated President Obama’s words of support and their conversation on the importance of bringing a new kind of politics to our city,” Pekec said. Obama reportedly complimented Mamdani […]

todayNovember 2, 2025

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Obama blasts Trump ahead of Election Day in Virginia and New Jersey. Republicans keep it local

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is encouraging voters to elect Democratic governors in Virginia and New Jersey in races this Tuesday to rebuke Donald Trump 10 months into his second presidency and a year ahead of midterm elections that could reshape it. Obama’s appearances Saturday for Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill contrast with Trump spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, leaving Republicans Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia and Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey to campaign for themselves. At the same time, California advocates made a final push […]

todayNovember 2, 2025

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Obama warns that Republicans want to ‘rig’ next year’s election in horrowing ad

Former President Barack Obama delivered a harrowing message to voters in a new ad aimed at President Donald Trump and the Republican Party for their efforts to redraw congressional maps in their favor. Following the controversial passage of a new map in Texas, which gives Republicans a five-seat advantage demanded by Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Obama says, “Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more […]

todayOctober 14, 2025

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Trump calls Kamala Harris ‘DUMB AS A ROCK’ over claim about the 2024 election

President Donald Trump went on a rant on Truth Social on Wednesday, slamming his 2024 presidential opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris, as “DUMB AS A ROCK.” Trump took issue with Harris’ repeated claim, while she promotes her new memoir “107 Days,” that the contest between her and Trump was the closest in the 21st century. “Kamala Harris, who is DUMB AS A ROCK, is going around and using, as a standard part of her Speech on why she lost […]

todaySeptember 25, 2025

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Georgia’s Fulton County fined $10,000 a day for not appointing Republican election board nominees

The government of Georgia’s most populous county must pay $10,000 a day until it appoints two Republican nominees to its election board under a judge’s ruling issued Wednesday. Superior Court Judge David Emerson found that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners had not complied with his earlier order to appoint the nominees to the election board. In his decision earlier this month, he said the law does not allow commissioners to veto qualified nominees proposed by political parties. In his new written […]

todayAugust 29, 2025