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What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for vice presidential debate
The stage is set for a potentially fierce night in Manhattan. Here are the dynamics to consider as the rivals meet face-to-face for the first time.
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Why Tuesday's vice presidential debate could matter more than history suggests
Here’s a look at past vice presidential debates — and the larger role of the office Walz and Vance are both seeking.
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Sarah McBride's historic run for Congress was decades in the making
If she wins Delaware’s only House seat in November, the Democrat is poised to become the country’s first openly transgender member of Congress.
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After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters for another term
Congress is off for the campaign season. Now, lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times are trying to persuade voters to keep them on the job.
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Harris expected to call for tougher security as she visits US-Mexico border
Vice President Kamala Harris is making her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
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These are the rules for Tuesday's VP debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz
The 90-minute debate will start at 9 p.m. ET on Oct. 1. It’s being moderated by “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan of CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
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Trump wants higher tariffs on imports. How they work who will actually pay for it
Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports.
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Jews and Catholics warn against Trump's latest loyalty test for religious voters
Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming some if he loses the presidential election in November.
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Prosecutors file sealed brief detailing allegations against Trump in election interference case
The brief, submitted Thursday over the Trump team’s objections, is aimed at defending a revised and stripped-down indictment that prosecutors filed last month to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that conferred broad immunity on former presidents.
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Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York amid rising questions about US support for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.
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Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC after pushing Trump's false 2020 election claims
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, D.C., Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.
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Top Haitian official denounces false claim, repeated by Trump, that immigrants are eating pets
A strange moment in American politics surfaced at the U.N. General Assembly, brought up by a top Haitian official.
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Appeals court signals it might be open to altering Donald Trump's $489 million civil fraud penalty
A New York appeals court panel appeared receptive Thursday to potentially overturning or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million.
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Jimmy Carter at 100: A power-playing loner from the farm to the White House and on the global stage
As Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday this October 1st, he remains in hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia. It’s where he wanted to be.
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Secret Service at fault during Trump assassination attempt at Pennsylvania rally, officials say
Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing that the Secret Service, not local authorities, were responsible for failures in planning and communications.
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GOP congressman rips Haitian immigrants, warns them to get ‘out of our country'
Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., called Haiti the “nastiest country in the western hemisphere” in a post on social media Wednesday, saying migrants from the Caribbean nation, the majority of whom are in the U.S. legally, should “get their ass out of our country.”
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Congress passes temporary bill to avoid shutdown as lawmakers punt spending decisions to December
Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a shutdown for now while punting final spending decisions until after the Nov. 5 election.