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Trump wants Biden, hits Kamala, as White House admits visits by Parkinson’s doctor
Donald Trump clearly wants to run against Joe Biden, even though many Democrats and media liberals want the president to bow out. But he’s starting to rough up Kamala Harris, just in case. There may be a little reverse psychology at play here, as well as a fundraising bonanza. The more that Trump argues that […]
Biden vows NATO support, dozens of new air defence systems for Ukraine
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Amid ongoing questions over whether President Joe Biden should continue his reelection campaign, Democrats in the Bay Area are weighing in.
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It’s just as unconstitutional as when southern senators tried to legislatively overrule Brown v. Board of Education and other liberal decisions …
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UN says ‘high likelihood’ a Russian cruise missile hit Ukraine’s main children’s hospital
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Wednesday Briefing
Biden at the NATO summit in Washington.