Maine State

Business Insider

The debate between Donald Trump and incumbent Joe Biden was a disaster for the president. Cameras at watch parties across the country captured what happened.

Photos show Americans' horrified reactions to the Biden-Trump debate

West Virginia State

HuffPost

The West Virginia senator, who registered as an independent after leaving the Democratic Party, says he loves his country "too much to vote for Donald Trump."

Joe Manchin Signals He'll Vote For Biden In November

New Hampshire State

NBC News

Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden by two points in a New Hampshire, a stark contrast to 2020 when Biden won the state, says NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki. Democrats are facing a challenging decision on the path forward, complicated further by Vice President Harris’ weak favorability numbers.

Kornacki: New poll shows Biden’s debate performance reinforced concerns about his age

Virginia State

Fox News

It's been two decades since a Republican carried Virginia in the White House race, but GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the Commonwealth is in play as former President Trump and President Biden face off in a 2024 election rematch.

Governor says Trump could become the first GOP presidential candidate to win his state in 20 years

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on May 31, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Age has never been such a magnetic issue in the race for the White House as it is right now. If reelected, Joe Biden would be our oldest president, perhaps serving until the age...

Gen X itches for the White House. How long will we wait?

Raleigh, NC

Axios

President Biden tried quell concerns about his shaky debate performance in Atlanta last night with a fiery appearance North Carolina rally this afternoon — and a plea for sympathy from former President Obama. Why it matters: It's part of an emerging survival strategy by Biden's team to show his...

Obama to the rescue as Biden's strategy to calm nervous Democrats begins

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Former President Trump on Thursday called out his 2024 rival President Biden and requested another debate, this time with no moderators, in which he proposed to discuss the future of the country.

Trump challenges Biden to second presidential debate — but there's a catch

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., an Army veteran who served in combat in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars before becoming a rising star in Republican Party politics, is a Trump running mate contender.

Trump running mate contender Sen. Tom Cotton called 'a workhorse, not a show horse'

Nebraska State

In the fabric of society, few programs have woven themselves as deeply into the American culture as Social Security. The economic devastation of the Great Depression further exposed society’s vulnerabilities, with millions of older Americans in poverty and many more at risk of financial ruin. In response, the Social Security Act was signed into law to better ensure a measure of income security for older Americans in retirement.

A journey through time: The history of Social Security

Michigan State

POLITICO

Democrats' 2028 bench is eager to avoid appearing eager to push Biden aside.

Whitmer Disavows ‘Draft Gretch’ Movement — and Delivers A Warning to Biden

TheDailyBeast

Former President Barack Obama is engaging in some real talk with allies—telling them that President Joe Biden did not do himself any favors with his lackluster debate performance last week, and has made his reelection campaign significantly more difficult, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing several people familiar with Obama’s comments. Those remarks were markedly more forceful than those he has made in public supporting Biden despite his stumbles against Donald Trump at the debate. Obama also spoke with Biden over the phone after the debate, according to the report, “to offer his support as a sounding board and private...

Obama Is Getting Real With Allies About Biden’s Chances: Report

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host had some tough love and harsh truths for the president, who he said now must be the focus of “hard questions.”

Joe Scarborough Issues Stark Warning After Biden Debate: ‘Unless Things Change’

Columbus, OH

The Lantern

Former Ohio State Army ROTC Lt. Colonel Michael Kelvington (left), who was also the university’s professor of military science and leadership, was officially replaced by Lt. Colonel Steven Spiker (right) effective June 7. Credit: Courtesy of The Ohio State University and Lt. Colonel Steven Spiker, respectively.

Lt. Colonel Michael Kelvington removed from Ohio State Army ROTC post, replaced by Lt. Colonel Steven Spiker in light of ongoing Title IX investigation

Kansas State

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed Friday the fundamental constitutional right of women to terminate a pregnancy and struck down a state law banning a second-trimester abortion method. In a separate decision issued simultaneously by the state Supreme Court, the majority declared unconstitutional a state law imposing a...

Kansas Supreme Court strikes down state law banning second-trimester abortion procedure

CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) - President Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off for the first presidential debate of the year Thursday night ahead of the November election.  The debate marked the first between a sitting president and a former president. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who garnered national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for what some called overly restrictive stay-at-home and social distancing orders, and became the center of a kidnapping plot, responded to the presidential debate.  "For hardworking people in Michigan and across the country, this election is about which candidate can do the most to make life easier for...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reacts to Trump and Biden's first presidential debate of 2024

West Palm Beach, FL

CBS News

West Palm Beach, Florida — Former President Donald Trump Friday night celebrated his 78th birthday in a packed Palm Beach Convention Center filled with supporters — including Republican Sen. Marco Rubio — while he continued his familiar attack lines on President Biden regarding immigration and foreign policy. "Under my leadership, we had no wars," Trump declared. "Instead of a globalist warmonger in the White House, you had a peacemaker at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." The presumptive Republican presidential nominee seized on the arrests this week of eight Tajik nationals accused of having links to ISIS. Prior to their arrests, the men had crossed...

Trump celebrates 78th birthday as Rubio makes surprise appearance

Oklahoma State

Clinton, OK

HB 1542 went into effect in November, allowing restaurants and public school district cafeterias to donate food without fear of being held liable. Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, the author, said it was an effort to combat Oklahoma's high food insecurity rates. (Kennedy Thomason/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY– Watching students throw leftover...

Oklahoma food donation law making small impact

Rhode Island State

CBS Minnesota

Washington — Rep. Lloyd Doggett became the first Democratic lawmaker to call on President Biden to drop out of the presidential race in the wake of his debate performance last week, with Doggett saying on Tuesday that he is "hopeful that he will make the painful and difficult decision to withdraw.""While much of his work has been transformational, he pledged to be transitional," the Texas Democrat said in a statement. "He has the opportunity to encourage a new generation of leaders from whom a nominee can be chosen to unite our country through an open, democratic process."A group of House...

First House Democrat — and other lawmakers — call on Biden to drop out

Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

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Mills reaffirms support for Biden, asks him to reassure Mainers

In remarks to the roughly 50 attendees of the South Portland presidential debate watch party, Gov. Janet Mills drew a stark contrast between the candidates. (Emma...

Mills reaffirms support for Biden, asks him to reassure Mainers

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