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Donald Trump skipped the GOP debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directly
Several of Donald Trump's rivals stepped up their attacks against him in Wednesday's second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president's commanding primary lead during an event that often seemed like an undercard without him.
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Trump goes to Michigan to rail against Biden's electric vehicle push while GOP rivals debate
As his Republican rivals sparred onstage in California at their second primary debate, Donald Trump was in battleground Michigan Wednesday night working to win over blue-collar voters by lambasting President Joe Biden and his push for electric cars in the midst of an autoworkers' strike.
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A government shutdown is nearing this weekend. What does it mean, who's hit and what's next?
The federal government is just days away from a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands, force a confrontation over federal spending.
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NY Attorney General Letitia James has a long history of fighting Trump, other powerful targets
Letitia James fixated on Donald Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general, branding the then-president a ''con man'' and ″carnival barker'' and pledging to shine a ''bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings.''
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Biden making defending democracy a touchstone in his reelection campaign — and a rejoinder to Trump
On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, President Joe Biden stood in early 2022 at the literal epicenter of the insurrection and accused Donald Trump of continuing to hold a ''dagger'' at democracy's throat. Biden closed out the summer that same year in the shadow of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, decrying Trumpism as a menace to democratic institutions.
