Biden’s formal entry into the 2024 campaign clarifies the contours of down-ballot races.
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Biden announces 2024 reelection bid: ‘Let’s finish this job’
President Biden has formally announced he’s running for reelection in 2024.
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Bill would have state environmental officials give priority to marginalized communities when deciding policy
But environmental advocates say the measure needs to go further, and business groups fear it could slow down project permitting.
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Bill would ask Mainers to specify who is protected from discrimination
A bill that would ask Maine voters to explicitly prohibit discrimination in the state constitution stirred passionate debate at the Legislature on Monday.
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Biden’s 2024 campaign has been hiding in plain sight
The contours of the 2024 campaign that the president will formally launch with a video as soon as this week will look a lot like his messaging and policy moves from the past few months.
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McCarthy says House will pass Republican debt limit bill this week
The proposal would increase the nation’s debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion, to stave off a U.S. payments default until March 31, 2024, at the latest.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Alabama education director ousted over book’s ‘woke concepts’
The governor’s move comes as schools emerge as flashpoints over diversity training and parents’ rights.
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Transgender kids face frantic rush for treatment amid bans
Eight states now have restrictions on gender-affirming health care for minors, with nine more expected to follow next year.
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New wave of Republican candidates poised to join 2024 campaign
Some strategists hope Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis will attack one another so viciously that they will turn off voters, who will search for an alternative.
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Rape lawsuit trial puts spotlight back on Trump’s history with women
Jury selection will start Tuesday in the case involving allegations by an advice columnist, whom he described as ‘not my type.’