The chaos, which has shaken the 2024 election and siphoned attention away from Donald Trump, is leaving Democrats at a painful standstill.
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Late-night comics have long been relentless in skewering Donald Trump. Now it’s Joe Biden’s turn
Late-night comics may not have the television audience that they used to, but they arguably still have a disproportionate influence in the public discourse, Syracuse’s Robert Thompson, a scholar of TV and its history, says.
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Pingree says Biden needs to allay concerns about candidacy
Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, had been silent on Biden’s candidacy while other Democrats have called for him to step aside.
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Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion
The scaled-down platform reflects a desire by the Trump campaign to avoid giving Democrats more material for their warnings about the former president’s intentions if he wins back the White House.
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Trump denies knowing about Project 2025, his allies’ sweeping plan to transform government
The 922-page plan outlines a dramatic expansion of presidential power and a plan to fire as many as 50,000 government workers to replace them with Trump loyalists.
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Federal Reserve highlights its political independence as presidential campaign heats up
Donald Trump, in his time as president, repeatedly badgered the Fed to do his bidding.
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Rep. Golden’s op-ed sends political shockwaves, but also fits campaign style
Golden, who needs support from Trump voters in November, predicted Donald Trump will win the presidency against incumbent President Biden, and said he can work with that.
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Rep. Jared Golden says Donald Trump will win ‘and I’m OK with that’
The Lewiston Democrat predicts Joe Biden will lose the presidential election in November, and that democracy will not fail because ‘no one man is strong enough to take it away from us.’
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Judge delays Trump’s hush money sentencing until September after immunity ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision all but closes the door on the possibility that he could face trial in his 2020 election interference case before November.
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Maine Compass: Biden’s accomplishments put him far ahead of his lying, immoral opponent
If overlooking one bad night is not enough for people to understand the difference between the two candidates, we are in bad shape as a country.