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An expensive, personal, very close presidential race careens toward an uncertain end

Six months from Election Day, American voters are confronting a presidential race that looks stable at a glance — and is roiling with uncertainty beneath the surface. For the first time in more than a century, Americans will choose between two presumptive major-party nominees who have already served as commander-in-chief: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.


























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Gazans celebrate after Hamas says it accepts ceasefire

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Video shows people jumping for joy and chanting joyously outside Al Aqsa hospital in Central Gaza.
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Everything you need to know about Met Gala 2024

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A short story by British author JG Ballard serves as the annual fashion extravaganza's latest theme.
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Drake responds to Kendrick Lamar accusations

  • News source: BBC News - World
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"I feel disgusted," says the musician, after Lamar claims he had relationships with underage women.
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Seven dead in attack on Russia's Belgorod region

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The governor of the border region says 35 people were also injured when a drone strike hit minibuses.
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NY v. Trump: DA's witness testifies Trump did not direct him on Cohen repayments

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Donald Trump did not personally direct a Trump Organization executive to set up reimbursement payments to former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, according to witness testimony Monday in the NY v. Trump case.

"Michael Cohen was a lawyer?" defense attorney Emil Bove asked former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney Monday at the start of the fourth week of the trial.

"Sure, yes," McConney responded.

"And payments to lawyers by the Trump Organization are legal expenses, right?" asked Bove.

"Yes," said McConney.

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Lawmakers introduce legislation holding UNRWA accountable for joining, assisting Hamas terror attack in Israel

  • News source: FOX News
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Members of Congress are looking to take action against a United Nations agency serving Palestinian refugees in Gaza, amid reports the international organization assisted the Hamas terror group.

Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., are introducing legislation that would demand the U.S. State Department does everything it can to return American tax dollars that went to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

"For way too long, UNRWA has masqueraded as a relief organization, while...
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US soldier arrested in Russia, US official says

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A U.S. soldier was detained in Russia on Thursday, May 2, according to a U.S. official.
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Hamas says it approves of cease-fire proposal, but Israel has not signed off

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Hamas says that it approves of a cease-fire proposal presented by Egypt and Qatar, according to a statement on a Palestinian news site.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh spoke on the phone with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and with Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel, "and informed them of Hamas's approval of their proposal regarding a ceasefire agreement," the group said in a statement published on Shehab News Monday.

But Israeli officials, according to Reuters, say that Hamas approved a proposal that had been...
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NJ governor sets July primary and September special election to fill Payne's House seat

  • News source: The Associated Press
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday set a July primary and a September general election to fill the Newark-based U.S. House seat that opened after Rep. Donald Payne Jr.'s recent death.

Murphy signed a writ of election, required under state law. The July 16 primary will be about a month after the state's regularly scheduled June 4 contest, followed by the general election Sept. 18.

The special election will determine who serves out the remainder of Payne's term, which ends Jan. 3, 2025, while the regular election process held in parallel will be...
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What to know about Trump strategist's embrace of AI to help conservatives

  • News source: Alan Sunderman and Garance Burke | The Associated
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Brad Parscale was the digital guru behind Donald Trump winning the 2016 election and was promoted to manage the 2020 campaign. But he didn't last long on that job: His personal life unraveled in public and he later texted a friend that he felt “guilty” for helping Trump win after the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

He's since become an evangelist about the power of artificial intelligence to transform how Republicans run political campaigns. And his company is working for Trump's 2024 bid, trying to help the presumptive Republican nominee take back the...
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Interest rates may stay high for longer. Here’s what it means for the 2024 election.

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Some Planters nuts sold in 5 states recalled for potential listeria contamination

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Hormel Foods recalled some Planters Honey Roasted Peanuts and Planters Deluxe Lightly Salted Mixed Nuts over a possible health risk.
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Hundreds ill after eating bánh mì in Vietnam

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 560 Vietnamese people are taken to hospital with suspected food poisoning after eating the sandwiches.
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Gazans celebrate after Hamas says it accepts ceasefire

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Video shows people jumping for joy and chanting joyously outside Al Aqsa hospital in Central Gaza.
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Rumble reveals censorship demands from surprising list of countries as CEO to testify on free speech threats

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Rumble, a popular video-sharing and cloud service platform, has revealed a number of censorship demands it's received from the governments of countries that may surprise many.

The major tech company shared the details of those demands with Fox News Digital, as well as CEO Chris Pavlovski's prepared remarks for his testimony on Capitol Hill this week, which will take place at a House hearing centered on rising censorship and free speech concerns in Brazil.

"Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are the cornerstones of a democratic...
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