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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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Social Security projected to cut benefits in 2035 barring a fix

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The timeline to replenish Social Security is being extended. The federal retirement program said Monday it may not need to cut benefits until 2035, one year later than previously forecast, because of stronger performance by the U.S.

The new projection, from the Social Security Board of Trustees' annual report, amounts to "good news" for the program's 70 million beneficiaries, said Martin O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security, in a statement. Even so, he urged Congress to take steps to shore up the program to ensure it can pay full benefits...
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Boeing faces new probe over 787 inspection doubts

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Boeing told US regulators it might not have properly inspected its 787 Dreamliner jets.
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Judge threatens jail if Trump keeps breaking gag order

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The judge issues his most serious warning yet, calling the violations "a direct attack on the rule of law".
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Surfers killed in likely carjacking, says Mexico

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The three tourists, from Australia and US, were trying to stop the assailants from taking their truck.
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Bowen: Tough choices for Netanyahu after Hamas upends expectations

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israel's working assumption was that Hamas would not accept a ceasefire proposal that the Americans called "exceptionally generous"
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Ukraine, brandy and EVs top the agenda on Xi's charm offensive

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Xi Jinping is on his first visit to Europe in five years - and it feels much like a charm offensive.
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FAA Is Investigating Boeing Over 787 Dreamliner Inspections

  • News source: Mark Walker and Niraj Chokshi
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The Federal Aviation Administration has opened a new investigation into Boeing after the plane maker told the regulator that it might have skipped required inspections involving the wings of some 787 Dreamliners.

In a statement on Monday, the F.A.A. said that it learned about the issue from Boeing last month. As part of its inquiry, the agency said it was looking into whether employees at the company may have falsified aircraft records.

The F.A.A. said that Boeing was reinspecting all Dreamliners still in production and that the company needed to...
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Gaza Isn’t Root of Biden’s Struggles With Young Voters, Polls Show

  • News source: Charles Homans and Neil Vigdor
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Young Americans’ outrage over the Israel-Hamas war has dominated the political conversation for weeks. Democratic and Republican lawmakers have made pilgrimages to Columbia University and other campuses to offer support to demonstrations in solidarity with Gaza or to denounce them, and President Biden addressed the upheavals in remarks on Thursday.

But these headlines are not reflective of young voters’ top concerns this election year, according to recent polls. Surveys taken in recent months show young voters are more likely to sympathize with...
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Trump says jail time to defend free speech a 'sacrifice' he's willing to make

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Donald Trump said he'd make the "sacrifice" of going to jail to defend free speech amid the trial in Manhattan where the 45th president is under a gag order he has slammed as "unconstitutional."

"I have to watch every word I tell you people. You ask me a question, a simple question I'd like to give it, but I can't talk about it because this judge has given me a gag order and [says] you'll go to jail if you violate it," Trump said in remarks outside the courtroom Monday afternoon.

"And frankly, you know what? Our Constitution is...
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CO Legislature passes funeral home crackdown after fake ashes, heaps of rotting bodies make national headlines

  • News source: FOX News
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Colorado lawmakers passed a sweeping bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.

The cases have devastated hundreds of already grieving families, and encouraged lawmakers to pass the bill, which now goes to Democratic Gov. Jared Polis’ desk for a signature.

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Boeing's Starliner capsule set for first astronaut-crewed flight to Space Station

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Boeing's Starliner has faced several setbacks and delays along its rival journey with Space X's Crew Dragon.
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Conviction could cost Trump votes, but until then his trial may not change minds

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Polls show Trump's hush money charges carry some electoral risk, but recent interviews with voters suggest his New York trial isn't changing minds without a verdict
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US soldier arrested in Russia accused of theft

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The sergeant, who was held on 2 May, is accused of stealing from a woman, reports the BBC's partner CBS.
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U.S. Labor Market Strength Steadies Social Security and Medicare Funds

  • News source: Alan Rappeport and Margot Sanger-Katz
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The financial health of Social Security and Medicare, two of the nation’s most crucial safety net programs, has improved this year as a stronger-than-expected U.S. economy attracted more workers to the labor market, buttressing funding for the critical programs.

Annual reports released on Monday by trustees of the old age and retirement programs showed that while both still face long-term shortfalls that could ultimately result in reduced retirement and medical benefits, lawmakers will have slightly more time before they begin to fray. About 70...
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Geoff Duncan, Georgia’s Republican Former Lt. Gov., Says He Will Vote for Biden

  • News source: Maggie Astor
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Geoff Duncan, a Republican who was lieutenant governor of Georgia when then-President Donald J. Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results there, endorsed President Biden for re-election on Monday.

“I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass,” Mr. Duncan wrote in an opinion piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

He joins a small minority of prominent Republicans who have deemed Mr. Trump’s conduct — especially his refusal to accept his loss — egregious enough to set aside...
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