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A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them


ATLANTA (AP) — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online. So Gabriel Sterling, a Republican who had defended the 2020 election in Georgia amid an onslaught of threats, posted a message to his nearly 71,000 followers on the social platform X explaining what had happened and saying that all votes would be counted correctly.























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Three bodies found in Mexico had bullet wounds to heads

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Authorities believe three tourists were attacked as they were trying to fend off an attempted theft.
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Madonna's free Brazil show draws 1.6 million fans

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The show at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach was the final stop on the pop idol's Celebration Tour.
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LA police clear out pro-Palestinian camp at university

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The clear out comes as universities prepare for possible disruptions at graduation ceremonies.
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Cubans lured to Russian army by high pay and passports

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The number of Cubans recruited to fight in Ukraine is thought to be in the hundreds.
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R.F.K. Jr. Claims Censorship After Facebook and Instagram Briefly Block New Ad

  • News source: Rebecca Davis O’Brien
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made censorship — specifically, claims that the government, news media and tech platforms have tried to stifle his message — a cornerstone of his independent presidential campaign.

This weekend, Mr. Kennedy got more fodder for his argument when Facebook and Instagram blocked a link to a new, sleekly produced 30-minute ad supporting his candidacy. The link appeared to have been blocked from Friday late afternoon until Saturday around midday.

Meta, which owns both platforms, called the episode a mistake. Andy Stone, a...
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How To Know When a Good Dog Has Gone Bad

  • News source: Emily Anthes
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Since late last month, Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota has been the subject of fierce bipartisan attacks for her decision to shoot and kill her family dog, a 14-month-old German wirehaired pointer named Cricket. Ms. Noem has repeatedly defended her actions, which are detailed in her forthcoming memoir, in which she says the dog was “aggressive,” “untrainable” and “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with.”

On Sunday, she suggested that President Biden should have considered killing his own dog, Commander, a German shepherd who was banished from...
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Sen. Tim Scott dodges on whether he would accept 2024 election results

  • News source: Alexandra Marquez | NBC News
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Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina on Sunday did not directly answer multiple questions about whether he'd accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of who wins.

"At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump," Scott, a Republican, said the first time he was directly asked whether he would commit to accepting the election results on NBC News' "Meet the Press."

Asked again by moderator Kristen Welker to answer "yes or no?" to the original question, Scott simply said, "That is my...
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Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem suggests Biden's dog Commander should also be put down

  • News source: Rebecca Picciotto,CNBC
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Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem implied that President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, should meet the same ill fate as her own 14-month-old dog Cricket, who she shot due to its aggressive behavior, as she revealed in her upcoming memoir.

"Joe Biden's dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people. So how many people is enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog?" Noem said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation." "That's the question that the president should be held accountable to."

The Biden administration...
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A truck driver is accused of killing a Utah police officer by driving into him

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Police say a truck driver drove his rig into an officer during a traffic stop.
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Presidential campaigns ramp up as protests continue

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Democrats are rallying behind President Biden's response to pro-Palestinian protests, while Republicans pounced on Biden's position. Speculation is also increasing over who Trump will pick as his running mate. Skyler Henry reports.
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Crumbs! French bakers beat longest baguette world record

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A 140.5m (461ft)-long baguette baked in the Parisian suburbs has beaten a previous record from Italy in 2019.
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From teenage cyber-thug to Europe’s most wanted

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Kivimaki rose through teen cyber gangs to become a Most Wanted criminal responsible for one of the most shocking hacks in history.
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Is Zimbabwe zigzagging into further currency chaos?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Traders suffer a case of déjà-vu as any savings are wiped out with a new currency called the Zig.
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Black men in Georgia were key for Biden in 2020. Can he keep their support?

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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James Butler, a Black, 42-year-old Atlanta-based Democrat, is planning on casting his ballot for President BIden in November — but he isn't so enthusiastic this time around.

"I guess it's the best we got," he said about the 2024 election.

Butler's not alone among Black voters in Georgia in his lack of enthusiasm in voting for Mr. Biden for a second time.

A CBS News poll in late February showed 76% of likely Black voters said they backed his reelection bid, down from 87% who voted for him in 2020. In 2020, Georgia was one of Mr. Biden's closest...
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Candidates for Federal Office Can Raise Unlimited Funds for Ballot Measures

  • News source: Maggie Haberman
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The Federal Election Commission quietly issued an advisory opinion last week allowing candidates to raise unlimited money for issue-advocacy groups working on ballot measures in elections in which those candidates are on the ballot.

The opinion, issued in response to a request from a Nevada-based abortion rights group, could significantly alter the landscape in the fall in terms of the capacity that candidates aligned with these groups have to help them raise money.

The decision applies to all federal candidates, but with a presidential election...
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