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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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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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New revelations in Florida documents trial put Trump on offense against 'deranged' special counsel

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Trump is calling for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s arrest after the prosecutors handling the 45th president’s classified documents case admitted seized documents are no longer in their original order and sequence.

"Now, Deranged Jack has admitted in a filing in front of Judge Cannon to what I have been saying happened since the Illegal RAID on my home, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida – That he and his team committed blatant Evidence Tampering by mishandling the very Boxes they used as a pretext to bring this Fake Case," Trump...
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Ex-Fulton County prosecutor Wade: 'Workplace romances are as American as apple pie'

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County special prosecutor involved in the election interference case against former President Trump spoke out for the first time Sunday.
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Trump campaign woos donors at Florida retreat

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Palm Beach, Florida — The Trump campaign told donors at a private GOP retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, that $76 million was raised in April between the campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to two sources who were present for the briefing.

The retreat brought together wealthy GOP donors and potential vice presidential contenders that Donald Trump is considering, including Senators Marco Rubio, Tim Scott and J.D. Vance, Rep. Elise Stefanik, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

Guests were shuttled to...
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5/5: The Takeout: David Sanger

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Journalist and author David Sanger joins Major Garrett to discuss his new book "New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West," which details the myriad of challenges the U.S. faces in positioning itself as the leader of the free world amid conflicts around the globe.
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Biden campaign co-chair brushes off Sanders' comparison of campus chaos to Vietnam: 'Over-exaggeration'

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden's co-chair for the 2024 campaign brushed off Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' comparison of the rampant anti-Israel protests on college campuses to the 1968 election, arguing Biden could be handling his own Vietnam situation.

The national co-chair of Biden's campaign shut down Sanders' comparison in comment to CNN on Sunday, calling it an "over-exaggeration."

"This is a very different circumstance," Mitch Landrieu told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday. "I think that people who actually lived through that very difficult time, they would say...
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Eurovision hopefuls put on the style in Malmo

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The world's biggest song contest reaches its finale on Saturday and contestants have arrived in style.
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From likes to votes: How influencers are changing Indian politics

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Politicians are roping in influencers to woo voters like never before. But is this a good thing?
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Fetterman says anti-Israel campus protests ‘working against peace' in Middle East, not putting hostages first

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Sunday slammed the anti-Israel protests that have taken over college campuses nationwide as working against peace in the Middle East, adding that he’s frustrated that those taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel have not been put first.

Fetterman, who has been outspoken against the protesters, wondered why they are demonstrating against Israel and not Hamas, which he says has refused a recent cease-fire deal during his appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation."

"These kinds of protests haven’t been...
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1 person killed and 23 injured in a bus crash in northern Maryland, police say

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Police say one person was killed and 23 others were injured when a bus crashed on Interstate 95 in northern Maryland
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Full transcript of "Face the Nation," May 5, 2024

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:

Click here to browse full transcripts of "Face the Nation."

MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan.

And this week on Face the Nation: Campus chaos continues from coast to coast.

Plus, South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem kicks off her book tour today, and we have got the first interview.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: Campus protests tied to the war between Israel and Hamas spilled into the weekend.

And with no breakthrough yet in Mideast...
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