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Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging

NEW YORK (AP) — One political party is holding urgent news conferences and congressional hearings over the topic. The other says it’s a dangerous distraction meant to seed doubts before this year’s presidential election.

In recent months, the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a leading election-year talking point for Republicans. They argue that legislation is necessary to protect the sanctity of the vote as the country faces unprecedented levels of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
























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Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator, dies at 58

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday.

Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart's body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood early Saturday morning and that no foul play was suspected. Officials believe Stewart suffered a medical episode, according to CNN.

In an email to staff, the network's CEO Mark Thompson called Stewart "a very dear friend and colleague to all of us at CNN."

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Dive team finds bodies of 2 men dead inside plane found upside down in Alaska lake

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Man suspected of shooting infant son in hostage standoff apparently killed himself

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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He was found in the rubble of a Phoenix home that caught fire during a standoff.
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Trump demands Biden 'drug test,' rips 'radical' RFK Jr. in bid to 'rebellious bunch' at NRA

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Former President Trump fired up supporters at the National Rifle Association's Annual Meeting in Texas on Saturday, calling for President Biden to take a "drug test," putting "radical" Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on blast and encouraging gun enthusiasts to get out and vote.

The crowd at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas roared as Trump received the NRA's endorsement before he took the stage.

Trump thanked the "great patriots" for the endorsements, but reprimanded the "rebellious bunch" for not voting.

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Maryland governor signs Biden-inspired bill establishing 'Center for Firearm Violence Prevention'

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Democratic Maryland governor Wes Moore signed a bill establishing the first statewide gun violence prevention center earlier this week.

The project, which is called the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention, will operate within the Maryland Department of Health. Its mission is to "consolidate and better coordinate Maryland’s public health approach to preventing gun violence," according to a press release published by the governor's office on Thursday.

"The center will partner with local governments, advocates, and medical...
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Taiwan's steely leader rewrote the book on how to deal with China

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Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat.
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Singer Libianca on the pressure to take sides in Cameroon war

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The star of viral hit People talks to the BBC about getting death threats for waving a Cameroonian flag.
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‘My heart still hurts’: The personal sacrifice of revealing a K-pop scandal

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Two journalists reveal how they bore the brunt of fans' anger after exposing K-pop's dark underbelly.
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The mystery of the man embroiled in a gold scam

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Questions remain around the disappearance of a man mixed up in one of the biggest gold scams in history.
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Alice Stewart, a CNN Political Commentator, Dies at 58

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Alice Stewart, a Republican strategist and political commentator on CNN, has died. She was 58.

Her death was announced by CNN. The company said the police found Ms. Stewart’s body outdoors in Northern Virginia early Saturday morning. The authorities believe she had a medical emergency.

Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief executive, described her in an email to staff members as “a political veteran and an Emmy Award-winning journalist who brought an incomparable spark to CNN’s coverage” and who was known not just “for her political savvy, but for her...
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Rudy Giuliani served indictment in Arizona fake elector case

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump's loss to President Biden in the 2020 election.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted the news regarding the Trump-aligned lawyer on her X account late Friday.

"The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law," Mayes wrote.

The attorney general's spokesman Richie Taylor said in an...
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Biden travels to Georgia ahead of Morehouse commencement address

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Biden on Saturday made his second trip of the year to Georgia as he attempts to shore up support in the battleground state. On Sunday, he will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College. Former President Donald Trump campaigned in Minnesota Friday, before traveling to Texas to address members of the National Rifle Association. Nikole Killion has the latest.
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DC Mayor Bowser jets off for Las Vegas weekend 'mission' after ritzy Masters trip on taxpayers' dime

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Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and her entourage are set to travel to Las Vegas on a business trip, shortly after the Democratic mayor faced scrutiny for going on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Masters Golf tournament.

A description of the event on the mayor’s public calendar said that she would attend the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) on an "economic mission."

"On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Mayor Bowser will attend the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) LAS VEGAS to attract retail to the District of Columbia,"...
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In Atlanta, Biden Warms Up His Pitch to Black Voters

  • News source: Katie Rogers
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President Biden declared on Saturday that his challenger, former President Donald J. Trump, represented an “unhinged” threat to the future of the country and asked Black voters at two campaign events in Atlanta to see the election as a choice between protecting democracy and letting it backslide.

This message was a preview of sorts for a speech he was scheduled to deliver on Sunday at Morehouse College, an all-male, historically Black institution whose students, alumni and faculty had been divided over inviting Mr. Biden as the war in Gaza...
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Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid

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Seize the Grey win the Preakness Stakes for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
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