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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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Inside the dangerous rescue for Brazil flood victims

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC joins emergency services in Porte Alegre as they battle unprecedented flooding.
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Attacked Navalny ally will 'never give up' fight

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Leonid Volkov says his fight against Vladimir Putin will never end, speaking after a hammer attack outside his home.
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Brazil floods: On board a rescue helicopter

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC's Ione Wells joins emergency services in Rio Grande do Sul, which has seen its worst ever floods.
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Georgia’s future path at stake as protests divide nation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A controversial new law is dividing Georgia and risks pulling the nation back to the instability that scarred its post-Soviet independence.
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Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

  • News source: Summer Ballentine | Associated Press
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A longshot Missouri gubernatorial candidat e with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled Friday.

Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker denied a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan out of the August Republican primary.

McClanahan is running against Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, state Sen. Bill Eigel and others for the GOP nomination to replace Gov. Mike Parson, who is barred by term limits from seeking reelection.

McClanahan’s lawyer, Dave Roland, said the ruling...
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Accepting N.R.A. Endorsement, Trump Pledges to Be Gun Owners’ Ardent Ally

  • News source: Jazmine Ulloa
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Former President Donald J. Trump, accepting the endorsement of the National Rifle Association on Saturday, cast himself as a powerful ally for gun owners and gun businesses, contending that under President Biden the right to bear arms was “under siege.”

“If the Biden regime gets four more years, they are coming for your guns,” Mr. Trump said in Dallas, where he headlined the N.R.A.’s annual meeting.

Mr. Trump addressed the group as he is on trial in Manhattan on criminal charges that he falsified business records related to a hush-money payment to...
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Rudy Giuliani is served indictment papers at his own birthday party after mocking Arizona attorney general

  • News source: Alex Tabet and Vaughn Hillyard | NBC News
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Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes on Friday announced that Rudy Giuliani had been served with the notice of his indictment in connection with an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona.

The announcement came less than two hours after a social media post from Giuliani taunted Mayes for failing to deliver his indictment. The notice was served to Giuliani during a celebration in Palm Beach, Florida, for his 80th birthday.

In a now-deleted post on X, Giuliani taunted Arizona authorities. “If Arizona...
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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."

"A...
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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

  • News source: FOX News
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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.

"But one thing I'll say, and I...
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Maryland governor signs Biden-inspired bill establishing 'Center for Firearm Violence Prevention'

  • News source: FOX News
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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

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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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