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Harris raised $81 million in first 24 hours as candidate

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris raised $81 million in the first 24 hours since announcing her bid for president, her campaign said, a record-breaking showing as Democrats welcomed her candidacy with one of the greatest gushers of cash of all time.

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Donald Trump donated to Kamala Harris’ attorney general campaign

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

Donald Trump donated to the campaign of the woman he’ll likely run against to be the nation’s 47th president. Online records managed by California’s Secretary of State indicate Trump gave $5,000 to Kamala Harris in 2011 when she ran to become California’s attorney general.

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Devastating ransomware attack shuts down LA County courts

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

The Los Angeles County Superior Court, the biggest trial court in the country, remained closed Monday as it sought to recover from a ransomware attack on its systems, officials said.

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Who could replace Harris as the next vice presidential candidate? Meet her potential choices

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

If she becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, as many people expect, Vice President Kamala Harris will have a wide variety of potential running mates, many from battleground states crucial to both parties in the 2024 presidential race.

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Man chases USPS worker delivering mail, shoots at him a dozen times in California, feds say

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

A man chased down and fired a dozen shots at a U.S. Postal Service employee who had been delivering mail at his San Francisco home, unloading an “entire magazine” at him, according to federal prosecutors.

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Kamala Harris on phone with Biden, 100 other Democrats as she makes her case to be nominee

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

The day that catapulted Kamala Harris to within striking distance of becoming the Democratic nominee for president of the United States was marked by a flurry of phone calls.

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Democrats donate more than $50 million online after Biden’s exit

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

Democrats greeted President Joe Biden's departure from the presidential race with an avalanche of cash, donating more than $50 million online on Sunday and making it the single biggest day for online Democratic contributions since the 2020 election -- with hours to go.

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Ahead of Monday hearing, more lawmakers call on Secret Service director to resign

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

The embattled director of the U.S. Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, is facing new calls to resign from what has become a bipartisan group of lawmakers after news that top agency officials repeatedly denied requests for additional resources and personnel sought by former president Donald Trump’s security detail.

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Domesticated rabbits can ‘rewild’ thanks to feral DNA, study finds

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

Feral DNA may help domestic rabbits thrive in the wild, a new analysis suggests, shedding new light on the evolution of an animal that can cause major environmental destruction.

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72-year-old fends off grizzly bear with handgun while picking huckleberries

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

A 72-year-old man is in a hospital after he shot and killed a grizzly bear that attacked him while he was picking huckleberries alone in a Montana forest. The adult female grizzly charged the man, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency said Friday, adding that it was a “surprise defensive encounter.”

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Netanyahu comes to Washington on heels of Biden withdrawal

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to land Monday in a Washington consumed by political turmoil, creating further uncertainty about U.S.-Israeli relations at a crucial moment in the Gaza war.

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How will Democrats replace Biden at the top of the presidential ticket?

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

Now that President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential race, the question facing the Democratic Party is no longer whether he can be replaced at the top of the ticket. It is how to do it.

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Joe Biden drops out of race, scrambling campaign for White House

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

President Joe Biden on Sunday abruptly abandoned his campaign for a second term under intense pressure from fellow Democrats and threw his support to Vice President Kamala Harris to lead their party in a dramatic last-minute bid to stop former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House.

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FCC slashes cost of phone calls for inmates, capping decadeslong effort

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated people under new rules that federal regulators approved Thursday, concluding a decadeslong effort to provide relief to the nation’s 2 million inmates and their families.

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Biden family grapples with pressure on their patriarch to step aside

UPDATED: Sat., July 20, 2024

President Joe Biden had just arrived back at the White House following a weekend at Camp David with his family, walking through the doors from the South Lawn shortly after 7 p.m. He had 45 minutes before he was to deliver remarks about the Supreme Court’s decision to grant immunity to Donald Trump for official acts he took as president.

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Lack of motive in Trump attack frustrates public, but fits a pattern

UPDATED: Sat., July 20, 2024

In the week since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, details have emerged about sniper positions and Secret Service agents, witnesses and warnings.

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GOP called for unity as it continued to feature far-right figures, ideas

UPDATED: Sat., July 20, 2024

The Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina has said that acceptance of gay people would help bring civilization’s end, that transgender people should be arrested for their choice of bathrooms and that “some people need killing.”

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Sheila Jackson Lee, outspoken Texas congresswoman, dies at 74

UPDATED: Sat., July 20, 2024

Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat who during three decades in the U.S. House of Representatives became one of the most prominent Black members of Congress and a ubiquitous champion of African American and women’s rights, died Friday at a hospital in Houston. She was 74.

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Trump, Zelenskyy speak as election hangs over U.S. aid to Ukraine

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

Former president Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they spoke on Friday as the U.S. presidential race hangs over the future of the war in Ukraine.

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Blinken says Gaza cease-fire deal ‘inside the 10-yard line’

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Friday that an agreement to free hostages in the Gaza Strip and establish a cease-fire was close, as administration officials prepared for a visit to Washington next week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Harris raised $81 million in first 24 hours as candidate

Donald Trump donated to Kamala Harris’ attorney general campaign

Devastating ransomware attack shuts down LA County courts

Who could replace Harris as the next vice presidential candidate? Meet her potential choices

Man chases USPS worker delivering mail, shoots at him a dozen times in California, feds say

Kamala Harris on phone with Biden, 100 other Democrats as she makes her case to be nominee

Democrats donate more than $50 million online after Biden’s exit

Ahead of Monday hearing, more lawmakers call on Secret Service director to resign

Domesticated rabbits can ‘rewild’ thanks to feral DNA, study finds

72-year-old fends off grizzly bear with handgun while picking huckleberries

Netanyahu comes to Washington on heels of Biden withdrawal

How will Democrats replace Biden at the top of the presidential ticket?

Joe Biden drops out of race, scrambling campaign for White House

FCC slashes cost of phone calls for inmates, capping decadeslong effort

Biden family grapples with pressure on their patriarch to step aside

Lack of motive in Trump attack frustrates public, but fits a pattern

GOP called for unity as it continued to feature far-right figures, ideas

Sheila Jackson Lee, outspoken Texas congresswoman, dies at 74

Trump, Zelenskyy speak as election hangs over U.S. aid to Ukraine

Blinken says Gaza cease-fire deal ‘inside the 10-yard line’