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President Joe Biden condemns lies by Trump that aim to glorify the “poison” of White Nationalists in America

Courting Black voters he needs to win reelection, President Joe Biden on January 8 denounced the “poison” of White Supremacy in America, declaring at the site of a deadly racist church shooting in South Carolina that such ideology has no place in America, “not today, tomorrow or ever.” President Biden spoke from the pulpit of Mother Emanuel AME Church, where in 2015 nine Black parishioners were shot to death by the White stranger they had invited to join their Bible study. The Democratic president’s speech followed his blunt remarks on the eve of the anniversary of the January 6,...

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Same Republicans who blamed Trump for Capitol riot on January 6 now endorse his current presidential bid

In the follow-up to their 2018 bestseller “How Democracies Die,” authors Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky write about three rules that political parties must follow: accept the results of fair elections, reject the use of violence to gain power and break ties to extremists. In the aftermath of the 2020 election, they write, only one U.S. political party “violated all three.” January 6, 2023 marked the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and Donald Trump, the former president, is far-and-away the leading Republican candidate in 2024. He still refuses to acknowledge his earlier loss...

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We nearly lost America: President Joe Biden condemns Trump for his bloody riot on January 6 anniversary

President Joe Biden warned on January 5 that Donald Trump’s efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country, the day before the third anniversary of the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol by then-President Trump’s supporters aiming to keep him in power. Speaking near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where George Washington and the Continental Army spent a bleak winter nearly 250 years ago, President Biden said that January 6, 2021, marked a moment where “we nearly lost America — lost it all.” He said the presidential race — a likely rematch with Trump,...

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President Biden says Trump’s support of insurrection is “self-evident” during economic tour of Milwaukee

President Joe Biden touted his administration’s support for minority-owned businesses and the replacement of lead pipes during a visit to Milwaukee on December 20, while also swiping at Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward migrants and his ongoing lies about his election loss. The trip showed how Biden is trying to juggle multiple political priorities in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin. Democrats want to generate excitement among nonwhite voters who are an important part of their coalition while also keeping the focus on Trump’s extremism, heightening a contrast that the White House hopes will secure a second term for Biden....

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President Biden plans to highlight progress for Black-owned small businesses during Milwaukee visit

President Joe Biden is aiming to use a visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin on December 20 to spotlight a surge in federal government support for Black-owned small businesses during his White House tenure, and to highlight his administration’s efforts to ramp up investment in distressed communities. The Small Business Administration in the last fiscal year backed 4,700 loans valued at $1.5 billion to Black-owned businesses. Under President Biden, the SBA says it has more than doubled the number and total dollar amount of loans to Black-owned small businesses. Since 2020, the share of the SBA’s loans going...

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Congressman Comer accused of hiding his financial fraud while pushing political hit job on Hunter Biden

U.S. Representative James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings on congressional financial disclosure documents, roughly 1,600 acres in all. But there are 6 acres that he bought in 2015 and co-owns with a longtime campaign contributor that he has treated differently, transferring his ownership to Farm Team Properties, a shell company he co-owns with his wife. Interviews and records reviewed by The Associated Press provide new insights into the financial deal, which risks undercutting the force of some...

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