Ex Star Wars actress ‘moved to tears’ over judge’s latest decision with Disney lawsuit
A judge has ruled that former Star Wars actress Gina Carano’s lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company can move forward, giving Carano the chance “to clear my name.” The ruling by California-based Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett stated that the defendants in this case, Disney, had “failed to set forth an ‘impenetrable defense’ under the First Amendment.” As such, Disney’s motion to throw out Carano’s lawsuit, filed in April, has been denied, read the decision on Wednesday.
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Republican congressmen replace American flags burned at Union Station
A group of Republican lawmakers help police replace the American flags taken down and burned outside Union Station. The protestors replaced them with Palestinian flags and graffitied “Hamas” all over the monuments. The congressmen could only find smaller flags to put up in their place for the night. Park police and rangers came in the next morning to clean up the graffiti and replace the American flags with the ones that are the correct larger size. Many of the lines were broken by the anti-Israel protesters.
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Harris slams Trump for ‘backpedaling’ on September 10 debate: ‘Let’s go’
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee, said she is ready to debate former President Donald Trump ahead of the election. When President Joe Biden was still in the race, he and Trump agreed to debate on ABC News on Sept. 10.
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White House says Biden wants to turn down the temperature — if Trump does too
The White House says President Joe Biden wants to lower the temperature in politics if former President Donald Trump will agree to it. “The president has called on lowering the temperature,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday. “But here’s the thing: It takes all of us to lower the temperature. All of us. I hope you can read between the lines of what I mean by all of us.”
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Political Perspectives: Do Democrats still stand by being the ‘savior of democracy?’
Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York joins Editor-In-Chief Hugo Gurdon to discuss the Democratic agenda of voters believing they are the ‘saviors of democracy’ or care about what voters think who the leader should be. Kamala Harris shows course of how she will be campaigning against Trump. How Harris needs to utilize her time to compete against the stature of Trump.
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Freedom Caucus demands Bennie Thompson be barred from Trump assassination investigation
The House Freedom Caucus is demanding that Homeland Security Committee ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-MS) be barred from the forthcoming task force to investigate the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, arguing the top Democrat would be biased in his efforts. In an official statement released from the group on Wednesday, caucus members demanded that Thompson be blocked from the committee over a bill he introduced earlier this year that would terminate Secret Service protection for those who have been sentenced to prison after being convicted for a state or federal felony. Republicans condemned the proposal, accusing Thompson of seeking to deny protection to Trump.
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Protesters burn American flag at Union Station and raise Palestinian one in its place
Protesters tore down American flags Wednesday at Union Station in Washington, raising Palestinian ones in their places. Video on social media shows that all three American flags that fly at Union Station were torn down, with at least one rescued by police and one burned. Palestinian flags were raised in their places.
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Anti-Israel protests demonstrated against Netanyahu’s speech to Congress
Anti-Israel protesters gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s address to Congress. Protesters assembled in D.C. are taking issue with Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza and with the state of Israel itself. The groups demonstrating have amassed near intersections around the Capitol complex ahead of Netanyahu’s 2:00 p.m. speech.
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Restoring America Show: The importance of free speech
This week Kristen Waggoner, the president and CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, and an attorney who has argued before the Supreme Court multiple times talks about how ADF has played such a vital role in defending free speech, both at home and abroad. The right to speak freely is essential to free government and human flourishing. That’s why it’s one of the very first liberties preserved in the First Amendment, and one of the very first rights totalitarians try to take away. Though the U.S. has long upheld free speech for all, it is not immune to its own authoritarian impulses. The Left, especially, has become increasingly antagonistic toward opposing points of view that challenge its agenda.
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Five Democrats in critical seats who haven’t endorsed Harris yet
As Vice President Kamala Harris has all but surely become the Democratic nominee for president, some House Democrats in swing seats have yet to endorse her. In the 48 hours since President Joe Biden announced he would step aside from the race, Harris has secured enough delegates to become the Democratic nominee and raised $100 million. While Biden was in the race but facing calls from a growing number of Democrats to drop out, some downballot Democrats worried about their chances of winning with Biden at the top of the ticket.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters stage demonstration in House office building
A number of pro-Palestinian protesters were apprehended by U.S. Capitol Police officers as they staged a protest inside one of the House office buildings just one day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to address Congress. Protesters gathered in the rotunda of the Cannon Office Building on Tuesday afternoon, their chants, echoing throughout the building, heard from several floors away. Capitol Police attempted to disperse the crowd and confiscate banners, although it was not immediately clear how many protesters were
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Kamala Harris addresses NCAA champions in first public appearance since Biden withdrawal
Vice President Kamala Harris is honoring many of the 2024 NCAA championship teams in an event known as “College Athlete Day.” The celebration marks the vice president’s first public appearance since President Joe Biden announced he would not be seeking reelection this November. Biden was set to host the event but was diagnosed with COVID-19 and is self-isolating.
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Secret Service director dodges House GOP at hearing on Trump shooting
House Republicans immediately took issue with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s refusal to answer several questions, including why a Secret Service agent was not on the roof of the building where a shooter took aim at former President Donald Trump. When asked by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-OH) if there was an agent on the roof where Thomas Matthew Crooks allegedly shot and injured Trump and others at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Cheatle did not directly answer the question.
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Democratic fundraising booms after Biden drops out
Democratic Party’s nominee, donations to ActBlue soared as donors shared optimism about Vice President Kamala Harris’s candidacy. Sunday was the largest fundraising day of the 2024 cycle for Democrats. Read the full story here:
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"Ohio Governor Outlines Three Key Factors in Selecting Vance's Senate Successor"
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) is keeping his cards close to his vest when it comes to whom he might choose to replace Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) in the Senate. But he did outline a few guiding principles for how he will decide should Vance win election as former President Donald Trump’s vice president in the fall.
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Mayorkas taps former Obama and Bush officials to investigate Trump assassination attempt
The investigation, which was ordered by President Joe Biden last week, taps former homeland security officials who served under previous administrations, as well as law enforcement officials. The panel’s investigation will take place over a 45-day period, according to a press release sent out by the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday evening.
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Manchin rules out presidential run but calls for contested primary
Joe Manchin (I-WV) told CBS he is not running for president soon after reports floated that he was considering reregistering as a Democrat to contest Vice President Kamala Harris for the nomination.
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Biden endorses Harris, Trump supporters confident regardless of Harris, Rally Security
President Joe Biden finally heeded public advice from nearly Democratic 40 lawmakers and voters and private wishes from donors by suspending his reelection campaign on Sunday, the end of a month-long saga that had many holding their breath and shaking their heads. 2) One day before President Joe Biden announced he would no longer seek reelection this November, supporters of former President Donald Trump were unconcerned about the top of the Democratic ticket because they were confident in Trump’s electoral chances regardless.
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Navigating election anxiety ahead of a Trump/Biden match up
Karen Howard, the CEO and Executive Director of Organic and Natural Health Association spoke exclusively with Washington Examiner about the current political scenario, its overwhelming effects on people and how to deal with it. Back in March this year, it was announced that President Biden and former President Donald Trump would have a rematch. The polls that time showed that only one third of the respondents were hopeful about their options. The current situation though is, Trump might have a jail time and Biden has been getting a lot of calls for stepping down as the presidential nominee, due to his questionable mental and physical fitness. This whole situation has created a lot of election anxiety amongst people raising the question, whether their votes matter?
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Biden bows out of 2024 presidential race
President Joe Biden has suspended his reelection campaign, sparking a political firestorm regarding who should replace him mere months before voters head to the ballot box. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president,” Biden wrote in a letter Sunday. “While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.”
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Pushback among Democrats on virtual roll call
Follow my channel, Jo Roth joins Political and Investigative Reporter Sarah Bedford to discuss pushback among Democratic delegates to potentially move up the virtual roll call for solidifying President Joe Biden’s nomination. Why are more major Democrats coming out and voicing for Biden to step down? What do lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to know from the Secret Service?
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No fear here: Trump holds first rally since shooting, joined by VP pick JD Vance
Michigan where former president Donald Trump is speaking for the first time with his vice presidential nominee. By nine in the morning hundreds if not thousands were lined up waiting for the doors to open. Donned in their best red, white, and blue attire and custom t-shirts. We asked if people had any concerns, as this comes exactly one week since the assassination attempt on trumps life at his rally in Pennsylvania. Press and attendees were told to arrive early as security measures have been upped for this event.
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Vance takes on Harris in Trump campaign debut
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance dinged Vice President Kamala Harris during his campaign trail debut in Grand Rapids. “The vice president, Kamala Harris, she doesn’t like me,” Vance told the crowd Saturday. “Kamala Harris said something to the effect of that I have no loyalty to this country.
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Trump revels in campaign trail return after shooting
Despite promising during his nomination acceptance speech during last week’s Republican National Convention not to keep revisiting his assassination attempt, former President Donald Trump relived the moment during his first post-shooting rally in Grand Rapids. “It was exactly a week ago today almost to the hour, almost to the minute,” Trump told a crowd of 13,000 people Saturday in downtown Grand Rapids to chants of “fight, fight, fight,” the same words he uttered before Secret Service ushered him off the stage to safety seven days ago in Butler, Pennsylvania. Read the full story here....
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