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Kamala Harris slams indictment of Letitia James during book tour event in DC | CNN Politics Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James during an event Thursday in Washington, DC, that was repeatedly disrupted by demonstrators prot...

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James during an event Thursday in Washington, DC, that was repeatedly disrupted by demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza:

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

10.10.2025 05:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Tom Steyer enters California redistricting fight with a $12 million | CNN Politics Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer announced Thursday that he would spend $12 million backing California Democrats’ redistricting push this fall, becoming the latest megadonor to enter the high-stakes con...

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Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer announced Thursday that he would spend $12 million backing California Democrats’ redistricting push this fall, becoming the latest megadonor to enter the high-stakes contest.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

09.10.2025 20:00 👍 37 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 4
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Takeaways from the second debate in the New Jersey governor’s race | CNN Politics Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill had a more contentious meeting than their first debate, one that focused as much on Trump and personal controversies as it did local concerns ab...

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The sharp divides between New Jersey’s candidates for governor in Wednesday night’s second debate were crystallized by the grades each gave President Donald Trump.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

09.10.2025 02:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Katie Porter, famous for grilling opponents, is criticized for demanding a reporter be more ‘pleasant’ | CNN Politics Katie Porter became a national figure among Democrats for her sharp questioning of Trump administration figures, often holding a whiteboard, in House Oversight Committee hearings. That made her recent...

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"OK, so, I don’t want to keep doing this. I’m going to call it, thank you.”

Katie Porter, a Democrat running for governor of California, is drawing blowback after threatening to walk out of an interview with CBS News Sacramento:

www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

08.10.2025 18:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Our chair has something he loves to say all the time: Saquon Barkley is possibly the best player in the NFL, and not even he gets a 10-year contract,” said James Markley with the PA GOP.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

07.10.2025 14:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“This is, in many respects, the most important race in the country that nobody’s talking about,” said @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social, a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

07.10.2025 14:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Josh Shapiro wades into a Pennsylvania court campaign with major 2028 stakes | CNN Politics Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is wading into a state Supreme Court race this fall that both parties say has far-reaching implications for the 2028 presidential race, upcoming midterms and future redi...

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is wading into a state Supreme Court race this fall that both parties say has far-reaching implications for the 2028 presidential race, upcoming midterms and future redistricting in the premier battleground state.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

07.10.2025 10:43 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
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The lone US House Democrat to vote with Republicans on a shutdown draws a primary challenge | CNN Politics Maine Rep. Jared Golden, the only Democrat in the House to vote for the Republican-led government funding bill, drew a primary challenger Monday who accused him of consistently siding with the GOP ove...

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Maine Rep. Jared Golden, the only Democrat in the House to vote for the Republican-led government funding bill, drew a primary challenger Monday who accused him of consistently siding with the GOP over his own party.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

06.10.2025 15:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The rare public comments from the former president on the war in Gaza come as world leaders are gathered in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, a meeting roiled by the grinding conflict:

27.09.2025 02:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Obama: “I think that it is important for us to acknowledge those of us who are not direct parties to the violence to say, right now, children can’t starve. Right now, there’s not a military rationale for continuing to pummel what is already rubble"

27.09.2025 02:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Obama says there’s no ‘military rationale’ for Israel’s offensive in Gaza | CNN Politics Former President Barack Obama on Friday criticized Israel’s ongoing military action in Gaza, saying that “there’s not a military rationale for continuing to pummel what is already rubble” and arguing ...

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Former President Barack Obama tonight criticized Israel’s ongoing military action in Gaza, saying that “there’s not a military rationale for continuing to pummel what is already rubble” and arguing for Palestinian statehood.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

27.09.2025 02:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2

"Andy Barr, groomed by Mitch McConnell as an intern”

"Groomed by Mitch, Trump-hater like Mitch"

"Fake Nate Morris, fully woke and full of s**t"

"Perhaps you could both show us the seat of your britches so we can finally understand exactly where Mitch’s hand goes in"

www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

25.09.2025 17:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Obama says Trump’s Tylenol announcement was ‘violence against the truth’ | CNN Politics Former President Barack Obama said the Trump administration engaged in “violence against the truth” with its announcements this week linking autism and Tylenol.

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Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the Trump administration engaged in “violence against the truth” with its announcements this week linking autism and Tylenol.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

25.09.2025 14:41 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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These candidates all worked or interned for Mitch McConnell. Now they’re attacking each other for associating with him | CNN Politics These candidates all worked or interned for Mitch McConnell. Now they’re attacking each other for associating with himWright

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On the precipice of retirement, Mitch McConnell has become a pariah among the Republicans trying to succeed him.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

25.09.2025 11:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Schwarzenegger criticizes Trump for calling climate change a ‘con job’ | CNN Politics Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks at the UN General Assembly that the scientific consensus about climate change was a “scam” and “th...

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In CNN interview, Schwarzenegger criticizes Trump for calling climate change a ‘con job’

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

24.09.2025 22:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

every band's first album: it's so fun and dangerous being young

every band's second album: taxes should be illegal

every band's third album: what if astrology was real

24.09.2025 15:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Glenn Beck among conservatives who will help complete Charlie Kirk’s college tour | CNN Politics A collection of elected Republicans and prominent conservatives are stepping in to serve as featured guests on the national college tour that slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk was embarked on b...

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Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Glenn Beck among conservatives who will help complete Charlie Kirk’s college tour

www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

22.09.2025 20:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Explain this to me in terms of leather jackets

22.09.2025 17:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The closures, Augusta Medical Group said in its statement, were part of the company’s “ongoing response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the resulting realities for healthcare delivery": www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

22.09.2025 12:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rural health clinics are starting to close, raising the political risks of Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ | CNN Politics Two months after President Donald Trump signed his policy megabill into law, a Virginia health care company cited it when it announced the closure of three rural clinics serving tiny communities aroun...

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Rural health clinics are closing after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ raising the legislation’s political risks

www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

22.09.2025 10:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Takeaways from the first debate in the New Jersey governor’s race | CNN Politics Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli clashed Sunday over their responses to political violence and solutions to the rising cost of living in the first general election debate of New...

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Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli clashed Sunday over their responses to political violence and solutions to the rising cost of living in the first general election debate of New Jersey’s 2025 gubernatorial race.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/p...

22.09.2025 01:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sherrill tonight: “Right now we need to produce power here in our state, because the market has been screwed up by PJM and because Virginia has a million data centers which are sucking all the power out of our market."

22.09.2025 01:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Power politics: Rising electricity bills are central to this year’s elections | CNN Politics America’s aging power grid has faced strain for years, exacerbated by severe weather events, an explosion of data centers and the demand created by artificial intelligence.

Electricity bills a major flashpoint in first debate between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli in NJ tonight -- Ciattarelli blaming offshore wind farms, Sherrill calling out "a million data centers in Virginia" connected to the grid.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...

22.09.2025 01:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 3
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Obama says Charlie Kirk assassination was ‘horrific’ and praises Utah Gov. Cox’s response | CNN Politics Former President Barack Obama commented on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during remarks Tuesday night in Erie, Pennsylvania, saying that “regardless of where you are on the p...

www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...

17.09.2025 03:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Obama also praised Utah Gov. Spencer Cox: "He is a Republican, self-professed conservative Republican, but in his response to this tragedy ... he has shown, I think, that it is possible for us to disagree while abiding by a basic code of how we should engage in public debate."

17.09.2025 03:23 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

Obama said Kirk was "a young man with two small children and a wife who obviously – and a huge number of friends and supporters who cared about him. And so, we have to extend grace to people during their period of mourning and shock."

17.09.2025 03:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Obama: "And there are no ifs, ands or buts about it, the central premise of our democratic system is that we have to be able to disagree and have sometimes really contentious debates without resort to violence."

17.09.2025 03:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Obama: "What happened, as you mentioned, to the state legislators in Minnesota, that is horrific. It is a tragedy."

17.09.2025 03:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The former Democratic president commented on Charlie Kirk's assassination, at event in Erie PA tonight:

"Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie Kirk was horrific and a tragedy."

17.09.2025 03:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

OBAMA, tonight:

"Look, obviously I didn’t know Charlie Kirk. I was generally aware of some of his ideas. I think those ideas were wrong, but that doesn’t negate the fact that what happened was a tragedy and that I mourn for him and his family."

17.09.2025 03:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1