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Biden and Trump clinch nominations, setting the stage for a grueling general election rematch
By Steve Peoples, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want. The outcome of contests across Georgia, Mississippi and Washington State was never in doubt. Neither Biden, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump wins delegates needed to become GOP’s presumptive nominee for third straight election
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) – Donald Trump, whose single turbulent term in the White House transformed the Republican Party, tested the resilience of democratic institutions in the U.S. and threatened alliances abroad, will lead the GOP in a third consecutive presidential election after clinching the nomination Tuesday. With wins in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Explosion in a building outside Beijing kills 1 person and injures 22, state media say
By The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – Rescuers are responding to an explosion in a building in a city outside of Beijing that has killed one person and injured 22, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The building exploded early Wednesday morning in the city of Sanhe, just an hour west of Beijing... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mississippi Republican Sen. Wicker advances to general election. State also holds 4 House primaries
By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippians voted in party primaries for all four of the state’s U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. Polls were closing at 7 p.m. CDT Tuesday. If runoff elections are needed, they will be held April 2. The general election is Nov. 5. Here’s a look at the candidates who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mississippi holds primaries for 4 seats in the US House and 1 in the Senate
By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippians voted in party primaries for all four of the state’s U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. Polls were closing at 7 p.m. CDT Tuesday. If runoff elections are needed, they will be held April 2. The general election is Nov. 5. Here’s a look at the candidates who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden clinches nomination and Trump is getting closer, ushering in general election
By Steve Peoples, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Bidenclinched the Democratic presidential nomination with a decisive victory in swing-state Georgia on Tuesday, overcoming concerns about his leadership from within his own party as the 2024 presidential contest shifts to a general election rematch that many voters do not want. Donald Trump, too, was on pace to secure his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection, clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country. Biden became his party’s presumptive nominee when he won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden and Trump could clinch nominations in Tuesday’s contests, ushering in general election
By Steve Peoples, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden won the Democratic primary in Georgia on Tuesday as he sought to clinch his party’s presidential nomination in a slate of low-profile contests with the 2024 fight for the White House shifting into a new phase. Former President Donald Trump, too, was poised to win Georgia, among other states, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile
By Tara Copp And Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks to help Kyiv in its desperate fight against Russia, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battle
By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as a newly-released transcript of Biden’s testimony last fall showed that he repeatedly insisted he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden says he never meant to keep classified documents. Hur stands by report on president’s memory
By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on March 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Over five hours of interviews, President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel that he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency, but it shows he was at times fuzzy about dates and said he was unfamiliar with the paper trail for some of the sensitive documents ... Read More »
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