Author: Bill Barrow
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Seven states and events miles apart: How the Trump and Biden campaigns approach a rematch
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump each won the White House by razor-thin margins in key states
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Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch
President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, have dominated coast-to-coast contests on Super Tuesday
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Trump keeps making incendiary statements. His campaign says that won’t change.
Candidates on the verge of winning their parties’ nominations generally change their messaging as part of a so-called pivot
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Trump escalates his immigration rhetoric with baseless claim about Biden trying to overthrow the US
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Former President Donald Trump has further escalated his immigration rhetoric, baselessly accusing President Joe Biden of waging a “conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” at the border as he campaigned ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests
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Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent White House bid
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Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family’s legacy to implicitly compare the independent candidate to his assassinated uncle, President John F. Kennedy
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Obama heads to Ga. as Warnock tries to voting advantage on Walker
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ATLANTA • Georgia voters have cast more than 1 million ballots ahead of the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, with Warnock looking to juice an apparent Democratic head start in early voting with a visit Thursday from Barack Obama. The former president will campaign with…
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Warnock, Walker pivot to overtime in Georgia Senate contest
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ATLANTA • Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker pivoted to a decisive extra round of their Senate race Thursday, while party leaders and donors around the country geared up for a four-week campaign blitz that could determine control of the chamber for the next two years. With votes still being counted in…
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Switchbacks defender Jimmy Ockford a steadying force
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Three days prior to his team’s USL Championship season opener last week, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC defender Jimmy Ockford was awarded the role of team captain for the 2021 campaign. The 28-year-old, now in his eighth professional season, is confident that his first year on the pitch with the Switchbacks will be a positive one…
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Georgia tallies votes as U.S. Senate control hangs in balance
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ATLANTA • Georgia officials counted the final votes of the nation’s turbulent 2020 election season on Tuesday night as polls closed in two critical races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and, in turn, the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. The two Senate runoff elections are leftovers from the November general…
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Debate Takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minute
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a year of circling each other, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio. The 74-year-old president and the 77-year-old former vice president are similar in age, and they share a mutual dislike. But they differ starkly in style…