Author: Erik Wasson
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Poll: Public sours on a Biden-Trump election rematch in 2024
WASHINGTON • Americans are souring on the prospect of a 2024 election rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, even as that looks like the most likely scenario at this stage, according to an NBC News poll. Most of those surveyed, by 70% to 26%, said that Biden should not seek reelection…
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Biden officials press Congress on chips bill as progress stalls
WASHINGTON • The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are trying to break a deadlock on legislation aimed at enhancing U.S. competitiveness with China and boosting the domestic semiconductor industry, which has been stalled since Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell threatened to scuttle the bill. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines…
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Senator calls Trump’s denial of profane comment ‘not true’
A key Democratic senator who was at the Oval Office meeting on immigration said President Donald Trump’s denial that he called Haiti and African nations “shithole countries” is “not true” and that Trump made the “vile and racist” comments. “He said things which were hate-filled, vile and racist,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who was at…