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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday April 2, 2024, at a rally in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
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Trump’s first criminal trial is a historic and solemn moment for America
President Joe Biden speaks to the National Action Network Convention remotely from the South Court Auditorium of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Washington. President Biden's re-election campaign is wrangling with the Republican-dominated states of Ohio and Alabama to assure he's listed on their November ballots, amid hints that a routine procedural negotiation is becoming politically charged.
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Biden tells Netanyahu US will not participate in any counter-strike against Iran
President Joe Biden meets with members of the National Security team regarding the unfolding missile attacks on Israel from Iran, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in the White House Situation Room. Some portions of this handout photo have been blurred by the source.
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As Iran attacks Israel, Biden confronts an escalating Middle East crisis he had hoped to avoid
Rob Portman and Joe Manchin speak to CNN's Manu Raju.
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Joe Manchin and Rob Portman hold back support from their parties’ presidential nominees while calling for bipartisanship in Congress
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - APRIL 02: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on April 02, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Trump delivered a speech which his campaign has called "Biden's Border Bloodbath", as recent polls have shown that immigration and the situation at the U.S. Southern border continue to be top issues on voters' minds going into the November election. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Fact check: Trump’s false and unsubstantiated claims about his Manhattan criminal case

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Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, in November 2020. The next day, he became President-elect.
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In photos: President Joe Biden
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 27: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy That Works for All at Enclave on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attending the forum, held by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, to share their economic policies. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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In photos: Vice President Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on reproductive freedom at El Rio Neighborhood Center in Tucson, Arizona, on April 12, 2024. The top court in Arizona on April 9, 2024, ruled a 160-year-old near total ban on abortion is enforceable, thrusting the issue to the top of the agenda in a key US presidential election swing state. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Harris goes on the offensive over abortion rights in Arizona: ‘Trump did this’
Vice President Kamala Harris visits St. Paul Health Center, a clinic that performs abortions, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday.
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Harris says it’s absurd and unfair that marijuana is treated more seriously than fentanyl under federal law
President Joe Biden speaks to guests at an event in Milwaukee on March 13, 2024.
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Biden hits battleground states as Trump opts for a seat in court
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Edmund Pettus Bridge during an event to commemorate the 59th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama, on March 3, 2024. On March 7, 1965, civil rights marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge and clashed with state police who used batons and tear gas to disperse the protesters. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Harris escalates administration calls for Gaza ceasefire

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Fact checking Trump and Johnson’s election integrity announcement
Apr 12, 2024
President Joe Biden President Biden speaks to local supporters and volunteers at the office opening of the Wisconsin coordinated campaign headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 13.
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Democrats weigh different paths to getting Biden on the ballot in Alabama and Ohio
Apr 12, 2024
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2024.
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Democratic National Committee paid lawyers who represented Biden in special counsel probe
Apr 12, 2024
US President Joe Biden speaks at Stupak Community Center on March 19, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Biden delivered remarks on making affordable housing more available for American families.
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White House sees consumer sentiment underpinning hopes for November amid persistent economic pessimism
Apr 12, 2024
WALLINGFORD, PENNSYLVANIA - MARCH 08: President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on March 08, 2024 in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. One day after Biden delivered his last State of the Union address before the November general election, the president held the event to highlight his administration's achievements and vision going into the next eight months of campaigning. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Biden prepares Pennsylvania swing to make the economic case against Trump
Apr 12, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump.
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Trump and Johnson build alliance on the falsehood of the stolen election
Apr 12, 2024
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida listen to the National Anthem during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Who’s coming to the White House’s Japan state dinner: the Clintons, De Niro, Bezos
Apr 11, 2024
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk on the colonnade as they make their way to a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on April 10 in Washington, DC.
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Biden lauds US-Japan alliance at state dinner
Apr 11, 2024
Lara Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 22 in National Harbor, Maryland.
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RNC under Lara Trump spreads ‘massive fraud’ claims about 2020 election
Apr 11, 2024
Protesters take part in a small rally led by Women's March Tucson after Arizona's Supreme Court revived a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances, in Tucson, Arizona, on April 9, 2024.
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Arizona ruling puts abortion politics in the spotlight in battleground state
Apr 10, 2024
US President Joe Biden (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden defends his handling of the economy amid latest rough inflation numbers
Apr 10, 2024
This February 2020 photo shows Cornel West at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire.
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Cornel West announces fellow academic Melina Abdullah as running mate
Apr 10, 2024

The inauguration of President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden speaks after being sworn in as the 46th President of the US during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2021. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden’s Inauguration Day speech, annotated
President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris watches at right. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP)
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An inauguration like no other: Notable moments of a momentous day
Biden signed a series of executive actions on January 28, aimed at expanding access to health care, including re-opening enrollment for health care offered through the federal marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act.
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The executive actions Biden signed in his first 100 days
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Biden vowed his Cabinet would look like the country. So does it?
January 20: Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive at his inauguration. Biden pledged to be a president for all Americans — even those who did not support his campaign. "Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation," he said in his inaugural address.
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‘Welcome Back America’: Newspapers around the world react to Biden’s inauguration