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ATLANTA (AP) — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online.So Gabriel Sterling, a Republican who had defended the 2020 election in Georgia amid an onslaught of threats, posted a message to his…

President Biden joked about his age and made a vow to families of journalists imprisoned in Russia, while also targeting his rival, former President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Outside the event, pro-Palestinians demonstrators protested. View comments

Thai ex-executive Pichai named finance minister, faces growth challenge

ATLANTA (AP) — As Donald Trump campaigns for a return to the White House, he often reaches back more than 40 years and seven administrations to belittle President Joe Biden by comparing him to 99-year-old Jimmy Carter.Most recently, Trump used his first campaign stop after the start of his criminal hush money trial in New…

Moscow may seize private US assets in Russia if US seizes frozen reserves, says Putin ally

Donald Trump hasn’t set foot in the White House since leaving office more than three years ago, but that didn’t stop him from pretending it’s still his residence this week when he offered a visitor a key to the building.Trump gave the baffling gift to former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, who visited him at…

US Senate votes overwhelmingly to advance Ukraine, Israel aid legislation

President Joe Biden broke out his “Dark Brandon” alter ego as he fired off a quick joke at the expense of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who has been one of his biggest critics in Congress.Jordy Meiselas of the progressive news outlet MeidasTouch Network pointed out to Biden that Boebert abandoned her constituents to run for…

Kamala Harris hadn’t even started building up to her ending when the crowd in Las Vegas — more fired up than any poll would suggest — started chanting, “Four more years!” But she made sure everyone heard the line she’s come up with: “Trump abortion bans.”And not one pro-Palestinian protester interrupted her that day, or,…

US House passes $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package, sends to Senate