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Today — 19 September 2024Main stream
Yesterday — 18 September 2024Main stream

Trump Tries to Close Off a Chief Line of Attack: That He’s a Danger to Democracy

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Lisa Lerer
18 September 2024 at 17:04
Donald Trump has tried to link Democrats’ charge that he poses a “threat to democracy” to threats on his life. Meanwhile, he has heightened his own attacks on his rivals.

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“Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Harris Condemns Trump’s False Claims About Haitian Migrants Eating Pets

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By: Erica L. Green and Nicholas Nehamas
18 September 2024 at 05:55
“This is exhausting, and it’s harmful,” Kamala Harris said during an interview. “And it’s hateful, and grounded in some age-old stuff that we should not have the tolerance for.”

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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Tuesday in Philadelphia with three members of the National Association of Black Journalists.

Senate Republicans Block I.V.F. Bill Again, Breaking With Trump

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By: Annie Karni
18 September 2024 at 04:34
Democrats brought up the measure again to highlight Republican opposition to abortion rights and make the case to voters that the G.O.P. stance threatens access to reproductive health care.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, with other Senate Democrats ahead of a vote on the Right to I.V.F. Act on Tuesday.

For Senator Duckworth, Preserving I.V.F. Access Is Personal

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By: Maya C. Miller
18 September 2024 at 04:40
The Democratic senator has long pressed to safeguard the fertility treatment she used to conceive her children, which has now been thrust into the political conversation.

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Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, at the Capitol on Monday. “I didn’t mean to become an advocate,” she said in an interview. “I just wanted to not have anybody else go through what I did.”

Pelosi Blamed New York for House Losses. Hochul Wants Another Chance.

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By: Nicholas Fandos
17 September 2024 at 20:30
The New York governor has rebuilt the state Democratic Party to help flip key swing seats in November. But can she stanch her own political bleeding?

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Gov. Kathy Hochul bristles at the notion that she deserved blame for the Democrats’ poor showing in the 2022 midterms.
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North Carolina Absentee Ballots Delayed After Fight Over RFK Jr.

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By: Michael Wines
17 September 2024 at 06:51
After dropping out of the race and endorsing Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been fighting in court to remove his name from ballots in several states.

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Test ballots listing the U.S. presidential candidates, including Robert F Kennedy Jr., were reviewed at Wake County Board of Elections headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., earlier this month.

Trump Claims Democrats’ Language Provoked Apparent Assassination Attempt

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By: Michael Gold and Maggie Astor
17 September 2024 at 03:13
The authorities have not provided information about the gunman’s motive in the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, yet former President Donald J. Trump, who has his own history of using violent language, sought to blame Democrats.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wis., earlier this month. Mr. Trump blamed Democrats’ “inflammatory language” for motivating a gunman arrested at one of his golf courses on Sunday.

James Sasser, Senator and Clinton’s Envoy to China, Dies at 87

✇NYT | China
By: Robert D. McFadden
12 September 2024 at 21:38
He became ambassador after three terms as a senator from Tennessee. In 1999, he was made a virtual prisoner in the embassy in Beijing during a siege by protesters.
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