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2024 likely to be hottest year on record, first to exceed Paris agreement threshold
This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a statement Thursday. In its announcement, Copernicus noted that last month was itself the second-warmest October ever recorded, behind only 2023's. It... #press
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Supreme Court hears Facebook's bid to block Cambridge Analytica shareholder suit
The Supreme Court considered Wednesday a bid from Facebook to block a shareholder lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal from moving forward. Shareholders sued the social media company after the public became widely aware of the scandal in 2018,... #press
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Texas GOP wins big: 5 things to know
In the end, it wasn’t close at all. On election night, Texans handed sweeping victories to the Republican Party that controls the state, and in particular its ascendant MAGA faction. As Vice President Harris performed far worse across the state than Joe Biden did in 2020, Democratic hopes quickly fizzled. In addition to a decisive loss for... #press
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RFK Jr. says 'entire departments' at FDA 'have to go'
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is slated to hold a potentially big role in a new Trump administration, said Wednesday that there are "entire departments" within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that "have to go." "In some categories... there are entire departments, like the... #press
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Trump flips Michigan, clinching key battleground state
Former President Trump was projected to beat Vice President Harris in battleground Michigan, according to Decision Desk HQ. It’s a major swing-state win for Trump in “blue wall” territory, moving Michigan’s 15 electoral votes into the GOP column. Heading into Election Day, DDHQ polling averages showed Harris with a razor-thin Michigan... #press
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4969091-trump-michigan-victory/?utm_source=press.coop
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America has elected a revolutionary. Will he succeed?
Like all revolutionaries, President Trump will quickly come to face what the German American political scientist Otto Kirchheimer called “confining conditions.” #press
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Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback'
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, congratulated former President Trump on his resounding victory on Election Night this week. "Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory," Bezos wrote on social... #press
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Moldova just rejected Putin and chose a future with the West. What did America just choose?
If Trump allows Putin to succeed with his move on Ukraine, the next tempting morsel on his plate may be the tiny Republic of Moldova. #press
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Youth groups project historic Gen Z voter turnout
Voters under 30 years old are on track to cast a higher-than-expected number of votes during the 2024 presidential election, with youth political groups reporting hour-long lines on college campuses nationwide. “Across the country, we are seeing young people turn out in droves, forming long lines on college campuses... #press
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Greene easily wins reelection in Georgia
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene easily won reelection on Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Democrat Shawn Harris, a retired Army general, in Georgia’s deep-red 14th District, Decision Desk HQ projects. The outcome was never in question in the rural district occupying Georgia’s northwesternmost corner, where Trump won in 2020 by more than 37... #press
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4972962-marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia/?utm_source=press.coop
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Milwaukee results expected to be delayed over absentee ballot tabulation redo
Milwaukee election officials are recounting roughly 30,000 absentee ballots after issues were discovered with tabulator seals. City spokesman Jeff Flemming told reporters the redo will likely cause delays in reporting those results in the key swing state. “It's just out of an abundance of... #press
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Evening Report — What to watch for as polls close
Plus: Nation braces for unrest; courts prep for lawsuits {beacon} Evening Report © Associated Press Election night: What to watch for as America votes All that’s left to do now is vote, count and wait for the results. Americans entered Election Day with extreme uncertainty about who will be the 47th... #press
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Michigan on pace to break voter turnout records, official says
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) forecast on Tuesday that her state, a critical battleground in the presidential race, is on track to break voter turnout records this year. “Michiganders are already voting in record numbers. It’s a great thing for voters and for democracy,”... #press
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NYT says public may not see political needle on election night
The New York Times’ signature election needle may not be available to the public as results come in Tuesday night amid an ongoing strike by the outlet’s technology staff, the paper’s election analytics team confirmed Tuesday. The Times’ election night statistical model, dubbed the “Needle,” helps readers understand what to... #press
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4973062-new-york-times-needle-strike/?utm_source=press.coop
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Trump is running a 1950s male dominance campaign
When Trump proclaimed that he will “protect” women “whether the women like it or not,” he was not appealing to female voters. He was betting that enough male voters yearn to return to the male dominance era of the 1950s to elect him president. #press
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Counting votes once made Florida a laughingstock. Now it’s the gold standard.
Florida’s now exceptional record of very accurately counting votes in the fastest time possible was born out of abject humiliation. #press
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Beyoncé urges fans to vote while dressed as Pamela Anderson in video
Beyoncé is making an Election Day push, dressing up as Pamela Anderson to share a get-out-the-vote message. The "Texas Hold 'Em" singer posted a music video for her 314 million Instagram followers on Tuesday — as Americans headed to the polls for the presidential election — featuring her dressed... #press
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Joe Rogan endorses Trump
Podcaster Joe Rogan on Monday endorsed former President Trump in the presidential race on the heels of an interview with billionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk. Rogan promoted the interview with Musk on the social media platform X, saying the Tesla CEO "makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and... #press
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4971718-joe-rogan-endorses-donald-trump/?utm_source=press.coop
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MLK Jr's daughter demands MAGA account delete 'vile' deepfake
Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., is calling for a Trump-supporting social media account to remove an AI-generated ad featuring her father. In a video posted to X, the account @MAGAResource shares a "deepfake" video of King praising former President Trump. “We’ve been told again and... #press
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4971212-mlk-jr-deepfake-ad-denounced/?utm_source=press.coop
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OPEC extends oil output cuts
The OPEC bloc of oil-producing nations announced Monday that it will extend oil production cuts through the end of 2024, spurring a 2 percent increase in the price of U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil. Though the cartel did not identify a reason for the extension, the cuts are widely viewed as an effort... #press
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