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New wave of GOP lawsuits target overseas ballots in key swing states
Republicans have filed lawsuits over the past week in three pivotal battleground states seeking to challenge the legitimacy of some ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including military members, arguing that some votes are particularly prone to fraud. Election officials in those states — Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — and nonpartisan voting experts…
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Northern lights may be visible as far south as Alabama, California
A powerful eruption from the sun is expected to supercharge the northern lights on Thursday evening, making colorful sky shows visible potentially as far south as Alabama and Northern California. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center said Thursday that plasma and other materials from the sun reached Earth at 11:17 a.m.…
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Trump argues special counsel’s evidence in federal election case shouldn’t be released before Election Day
Attorneys for Donald Trump on Thursday argued against the release of additional evidence in the former president’s federal election interference case in the lead up to Election Day. “There should be no further disclosures at this time of the so-called ‘evidence’ that the Special Counsel’s Office has unlawfully cherry-picked and mischaracterized—during early voting in the…
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Cards Against Humanity offers payouts to new swing-state voters, responding to Musk’s PAC
The company behind the game Cards Against Humanity is aiming to one-up Elon Musk with its plan to pay blue-leaning swing-state residents who make a voting plan and agree to publicly condemn Donald Trump. The company announced Tuesday an initiative to encourage people who didn’t vote in 2020 to go to the polls this year,…
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False conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton spread despite outcry from officials
Baseless conspiracy theories about weather modification and false claims about disaster relief efforts have continued to spread on X in recent days, with misinformation about Hurricane Milton adding to a mountain of false rumors about Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. The spread has sparked a push from local and federal officials, along with some politicians,…
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DACA program’s fate uncertain as it’s debated in appeals court amid six-year legal challenge
Attorneys representing young immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA, defended the legality of the program before an federal appellate court Thursday in an attempt to keep it alive — as its fate remains uncertain amid a six-year court battle. At the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
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The voters Kamala Harris wants to reach with her media blitz: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior White House reporter Peter Nicholas looks at where Kamala Harris’ campaign thinks it can pick up support…
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IRS vows to race $TK billion in delayed Covid aid to hurricane-hit businesses
Small business owners in the Southeast who’ve been waiting for long-delayed pandemic aid are pushing for that money to recover from this fall’s brutal hurricane season. The federal government says more of it is heading their way soon. Around 400,000 claims worth $10 billion are now being processed for eligible business owners who applied for…
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Trump says big companies have ‘raped our country’ in economic speech
Former President Donald Trump said during an economic address Thursday that the United States has allowed “big companies” to “come in and raid and rape our country.” “‘Oh, he used the word rape.’ That’s right. I used the word rape,” Trump said at the Detroit Economic Club after his remarks were met with what sounded…
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Fake images of hurricane survivors have become a bizarre meme
Pluto holding a girl in his paws while trekking through a flooded Disney World. Godzilla crying while cradling a giant bug in a flooded city street. A small girl in a lifejacket seated on a boat next to a green alien baby. Absurd and comical rescue images that appear to have been made with artificial…