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2024 Election
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Florida Activists Say DeSantis’s Extremism Will Haunt Him in Presidential Race
As Gov. Ron DeSantis pivots to the national stage, backlash to his authoritarianism builds in Florida.
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Is DeSantis’s Iowa Trip a Harbinger of the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary?
Postponing his own Iowa event, Trump instead called in to a meeting of right-wing extremists run by Michael Flynn.
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GOP Presidential Candidate Wants to Limit Voting Rights for Those 18-25
Right-wing calls to raise the voting age are a response to the GOP’s poor midterms performance among young people.
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Even Some at CNN Viewed the Trump Town Hall as a Problematic “Spectacle of Lies”
“It's hard to see how America was served” by allowing Trump to have the platform, a CNN-published newsletter said.
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Trump Calls CNN Host “Nasty Person” Over Questions on Classified Mar-a-Lago Docs
Trump falsely claimed that the Presidential Records Act allowed him to remove classified documents from the White House.
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Trump Facebook Ad Attacks Biden Using Images That Occurred During Trump Era
Other images in the advertisement are deeply misleading, leaving out additional context that would also embarrass Trump.
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Bernie Sanders Is Once Again Trying to Raise the Minimum Wage
Conservative Democrats who voted against raising wages may shift or defend their position as they seek reelection.
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Critics Call Out CNN Over Decision to Host Donald Trump Town Hall Next Week
Several observers questioned whether CNN would take Trump to task over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
![President Joe Biden puts on his sunglasses as he speaks before signing an executive order that would create the White House Office of Environmental Justice, in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0425-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Joe Biden Announces Reelection Bid, Setting Up Likely Rematch With Donald Trump
Progressives are urging the president to secure votes by delivering on popular progressive policies he initially ran on.
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Trump Remains Most Likely to Win GOP 2024 Nod, as DeSantis’s Numbers Fizzle Out
Trump currently has 45 endorsements from Republicans in the House of Representatives while DeSantis has three.