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Courting Votes: A Campaign Like No Other For Defendant Trump

Former US president Donald Trump gets a feel for spending time in court in New York on October 18 2023
US presidential elections are described as a 50-state obstacle course, but the hurdles across Donald Trump's path in the coming year look particularly daunting as a crush of court dates competes with campaign commitments in his 2024 calendar.
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Jack Lew, President Joe Biden's nominee for US ambassador to Israel, was supported by a lone Republican at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing ahead of the full Senate vote

US Senate Approves Biden Pick For Israel Ambassador

Senators voted Tuesday to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee for US ambassador to Israel, filling a crucial posting that had been vacant for months as America's closest ally in the Middle East battles Hamas militants.
Former US vice president Mike Pence, with his wife Karen, acknowledges the crowd at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit after announcing he is dropping out of the 2024 White House race

Republican Mike Pence Drops Out Of US Presidential Race

Former US vice president Mike Pence dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Saturday, saying it was not "his time" -- and underlining his scandal-embroiled previous boss Donald Trump's total dominance of the Republican Party.
Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck speaks during a press conference at Lewiston City Hall in Lewiston,  Maine, under a picture of suspect Robert Card on October 27, 2023

Deceased Maine Shooter Had Mental Health Problems: Police

Police in Maine said Saturday that the man who gunned down 18 people at a bar and a bowling alley and later committed suicide, suffered serious mental health issues, but was able to buy weapons legally because he had never been forcibly committed to treatment.
US Representative Jim Jordan says he wants to take his bid for US House speaker to a third round of voting

Paralyzed US House Mulls Third Possible Speaker Vote

Embattled hardline conservative Jim Jordan faced a possible third vote to become US House speaker Thursday after falling short twice, as Republicans struggled for a way out of a disastrous civil war engulfing the party.
Jim Jordan, pictures at the US Capitol on October 13, 2023, has voiced confidence that he can win 217 votes in the House

No Let Up In Speaker Fight For Paralyzed US Congress

The US House of Representatives entered a third week of paralysis Monday as Republicans struggled to unite behind a leader to end a bitter civil war that has stalled their domestic agenda and thwarted action on the Israel crisis.

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