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Biden to hold Ukraine aid talks with U.S. lawmakers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has invited Congressional leaders for talks Wednesday on continuing "critical" aid for Ukraine, the White House said, as concerns mount over Western support against Russia.

Washington's military assistance for Ukraine has dried up, with Republicans blocking Democrat Biden's request for $60 billion in aid for Ukraine unless he tightens U.S. immigration laws.

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Trump's Iowa landslide is great news for Joe Biden: analysts

Donald Trump easily won the Iowa Republican caucus, and that could be great news for President Joe Biden.

Polling has shown that most undecided voters remain unsure if Trump would be the GOP nominee, but the former president's overwhelming win in the first primary could snap this year's race into focus as a rematch of the 2020 election — and help Biden stop his slide in approval ratings, reported The Messenger.

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Trump's prospective jurors admit to being election deniers at defamation trial

At least two prospective jurors were admitted election deniers in Donald Trump's second defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.

During the first day of jury selection on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan quizzed the prospective jurors about personal connections to Carroll or Trump.

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Liz Cheney expected to lead anti-MAGA alliance of Republicans into Biden's camp: columnist

Republicans who have turned against Trump have little choice but to jump ship now that their nemesis is once again consolidating the vote to be nominated for president.

And one person who could help make that happen is former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), wrote Jennifer Rubin for The Washington Post.

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Trump's language increasingly aggressive when describing possible second term

Donald Trump has never been known for flattering his opponents, but in recent months he has come out with even more aggressive language that gives a hint as to what his second term might be like if he returns to the White House.

The former president, who is miles ahead of his rivals in the race for the Republican nomination and easily won the Iowa caucuses on Monday, has made very clear that vengeance is a powerful motivating force for him.

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Trump Iowa win called a 'stark reminder' of threat he poses to democracy

Former President Donald Trump's victory in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses on Monday should serve as a "stark reminder" of the threat he poses to U.S. democracy, progressive campaigners said after the GOP frontrunner finished 30 percentage points ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the party's first primary contest of 2024.

That's a record margin for a contested Iowa Republican caucus, far surpassing Bob Dole's 13-percentage-point win in 1988, according toThe Associated Press, which called the low-turnout race for Trump just 30 minutes after caucus doors opened.

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Trump looks like he's 'on his last breath' while Dems fret about Biden's age: Ana Navarro

Former GOP strategist Ana Navarro all but begged Democrats to stop fretting about President Joe Biden's age -- especially when the alternative is former President Donald Trump.

Appearing on CNN Tuesday, Navarro expressed bewilderment that Democrats always focus on the flaws of their own party's leadership while the current GOP frontrunner is loaded with political baggage.

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'Scared to death': Election officials say they're terrified of violent backlash in 2024

Politico reports that election workers across the country are bracing for a backlash from supporters of former President Donald Trump during the 2024 election.

The anxiety was on full display at a recent meeting hosted by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, where election workers feared a replay of the 2020 race where they faced an unprecedented wave of violent threats.

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Manchin third-party threat linked to call for Biden policy pivot to ‘center’

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who for months has been teasing a possible third-party presidential run, told supporters at a private gathering that he plans to meet with President Joe Biden to get him to move his policies and positions more to what he sees as the "center."

Manchin, who last year announced he will not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate, has also suggested he might leave the Democratic Party to become an independent. The West Virginia Senator "spoke at a private gathering last night" in Darien, Connecticut, and "said he plans to meet with" President Biden "in the coming days to try to move him 'to the center,'" according to Fox News Business' Charles Gasparino.

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Trump suggests he will ‘suspend my campaign’ to seemingly dupe supporters out of cash

In the hour before the Iowa caucuses started, Donald Trump’s campaign twice blasted out fundraising text messages with an apparent scare tactic to spur supporters to donate.

“President Trump: Suspend my campaign?” the messages began, accompanied by an “ALERT” image of Trump in his signature Make America Great Again hat and billowing American flags.

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Joe Manchin vows to meet Biden and use No Labels threat to force policy shift to center

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who for months has been teasing a possible third-party presidential run, told supporters at a private gathering that he plans to meet with President Joe Biden to get him to move his policies and positions more to what he sees as the “center.”

Manchin, who last year announced he will not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate, has also suggested he might leave the Democratic Party to become an independent. The West Virginia senator “spoke at a private gathering last night” in Darien, Connecticut, and “said he plans to meet with” President Biden “in the coming days to try to move him ‘to the center,'” according to Fox News Business’ Charles Gasparino.

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'In what world?' CNN host destroys North Dakota governor for endorsement of Donald Trump

A North Dakota Republican struggled to explain why he'd suddenly thrown his support behind Donald Trump’s presidential campaign Monday.

“It's a binary choice,” Gov. Doug Burgum told Phil Mattingly. “President Trump is going to win the Republican nomination.”

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U.S. defense chief Lloyd Austin released from hospital

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from Walter Reed hospital, he said Monday, after two weeks of treatment that he initially concealed from other top officials including President Joe Biden, leading to calls for his removal from office.

Austin kept Biden and lawmakers in the dark about being diagnosed with prostate cancer for weeks, and did not inform them for days about his hospitalization on January 1 for complications from his treatment.

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