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Hassett predicts Powell will leave Fed if satisfied with IG report
Powell faced a federal criminal probe over the renovation project, though the Department of Justice ended the investigation in April.
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Trump says temporarily suspending federal gasoline tax 'a great idea'
The federal government's excise tax is about 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel, which generates approximately $500 million per week for construction and repair of roadways, as well as other transit projects.
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US auto industry, lawmakers beg Trump in Xi summit not to grant China access to American car market
Automakers and their suppliers, steel producers, and unions argue that China's highly subsidized and massive auto industry would allow the Asian country to sell cars far below what U.S. automakers could.
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New poll shows voters blame alleged shooters, rhetoric for attempts on Trump's life
Voters say most of the blame for the two attempts to assassinate former President Donald Trump during his campaign lies with the alleged shooters themselves, but they assign blame to other factors as well.
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Texas election office issues new guidance after outcry over allowing non-citizen licenses as ID
Earlier memo created concern from Congress to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that non-citizens might be allowed to vote.
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Trump makes appeal to seniors over economy: 'they have destroyed you'
"You've been destroyed on fixed incomes with inflation, they have destroyed you because of energy and because of the way they spent, like so stupidly, on the green new scam," Trump said. "But you've been destroyed. Now, we have no tax on Social Security benefits for seniors. We owe that to you."
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You Vote: Do you think Obama's comments about black men will hurt Democrats in November?
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You Vote: How concerned are you about the DOJ suing Virginia over voter rolls?
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Obama faces backlash after targeting black male voters for not showing more support for Harris
Support for Democratic candidates have been waning since Obama, with 95% of black male voters supporting him in 2008. The support for Obama dwindled to 87% in 2012, and Hillary Clinton saw support from 82% of black male voters in 2016. Biden received 80% of the black male vote in 2020.
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RNC strikes deal with Detroit to boost number of Republican poll workers ahead of 2024 election
Michigan law requires that the number of poll workers from each major political party be "an equal number, as nearly as possible," and that each location in Detroit has at least one poll worker from both parties.
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Donald Trump to participate in town hall next week in front of all-women audience
The town hall, which will air on Fox News on Oct. 16, will feature questions on issues like abortion, immigration, healthcare, and the economy.
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DOE’s transmission planning study requires a grid expansion that could take more than 2,000 years
A 2020 DOE study estimates that there were 642,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. To grow that by 3.5 times, as the DOE goals called for would require constructing 2,247,000 miles of transmission lines by 2050. That’s 86,423 miles every single year.
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Senate races begin to shift toward the GOP in campaigns' final stretch
Polling data has increasingly shown Trump gaining ground in virtually every key battleground state, where battles to decide the fate of the Senate are being waged. If Trump prevails, will his coattails be long enough to flip the Senate?