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☆ Biden is up against nostalgia for Trump’s first term
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

More than half, 55%, of all Americans say they see Trump’s presidency as a success, while 44% see it as a failure. Four years ago, he was able to assail Trump’s time in office from his position as a challenger. Biden won all three in 2020 after Trump won them in 2016 in his victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In the poll, 92% of Republicans view Trump’s time in office a success, while just 73% of Democrats say Biden’s has been a success. And while 85% of Democrats polled say they back Biden, 91% of Republicans say they support Trump.

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☆ South Carolina wins NCAA women’s championship game over Iowa, Caitlin Clark
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“Kamilla Cardoso was not going to let us lose a game in the NCAA tournament,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said. While the spotlight was on Clark, South Carolina just kept winning. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images Clark, right, and Kate Martin walk off the court after losing to South Carolina. Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports/Reuters Kamilla Cardoso of the South Carolina Gamecocks and Saniya Rivers jump for the opening tipoff. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images South Carolina's Te-Hina Paopao walks onto the court during player introductions ahead of the game.

Persons: Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Clark, Tessa Johnson, Kamilla Cardoso, Cardoso, “ Kamilla Cardoso, Dawn Staley, Paopao, Chloe Kitts, Staley, she’s, ” Clark, “, I’m, Lisa, Bluder, ” Staley, Caitlin Clark, Morry Gash, “ Awesome, it’s, ”, Raven Johnson, ” Raven Johnson, They’d, ” Tessa Johnson, Aaron Doster, Steph Chambers, Ben Solomon, Kate Martin, Gregory Shamus, Morgan Engel, Bree, Carolyn Kaster, Fulwiley, Iowa's Hannah Stuelke, Gabbie Marshall, Lisa Bluder, Marshall, Justin Tafoya, Carolina's Chloe Kitts, Reuters Staley, Jason Sudeikis, Ken Blaze, Reuters Clark, Kirby Lee, Ashlyn Watkins, Martin, Kylie Feuerbach, Watkins, Sydney Affolter, Carolina's Cardoso, Stuelke, Jason Miller, Al Bello, Paige Bueckers, Brady, Aaliyah Edwards, Edwards, Nika, KK Arnold, Arnold, Zoe Brooks, MiLaysia, Baldwin, Chloe Kitts of, Sania Feagin, C, Wes Moore, Katie Peneueta, Brooks, Rivers, Reuters Kamilla Cardoso, Saniya, UConn’s Paige Bueckers, LSU’s Angel Reese, JuJu Watkins, rebounder, Naismith, Entering’s Organizations: CNN, NCAA, Gamecocks, Iowa, LSU, WNBA, South, Mortgage, ESPN, Hawkeyes, South Carolina Gamecocks, Iowa Hawkeyes, Sunday, USA, Sports, Reuters, Getty, AP, Carolina, Sydney, The Iowa Hawkeyes, UConn Huskies, Huskies, UConn, Images Iowa, Images, Getty Images Iowa, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina State, NC State, tipoff, South Carolina, Associated Press, Wade, Eight Locations: Iowa, South Carolina, Cleveland , Ohio, Clark , South Carolina, Reuters Iowa, Carolina, Cardoso of South Carolina, Stuelke, Martin, Cleveland, Chloe Kitts of South Carolina

CNN —Donald Trump made an unexpected declaration Tuesday when probed about a six-week abortion ban that will soon take effect in his home state of Florida. “We’ll be making a statement next week on abortion,” the former president told reporters in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Other close advisers, however, have expressed concern that Trump will give further ammunition to Democrats by supporting any new restrictions on abortion. “It was bound to happen at some point where he needed to clarify his position,” a Trump adviser told CNN. Ron DeSantis was courting the state’s evangelical community by running to Trump’s right on the issue.

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☆ Opinion: Mark Zuckerberg’s extraordinary apology should only be the beginning
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Opinion Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —On Wednesday, the chief executives of Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord testified before the Senate about what they’re doing to protect kids from harm online. In the leadup to the testimony, tech companies announced new initiatives to protect kids. The Stop CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) Act of 2023 would make it possible to hold tech companies civilly liable for hosting child sexual abuse material. This would be an important way of incentivizing tech companies to do more to protect kids from sextortion and other forms of online exploitation. Tech companies also have a lot more work to do.

Persons: Kara Alaimo, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok’s Shou Chew, Democratic Sen, Dick Durbin, Snap’s Evan Spiegel, X’s Linda Yaccarino, Discord’s Jason Citron, Kara Alaimo Durbin, “, —, ” South Carolina Republican Sen, Lindsey Graham, Chew, Yaccarino, Spiegel, Zuckerberg, it’s, Taylor Swift Organizations: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Women, Press, Facebook, CNN, Meta, Senate, Democratic, Illinois, ” Senators, ” South Carolina Republican, Tech, Media Locations: ”

The night after eking out that second-place finish, DeSantis flew straight to South Carolina, as Haley and others shifted their efforts to New Hampshire, where Republicans vote Feb. 24. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesDeSantis has been stumping in New Hampshire but has reportedly reallocated the majority of his staff to South Carolina, Haley’s home state. Both Trump and DeSantis have omitted a significant part of the gas tax proposal Haley floated as governor, in 2015. South Carolina lawmakers ultimately raised the gas tax under her successor, overriding a veto by Gov. Awaiting DeSantis, Julie Maid said that she was ready to support DeSantis in South Carolina, despite Trump's lead.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, South Carolina —, —, David Steding, “, it’s, Trump, Haley, DeSantis, — DeSantis, Henry McMaster, Julie Maid, ”, Shavonne, Meg Kinnard Organizations: Trump, Republican, DeSantis, PAC, State, Gov Locations: MYRTLE BEACH, S.C, South Carolina, Florida, Myrtle Beach, New Hampshire, Iowa, Trump, Carolina, Myrtle

☆ Harris tells CNN that she and Biden will ‘have to earn our reelect’ as president struggles with younger and Black voters
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Vice President Kamala Harris, confronted with those same polls, is much less dismissive. Overall, Biden and Harris hold similar approval ratings, but Harris’ ratings among these key subgroups have varied, suggesting views of the vice president are not as deeply entrenched. Austin Davis, a 34-year-old African American in one of the target demographics the Biden campaign is desperate to improve with, in a state the president needs to carry. “I think we’d be having a way different conversation if it were two White males as president and vice president,” Henson said. “President Biden is wise, knowledgeable, tested – she’s passionate and seasoned,” said Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, who just won a second term in the second largest city in battleground Arizona.

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☆ Dean Phillips launches primary challenge against President Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips announced Thursday that he is running for president, kicking off a long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden. “I think President Biden has done a spectacular job for our country, but it’s not about the past. Phillips is expected to formally announce his campaign Friday in Concord, where he’ll file to run in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary. Biden will not file to appear on the New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot because the state isn’t complying with the national party’s revised nominating calendar, which demoted its first-in-the-nation primary status to second. And it all points to the same thing,” Phillips told CNN after he stepped down from leadership.

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☆ Republican Party infighting is driving America toward a government shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

More broadly, it could raise fresh doubts about the capacity of a polarized nation – featuring an ever more extreme and performative Republican Party in ex-President Donald Trump’s image – to govern itself. But the Republican majority is so thin – the speaker can lose only four votes with its current margin – and the party is so bitterly divided, that past experience may be a poor predictor of outcomes. So handing a win to the critical Republicans on whom the GOP majority depends may be a poor strategy. Rep. Mike Lawler talks on his way to a House Republican Conference meeting at the US Capitol on September 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. Rep. Matt Gaetz talks on his way to a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol on September 19, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Is there an election coming up by any chance?”While some individual schools and colleges have implemented temporary mask requirements, there is no sign that anyone in federal or state leadership is considering widespread COVID-19 restrictions, requirements or mask mandates. “No COVID-19 public health restrictions or mask requirements are being considered by the Murphy administration," said Christi Peace, spokesperson for New Jersey Gov. It was largely the same message from Democratic governors’ offices in several other states that responded to an inquiry about whether any COVID-19 mandates were under consideration. “Currently, COVID-19 lockdowns and mask mandates are not being discussed and the governor has no plans to institute these measures,” she said. Reinstated mask requirements across the country have so far been limited to a handful of local schools and businesses.

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☆ President Trump's arraignment on federal charges is a grave moment for the nation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

For the first time in history, the nation is seeking to put on criminal trial a person who was elected to lead it as president. His indictment, brimming with details on Trump’s disastrously lax handling of classified materials, shocked many government veterans. (The DOJ has closed its investigation into Pence, while the special counsel probe of Biden’s handling of classified documents is ongoing.) “If this indictment is true, if what it says is actually the case, President Trump was incredibly reckless with our national security,” Haley said on Fox News. Typically, federal ranking officials are highly protective of classified material, knowing that even a lapse in the handling of one document could get them in trouble with the law, or land them in jail.

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CNN —South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Monday will formally enter the Republican presidential primary as he seeks to upend a contest that has so far been dominated by coverage of former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. The most prominent Black figure in the Republican Party, Scott will address supporters at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University, in his hometown of North Charleston. In 2010, he became the first Black Republican elected to the US House of Representatives from South Carolina in more than a century. Years later, after being appointed to his Senate seat (he won a special election to retain the seat), Scott made history as the first Black US Senator from his native South Carolina. “We know how dangerous Tea Party extremist Tim Scott is,” South Carolina Democratic Party chair Christale Spain said in a statement.

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