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A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state's election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand, a provision critics had said would cause delays and disruptions in reporting results in the battleground state. He has repeatedly praised the three board members who passed the measure, saying they’re “pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory.”The three members are Janice Johnston, Rick Jeffares and Janelle King. Brian Kemp and the state Democratic Party. In August, the same Georgia board members passed other new rules that would allow county election board members to conduct “reasonable” inquiries before they certify results. Tuesday's temporary injunction also came after McBurney handed Trump allies another defeat, ruling that county election boards in Georgia are not allowed to refuse to certify election results.

Persons: Robert McBurney, —, who’ve, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris ’, they’re, ”, Janice Johnston, Rick Jeffares, Janelle King, Johnson, Jeffares, King, Brian Kemp, McBurney Organizations: Democrats, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party of Georgia, Republican Party, Republican, GOP, Georgia GOP Gov, Democratic Party, Democratic, Trump Locations: Georgia, Fulton County

Black men have historically voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates, with turnout typically lagging that of Black women but consistent nonetheless. Even a relatively small drop in support from Black men for Harris could be significant given the razor-thin margins in battleground states. “Black men prioritize being the primary breadwinners of the household and care about real wages and permanent jobs. The Harris campaign also plans to ramp up its programming specifically designed to engage Black men. This week, it is set to partner with Black male celebrities, influencers and activists to hold “Black Men Huddle Up” events in battleground states, NFL and NCAA watch parties that will double as an avenue for Black men to discuss the stakes of the election.

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But Putin is not the only foreign leader Trump is talking to. And it is hardly unusual for a presidential nominee to begin holding some talks with foreign leaders. After the first attempt to assassinate Trump, in July, foreign leaders quickly moved to offer him their well-wishes. Trump has hosted Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and former British Prime Minister David Cameron when he was the U.K.’s foreign secretary. Katulis was referring to the trove of classified documents Trump kept from his time in office that have become the subject of a criminal case, many of them about his communications with foreign leaders.

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“We’re going to be going to the Congress. Going to need a lot more money as we identify specifically how much is needed. But discussions surrounding FEMA and disaster-relief funding have taken a sharply political bent in recent weeks, a development that may complicate discussions in Congress. “Conservative, hardcore” Republicans, Biden said “are standing up and saying, ‘It’s got to stop.’” He later called Florida Gov. In more productive conversations, Biden spoke by phone with Scott, who told CNN they discussed ways Congress could re-up funding for FEMA and SBA when the time is right.

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☆ Wealthy jet setters are flocking to these unexpected countries, travel agents say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Wealthy travelers are vacationing at a mix of traditional and emerging destinations. The Asian countries wealthy travelers are increasingly visitingLuxury travel companies are expecting more travelers to visit Thailand following the premiere of "The White Lotus" season three, shot at Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui. Ken SeetAccording to Virtuoso, bookings for summer trips to Thailand were up 95% from 2023 to 2024. According to Virtuoso, summer bookings for the central European country were up 24%. More wealthy travelers are heading to Porto, Portugal proslgn/ShutterstockOr, for a greener, chillier getaway, head to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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CNN —Two federal judges have rejected requests to immediately reopen voter registration in Georgia and Florida as the southeast continues to grapple with significant storm damage ahead of the November election. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — both of whom are Republicans — argued there would be a significant “administrative burden” on the state’s elections offices if the voter registration deadline were to be extended. Ron DeSantis told reporters that there’s “nothing inhibiting” unregistered voters from registering ahead of the deadline later that day. But we’re not going to change any registration deadline. You can register today, and there doesn’t need to – there’s no reason to open that up,” the governor said.

Persons: Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, Eleanor Ross, Brian Kemp, Brad Raffensperger —, —, Ross, “ Harms, ”, Barack Obama, “, Robert Hinkle, Bill Clinton, Ron DeSantis, ” DeSantis, Ian, Helene, we’re Organizations: CNN, US, NAACP, Georgia Coalition, New Georgia Project, Gov, Hurricane Milton, League of Women Voters, Florida NAACP, ”, Milton, Republican Gov Locations: Georgia, Florida, Hurricane, Atlanta

☆ The great political battle over Hurricane Milton didn’t wait for the storm to land
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Long before the outer bands of Hurricane Milton lashed the Florida coast, a political battle over the massive storm was already raging. This time, partly because Trump pushed so hard to exploit last week’s Hurricane Helene for his political gain, the sparring has started early. A storm of this size could give Trump a political openingTrump has repeatedly shown there’s no situation he will not try to leverage for political gain. “I’ve had storms under both President Trump and President Biden, and I’ve worked well with both of them. Unlike Harris, Biden had kinder words for DeSantis, saying on Tuesday that the governor had been “cooperative.”“I said no, ‘You’re doing a great job, it’s all being done well, we thank you for it,’” Biden said.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. A source familiar with the planning said that the Biden team had invited DeSantis to the event in north Florida. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not spoken with Vice President Kamala Harris or President Joe Biden about the hurricane response.

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The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban while it reviews an appeal from the state of a lower court ruling that had struck down the law. The state Supreme Court's decision, however, left in place the lower court’s ruling blocking a separate provision of the law that had given state prosecutors broad access to the medical records of abortion patients without due process protections. The state's near-total abortion ban, known as the LIFE Act, was signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019 but didn’t take effect until July 2022, after it faced a legal challenge and the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Last week, a judge in Fulton County, Georgia, struck down the state’s six-week abortion, allowing the procedure to resume and almost immediately making it legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy.

Persons: Brian Kemp, Roe, Wade, Robert McBurney, ” McBurney, Court’s, —, Amber Nicole Thurman, Candi Miller, Kamala Harris, Miller, Thurman, ProPublica, Kwajelyn Jackson, ’, Jaylen Black, Amber Thurman, ” Organizations: Georgia Supreme, LIFE, Republican Gov, U.S, Women’s Health Center Locations: Georgia, U.S ., Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton County

Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. While various misinformation about the response has spread widely without Trump’s involvement, the Republican presidential nominee has been one of the country’s leading deceivers on the subject. The chief targets of his hurricane-related dishonesty have been Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in the November presidential election, and President Joe Biden. Kemp told reporters that he had successfully called Biden right back. Kemp added: “He just said, ‘Hey, what do you need?’ And I told him, you know, ‘We got what we need.

Persons: Donald Trump, Hurricane Helene, Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Biden hasn’t, Brian Kemp, “ He’s, hasn’t, Kemp, reportersearlier, Biden, ‘, we’ve, ” Read Organizations: Republican, Georgia Gov, Biden Locations: Georgia, Atlanta

☆ Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Over a span of six days, in public comments and social media posts, Trump has used his powerful megaphone to endorse or invent false or unsubstantiated claims. Monday: Trump falsely claims Biden hasn’t answered calls from Georgia’s governorDuring a visit to Georgia on Monday, Trump said of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: “He’s been calling the president, hasn’t been able to get him.”It was immediately clear that Trump’s claim was false. He added, “Think of it: We give foreign countries hundreds of billions of dollars and we’re handing North Carolina $750.”Trump’s claim is wrong.

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☆ CVS is under pressure and considering a breakup. Here's why that could be risky
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | Annika Kim Constantino Covers The Biotech | Pharmaceutical Industry For Cnbc Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

It’s time for a wellness check at CVS Health. But Caremark, in some cases, also funnels drug prescriptions to CVS retail pharmacies, he said. He said a spinoff of CVS’ retail pharmacies would be more likely. A general view shows a sign of CVS Health Customer Support Center in CVS headquarters of CVS Health Corp in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. October 30, 2023. Those actions will help the company achieve its target of 100- to 200-basis-points margin improvement in its Medicare Advantage business, CVS executives said in August.

Persons: Caremark, ”, eMarketer, Rajiv Leventhal, Karen Lynch, Lynch, Brian Kane, “, ” Jefferies, Brian Tanquilut, Elizabeth Anderson, Anderson, it’s, eMarketer’s Leventhal, ” Tanquilut, Ann Hynes, Tanquilut, “ they’re, they’re, Michael Cherny, Cherny, Faith Ninivaggi, Reuters Cherny, CVS, Tom Cowhey Organizations: CVS Health, CVS, CNBC, Aetna, Monday, Glenview Capital, Glenview, Evercore ISI, UnitedHealth, Humana, Walgreens, Street Health, Oak, Health, Mizuho, Amazon, Walmart, Oak Street, Leerink Partners, Affordable, Medicare, CVS Health Corp, Reuters, Centers, Medicaid Services Locations: U.S, Caremark, Aetna, Texas and Illinois, Woonsocket , Rhode Island

☆ CVS is under pressure and considering a break up. Here's why that could be risky
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

In this article CVS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTA sign outside of a CVS pharmacy store on February 07, 2024 in Miami, Florida. That means Caremark also sits at the intersection of CVS' retail pharmacy operation and its Aetna insurer, boosting the competitive advantage of both of the businesses. A workers stocks the shelves in a CVS pharmacy store on February 07, 2024 in Miami, Florida. An Oak Street Health clinic stands in a Brooklyn neighborhood on February 08, 2023 in New York City. A general view shows a sign of CVS Health Customer Support Center in CVS headquarters of CVS Health Corp in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. October 30, 2023.

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☆ Why revived horrors of January 6 may not impact the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

But most of all, it’s a testimony to the often-malevolent magnetism that has made Trump a historic and enduring political figure. The special counsel alleged that Trump told family members, “It doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election. As well as the federal election case, the ex-president is facing a similar one in Georgia based on racketeering statutes. The former president refused to accept the result of the 2020 election that he lost. Biden made Trump’s threat to democracy the centerpiece of his now-shelved run for president, warning that his predecessor represents an unprecedented threat to America’s soul.

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☆ Fact check: Amid bipartisan praise for Biden hurricane response, Trump falsely claims reviews are ‘universally’ negative
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Biden administration’s response to the hurricane has received bipartisan praise from political leaders in affected states. But Trump’s assertion that reviews for the Biden administration’s handling of the crisis have been entirely negative is not true. And this is just the latest Trump false claim on the subject of the administration’s hurricane response. Brian Kemp hadn’t been able to get Biden on the phone, though Kemp had said the same day that he had already spoken to Biden. Praise from Republican governorsVarious Republican governors in the southeastern states hit by Hurricane Helene have praised the Biden administration’s response, sometimes naming Biden in particular.

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☆ October surprises are piling up, but a toss-up race seems impervious to shocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The trio of tests facing Harris comes with potential economic, political and humanitarian consequences if the administration errs. And the new scrutiny of Trump’s behavior after the 2020 election could cause some voters to again question his fitness for the Oval Office. Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Dane Manufacturing in Waunakee, Wisconsin, October 1, 2024. NONE OF THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS PRESIDENT!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. But Trump has already tried to manipulate the tragedy for political gain, accusing Biden of “sleeping” following the storm.

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☆ Georgia family hunkered down with their dog in a bathtub as Helene sent trees crashing through their house
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Chris Boyette | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The first four trees fell onto the Jones family’s house just over where the boys were lying in the living room. “There are a lot of elderly people on this street.”About 47% of the county is still without power, which is not expected to be restored until this weekend, according to Georgia Power. Foster said she is running an extension cord from her home through the yard to a neighbor’s house so they can have power at night. For their part, the Jones family are considering their options when it comes to rebuilding their home and their lives. “It rained the next night, and they were terrified,” Kristin Jones said.

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Harris will visit Georgia, which former President Donald Trump toured Monday and where he criticized Harris and the Biden administration for their response to the hurricane. Biden is first scheduled to land in Greenville, South Carolina, where he will participate in an aerial tour of storm damage. The White House said that during Harris' visit to Georgia, she will get an on-the-ground briefing about the recovery efforts. A White House official said Harris will travel to North Carolina in the coming days. The White House also said Biden would travel to Georgia and Florida "as soon as possible."

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"Thanks for showing up for us," Erik Hooks, the deputy administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency told her. Harris plans to visit areas smacked by the storm “as soon as possible without disrupting emergency response operations,” a White House official said. In North Carolina, recent polls from CNN and Marist showed Harris and Trump tied at 49-49%. Looking to capitalize on the moment, Trump has tried to paint Harris as inept in her response to the hurricane. Then there were reports that he once asked officials if he could use a nuclear bomb to destroy a hurricane.

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☆ The enormous devastation of Hurricane Helene becomes a political flashpoint
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —The enormous scope and scale of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in two key battleground states that could determine the election’s outcome, Georgia and North Carolina, have made the storm an instant campaign issue. It amounted to a remarkable political flashpoint in the Oval Office Monday as Biden sharply rebutted Trump’s earlier assertion, underscoring both men’s recognition of the high stakes. We are.”Trump also told reporters that he spoke with Elon Musk to get Starlink communications access in North Carolina. About 3,600 federal personnel are currently deployed, and Biden has approved major disaster declarations for Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. State and local officials from both parties have so far praised the Biden administration’s response.

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A judge in Georgia's Fulton County struck down the state's six-week abortion ban Monday, allowing the procedure to resume and making it legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. The state law, known as the LIFE Act, was signed by Republican Gov. The Georgia Supreme Court, however, soon took up the case and allowed it to remain in effect. The law has no "definition of 'health records.' And no mention of any notice to be provided to the 'woman' whose 'health records' have been made 'available,'" the judge wrote.

Persons: Brian Kemp, Roe, Wade, Robert McBurney, McBurney, ” Kara Murray, Christopher Carr, “, Kemp, that’s, who've, ”, Garrison Douglas, Monica Simpson, Amber Nicole Thurman, Candi Miller, Simpson, Thurman, Miller, Kamala Harris, ProPublica, Harris, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: LIFE, Republican Gov, SisterSong, Reproductive, Constitution, Georgia Supreme Locations: Georgia's Fulton County, Georgia, McBurney

'” Kemp told reporters. We will work through the federal process.”Kemp said Biden told him to call directly if he needed any additional resources. "He’s lying, and the governor told him he was lying," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. The president also said he plans to survey storm damage in North Carolina on Wednesday. Officials in North Carolina were also clear about wanting national politicians to put off prospective visits.

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Biden on Sunday called the storm damage "tragic" and said his administration was trying to determine the number of victims. Biden was briefed by Criswell and homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall on the hurricane's impacts in the states that were significantly affected: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia. Criswell was scheduled to visit North Carolina on Monday after she surveyed damage in Florida and Georgia over the weekend. Brian Kemp and North Carolina Gov. In addition to Kemp, Biden spoke to Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and South Carolina Gov.

Persons: Joe Biden, Hurricane Helene, ” Biden, Biden, Deanne Criswell, Liz Sherwood, Randall, Criswell, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Harris, ” Trump, “, ”, Brian Kemp, Roy Cooper, Kemp, we’re, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, Henry McMaster Organizations: Emergency, Center, NBC, Sunday, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Criswell, FEMA, Georgia Gov, North Carolina Gov, Republican, Asheville Mayor, South Carolina Gov, Biden Locations: North Carolina, Hurricane, Raleigh, Asheville, Georgia, Florida, North, Buncombe County, South Carolina , Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, Erie , Pennsylvania, Valdosta , Georgia, San Francisco, Washington

☆ Trump picks up the pace: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Plus, senior political editor Mark Murray breaks down the fault lines in our new poll of Latino voters. Leading the charge for more events is Trump himself, a campaign official said, saying Trump was supposed to have a slow Sunday but insisted instead, “We got to do something,” leading to the rally in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump 54%-40% among registered Latino voters nationwide, the poll shows. “We are looking at Latino voters rather than a consolidated Latino community,” she added. Read more: Nnamdi Egwuonwu dives into how the Harris and Trump campaigns are targeting the increasingly fragmented Latino electorate in very different ways.

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Former President Donald Trump is finally gearing up for an all-out sprint in his bid to reclaim the White House. For Trump, the frequent campaigning is not without challenges, with both candidates receiving unprecedented levels of security after the two attempts to assassinate Trump. Looking ahead to the final month before Election Day, the Trump campaign anticipates two to three rallies per week, a couple of smaller policy-focused events, retail stops at local stores and town halls hosted by campaign surrogates, a Trump campaign official familiar with the planning said. “Nobody in the game of politics works harder than President Trump especially in the fourth quarter,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to NBC News. “President Trump and Senator Vance will continue to outpace Harris and Walz in the media, and bring their winning message to make America wealthy, safe, and strong again to voters across the country.”

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