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US law enforcement officials have also been closely monitoring the incident to determine if a federal crime was committed, a senior US official familiar with the matter told CNN. Tom Brenner/ReutersA longtime political consultant, Kramer worked for Kanye West’s 2020 presidential bid and has a history of producing robocalls. Phillips’ campaign said it had no knowledge of his reported involvement with the AI Biden call. He said that Kramer told him to delete all of the emails between the two of them, and that he did. As figures at the center of American political scandals go, Carpenter is certainly “eccentric” – a word he uses to describe himself.

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☆ Opinion | Is the Trump Threat Too Serious for Humor?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “I’ve Told My Last Trump Joke,” by David Kamp (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 24):I encourage Mr. Kamp to keep telling Donald Trump jokes. Mr. Trump is a serious threat to American democracy and the institutions of a pluralistic society, so I understand Mr. Kamp’s fear that jokes make the danger seem trivial. However, alongside every joke aimed at deflating Mr. Trump stands the fact that 74 million American citizens voted for him in 2020, and even more may vote for him and autocracy in 2024. Certainly, Mr. Kamp needs better jokes than the sophomoric epithet “short-fingered vulgarian,” which merely places the comic on the same immature level as Mr. Trump. But jokes that remind us of his disdain for democracy, pluralism and decency can be a powerful weapon against Mr. Trump’s campaign.

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☆ Donald Trump Isn’t Funny Anymore - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( David Kamp | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The person of whom I speak is, of course, Donald Trump. So when I came across a fledgling satirical magazine, Spy, that articulated precisely what I was thinking, I was smitten. In its inaugural issue, Spy named Mr. Trump one of the “10 Most Embarrassing New Yorkers,” noting his tackiness, his shady tactics as a landlord and his “hustler-on-his-best-behavior manner.” Yes! I joined the staff full-time in 1989 and we continued to chronicle Mr. Trump’s offenses against taste and decency. We came up with a slew of epithets for him, including the one that stuck, “short-fingered vulgarian.” Then, as now, Mr. Trump was thin-skinned, and obsessed with his press coverage.

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☆ Ohio to Decide on Abortion Rights in Highest-Profile Ballot Vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kris Maher | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Columbus, Ohio, residents lined up at an early-voting location on Friday. Photo: Andrew Spear/Getty ImagesOhio voters on Tuesday will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Midwestern state’s constitution, marking the highest-profile ballot question on a range of issues around the U.S. The Ohio vote is the latest test of where voters stand on one of the most consequential issues heading into next year’s presidential election. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade more than a year ago, voters have defeated ballot measures that would have restricted abortion rights in other red states such as Kansas and Kentucky.

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☆ Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Access in State Constitution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kris Maher | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Supporters of the abortion rights referendum cheer the results Tuesday in Columbus Ohio. Photo: Andrew Spear/Getty ImagesOhio voters decided Tuesday to put abortion rights in the Midwestern state’s constitution, one of several states where the issue resonated with voters and showed its potential to help Democrats next year. The Ohio vote was another key test of where voters stand on one of the most consequential issues heading into next year’s presidential election. Democrat Andy Beshear Tuesday won another term as governor in Kentucky, where he criticized abortion restrictions passed by the legislature.

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☆ Ohio Voters Are Casting Ballots on Abortion Rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kris Maher | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Voters lined up Tuesday at a polling location in Columbus, Ohio. Abortion protections are on the ballot in the state. Photo: megan jelinger/ReutersOhio voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Midwestern state’s constitution, in the highest-profile ballot question on a range of issues around the U.S. The Ohio vote is the latest test of where voters stand on one of the most consequential issues heading into next year’s presidential election. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade more than a year ago, voters have defeated ballot measures that would have restricted abortion rights in other red states such as Kansas and Kentucky.

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☆ Can Voters Fire Their Power Companies? Maine Is About to Find Out
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The proposed consumer-owned utility would take over power delivery, including thousands of miles of transmission and distribution lines the two current utilities collectively own. Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/Associated PressMaine’s voters will decide Tuesday whether to take a rare step: a hostile takeover of their biggest electric companies. A measure on the ballot there would create a consumer-owned replacement called “Pine Tree Power” by buying out two investor-owned companies that currently serve nearly all Mainers. Proponents, which include some environmental groups, politicians and a nursing union, say wresting control from the for-profit companies will eventually lead to lower bills, better customer service and a speedier shift to renewable power. Utilities and Maine’s governor say takeover would saddle the state with debt.

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LEWISTON, Maine—Police were set to send divers into a local river Friday near the last known location of the Maine shooting suspect Robert Card, who remains at large following the deadliest U.S. mass shooting this year. Army reservist Card, 40, is wanted for murder in connection with a rampage that left 18 dead and 13 injured in two separate attacks Wednesday. As the manhunt entered its third day, law-enforcement were chasing more than 500 tips and shelter-in-place orders remained in effect.

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LEWISTON, Maine—The suspect in the worst mass shooting in the U.S. this year was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday night, law-enforcement officials said. Robert Card was found around 7:45 p.m. in Lisbon Falls, Maine, just outside Lewiston, the site of Wednesday’s massacre, officials said at a press briefing Friday night.

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LEWISTON, Maine—Those lost in the worst mass shooting in the U.S. this year include a husband and wife in their 70s, a 14-year-old boy and his father and four deaf people who were playing in a weekly cornhole league, Maine authorities said Friday. Police released names as they began scouring a local river and ran down more than 500 tips on the possible whereabouts of shooting suspect Robert Card, who remains at large following the rampage Wednesday night in Lewiston that left 18 dead and 13 injured.

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LEWISTON, Maine—Authorities were on the hunt for an armed and dangerous suspect wanted for murder after two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, sent shock waves through the New England state. Janet Mills said at a press conference that 18 people were killed and 13 people were injured in the attacks Wednesday night. Earlier, a federal law-enforcement official said a shooter killed at least 22 people.

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Residents in Lewiston, Maine, and surrounding areas are under shelter-in-place orders as authorities search for Robert Card, the sole person of interest following deadly shootings Wednesday. Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty ImagesLISBON, Maine—Throngs of police officers were searching Thursday near Lewiston, Maine, for a man thought to be armed after two deadly shootings the night before sent shock waves through the rural state. Janet Mills said at a press conference that 18 people were killed and 13 people were injured in the attacks. Earlier, a federal law-enforcement official said a shooter killed at least 22 people.

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LEWISTON, Maine—Authorities carried out a massive search for an Army reservist wanted for murder in connection with the U.S.’s deadliest mass shooting this year, a rampage that sent shock waves through Maine and left part of the state on lockdown. Eighteen people were killed and 13 people injured in the attacks Wednesday night, Maine Gov. Janet Mills said. The shootings took place separately at a bowling alley and restaurant about 4 miles apart in Lewiston, a city of 38,500 people 36 miles north of Portland.

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A shooter killed at least 22 people in several locations in Lewiston, Maine, according to a law-enforcement source. The local sheriff’s department released photos of a man with a semiautomatic rifle near the entrance to the bowling alley. Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/APA shooter in Lewiston, Maine, killed at least 22 people late Wednesday, according to a federal law-enforcement official, and authorities were still on the hunt for a person of interest near the state’s second-largest city. The massacre was the deadliest mass shooting of 2023 so far, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group.

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A shooter killed at least 16 people in several locations in Lewiston, Maine, according to a law-enforcement source. The local sheriff’s department released photos of a man with a semiautomatic rifle near the entrance to the bowling alley. Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/APA shooter in Maine killed at least 16 people in Lewiston, the state’s second-largest city, according to a federal law-enforcement official. The city police department said late Wednesday evening that authorities were trying to locate Robert Card, 40 years old, as a person of interest in the shooting. He should be considered armed and dangerous, the police said on Facebook.

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☆ Man Fatally Stabs 6-Year-Old Muslim Boy Outside Chicago, Sheriff’s Department Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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They’re opportunistic and adaptive,” said former CIA analyst Yaya Fanusie, now an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security. It’s unclear how much money Hamas has received in cryptocurrency, but there’s evidence they have amassed significant amounts. Another $94 million was allegedly held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant partner of Hamas, according to Elliptic, another analytics firm. Hamas additionally raises funds through informal taxes and smuggling, according to a Congressional Research Service report from May. Investigators were able to seize 150 cryptocurrency accounts “that laundered funds to and from” Hamas accounts, according to a DOJ news release.

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☆ New Covid-19 Vaccines and More Free Mail-Order Tests. What to Know for This Fall.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Brianna Abbott | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ As It Rebuilds From Floods, Vermont Plans for More Disasters
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Moderna Says Covid Booster Works Against New Variant. What to Know About Fall Shots.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Brianna Abbott | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Idalia Lashes the Carolinas as a Tropical Storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Southeast Starts Cleanup After Idalia Lashes Region
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Jon Kamp | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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