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Donald Trump and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp are taking advantage of the hurricane recovery to appear together for the first time

October 4, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

EVANS, Ga. – After privately reconciling, former President Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are using the aftermath of Hurricane Helene to publicly flaunt their detente policies a month before Election Day. Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, and Kemp, a popular governor in his second term, are expected to appear together outside Augusta, […]

Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights in her new memoir

October 4, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

CHICAGO (AP) — Melania Trump announced her support for abortion rights Thursday ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir, revealing a stark contrast to her husbandRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trumpto the decisive election issue. In a video In a post Thursday morning on her I struggled to find a consistent message on abortion during […]

Trump makes false claims about the federal response while campaigning in the area devastated by Helene

October 3, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump on Monday repeatedly spread falsehoods about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, even as he claimed not to politicize the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia. The former president and Republican nominee claimed as he landed in Valdosta that President Joe Biden was “asleep” and did […]

Hurricane Helene puts climate change at the center of the presidential election campaign

October 3, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastation they caused Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after months of keeping the issue on the sidelines. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia on Wednesday to tour hard-hit areas, two days after her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, was in the […]

Biden says he hopes to visit the areas affected by Helene this week

September 30, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announces his visit Areas affected by Hurricane Helene this week, as long as the rescue and recovery work is not affected. Biden was updated again on Sunday evening about the devastating storm's impact on a huge swath of the Southeast. In a brief exchange with reporters, he described the […]

In Alabama, Trump moves from the dark rhetoric of his campaign to the admiration of college football fans

September 29, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump railed against immigrants By Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry at a college football game as they prepared for the former president's visit later that evening. “You have to take these people back […]

Where and when to get free COVID tests

September 26, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can order COVID-19 again Testswithout charge, sent straight home. The US government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four at-home COVID nasal swab kits through the covidtests.gov website. Shipping of tests via the United States Postal Service will begin as early as next week. “Before […]

Kamala Harris skips dinner with Al Smith

September 24, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

PHOENIX (AP) – Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend this year’s Al Smith Charity Dinner in New York, Break with presidential tradition so that she can instead campaign in a swing state less than three weeks before Election Day. The dinner, which benefited Catholic Charities, traditionally served to promote camaraderie and good cheer. Presidential […]