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US President Donald Trump on Thursday posted an election conspiracy video that depicted former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys, drawing condemnation from prominent Democrats.



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Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.

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President Donald Trump last month told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that he would be willing to unfreeze $16 billion in funding for a major infrastructure project in New York if Schumer would agree to rename New York's Penn Station and Washington's Dulles Airport after him, two sources familiar with the conversation told ABC News.

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Virginia Democrats unveiled a proposed U.S. House map Thursday that aims to give their party four more seats in the latest effort to fight President Donald Trump’s redistricting push, even as an ongoing legal challenge makes use of that map for the midterm elections far from certain.

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Newly released body camera video is offering a look inside the tense moments federal agents searched Fulton County's elections headquarters. The incident has triggered an emergency court fight and drawn national attention to Georgia's election system.

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FILE PHOTO: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, in Union City

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Christopher Moynihan, a Capitol rioter pardoned by Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to harassment after threatening U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries. Originally charged for participating in the January 6 insurrection, Moynihan faces sentencing for his latest offenses. The event underscores ongoing legal repercussions for past political violence.

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