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Anderson Clayton, 25, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, is the youngest state party chair in the country. She wants to help Democrats reach rural and young voters.

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  • Politics

A 25-year-old from a small town leads North Carolina's Democratic Party toward 2024

Anderson Clayton is the youngest — and only Gen Z — state party chair in the country. She wants to help President Biden win over young and rural voters in her state next November.

September 07, 2023
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  • Elena Moore and
  • Ximena Bustillo
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (L) speaks with attendees during an Iowa GOP reception on May 13, 2023 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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  • Elections

Trump still leads the pack in Iowa. But other Republicans are hoping for an opening

Former President Donald Trump maintains a double-digit lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in local polls, but Iowa party leaders say Trump has left an opening for his rivals to gain some ground.

July 28, 2023
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
People walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said on Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found flaws in other papers authored by his lab.

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  • Education

Stanford president resigns after fallout from falsified data in his research

A scientific panel found that Marc Tessier-Lavigne did not directly have a hand in falsifying data, but that he did not properly oversee members of his lab who did.

July 20, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
In this September 6, 2017 photo, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum greets US President Donald Trump after his arrival at Bismarck Municipal Airport in Bismarck, North Dakota.

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  • Elections

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announces presidential bid

The two-term Republican governor has made news over the past year for championing far-right conservative policies aimed at curbing abortion access and transgender rights.

June 07, 2023
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  • Elena Moore
A small group of protesters gathers outside of a Manhattan courthouse after news broke that former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury on Thursday in New York City, with one pictured carrying a sign that says "arrest Trump." While the nature of the indictment is unprecedented, Trump isn't the first president — current or former — to face arrest.

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  • Politics

A president has faced arrest before Trump — for carriage speeding, 150 years ago

The nature of Trump's indictment is unprecedented, but the first time a president faced arrest was over 100 years ago.

March 31, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones and
  • Kaitlyn Radde
An electoral worker installs an electronic voting machine at a polling station in preparation for the presidential run-off election, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022.

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  • Latin America

Brazilian voters go to polls to choose between Bolsonaro and Lula in run off

Brazilians began voting on Sunday in a polarizing presidential runoff election that pits conservative President Jair Bolsonaro against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

October 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu, greets well wishers who called on her at Raigangpur in Odisha, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

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  • Asia

Indian lawmakers are voting for president, and the winner may be a tribal woman

If elected, Draupadi Murmu will become the first tribal president and the second-ever female president of India.

July 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Latin America

Tight Colombian runoff pits former rebel, millionaire

Voters in Colombia will choose between a former rebel and an unpredictable millionaire when they vote in a presidential runoff that promises to reshape the country.

June 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Latin America

Tight Colombian runoff pits former rebel, millionaire

Voters in Colombia will choose between a former rebel and an unpredictable millionaire when they vote in a presidential runoff that promises to reshape the country.

June 19, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, arrive for a lunch Tuesday in Valence, France. A man slapped the president in the face during the French leader's visit to a small town in southern France.

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  • Europe

French President Macron Is Slapped In The Face During A Visit To A Small Town

The scene, which was filmed, shows President Emmanuel Macron working a rope line. While shaking Macron's hand, a man is able to slap his face before security intervenes.

June 08, 2021
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
An engraved portrait of William Belknap, a secretary of war who was impeached in 1876 after he tearfully resigned.

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  • Analysis

There Is Precedent For Trying A Former Government Official, Established 145 Years Ago

Some Republicans are arguing that former President Donald Trump should not face a Senate impeachment trial because he's a private citizen. That was argued before — and rejected narrowly — in 1876.

January 29, 2021
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  • Domenico Montanaro
The U.S. Army Band plays "Pershing's Own" during the inauguration. Leaders, former officials and citizens expressed optimism with the dawn of the new U.S. administration.

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  • World

World Leaders Express Hope As Biden And Harris Are Sworn In

Leaders, former officials and citizens expressed optimism with the dawn of the new U.S. administration. China's state news agency tweeted: "Good Riddance, Donald Trump!"

January 20, 2021
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  • Brakkton Booker
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: New Chapter In Georgia Begins As Biden, Warnock, Ossoff Are Sworn In

Wednesday afternoon on Political Rewind: A new presidential term begins and with it, a new political landscape in Georgia and across the United States. Following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, senators-elect Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock are scheduled to be sworn in later today.

The pair of Democrats from Georgia will shift the balance of the U.S. Senate from Republican control, giving the Democratic Party control of both chambers of Congress for the first time in 10 years.

January 20, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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President-elect Joe Biden is poised to take over the White House's Twitter accounts.

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  • Technology

Twitter Will Reset @POTUS Account To Zero Followers After Biden Transition

The president-elect's transition team is pushing back against Twitter's decision, which is a reversal from the last presidential transition.

December 24, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
President Trump commuted the sentence of and later pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had received a life term in a drug case.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The Truth About Pardons

The history of presidential pardons is often surprising — and revealing.

December 06, 2020
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  • Scott Simon
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