Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a controversial new rule requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day, despite bipartisan objections from election officials and poll workers. The vote was 3-2, with the three Trump allies supporting the move, and a Democratic and independent GOP-appointed member of the board strongly opposing it.

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Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago, in which he referred to himself as a “black NAZI!” and expressed support for reinstating slavery, a CNN KFile investigation found.

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The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates aggressively Wednesday, announcing the first rate cut since March 2020. The half-point move paves the way for lower borrowing costs on everything from mortgages to credit cards. It marks a crucial milestone for the central bank’s historic inflation fight, which kept rates at a bruising 23-year high for more than a year.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail and taken into custody after pleading not guilty in federal court to charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. Prosecutors argued the music mogul should not be released because he had previously reached out to witnesses and victims. Prosecutors allege Combs created and ran a “criminal enterprise” through his business empire that engaged in crimes including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.

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Embattled musician and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs has been arrested, the mogul’s attorney tells CNN. Combs – who has been in New York City since last week – was arrested in Manhattan and taken into custody by Homeland Security Investigations. The charges are unclear at this time.

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Trump, speaking earlier in California, promised “large deportations” from Springfield, Ohio, a town that has become a flashpoint as Republicans have spread false claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets. President Joe Biden criticized Trump for disparaging the migrants. This as absentee ballots have started going out in Alabama, and other states begin sending mail-in ballots later this month.

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Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would not participate in another presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly joins to give reaction.

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The first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump drew an estimated 67.1 million viewers across 17 television networks — blowing well past the 51 million who watched the Republican nominee take on President Joe Biden in June.

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Across the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s presidential debate, the news Americans have been hearing, reading and seeing about Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has continued shuffling, with the topics that resonate about each candidate shifting week to week.

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The landmark mission is now coming to an end — with Starliner flying home empty from the International Space Station after NASA deemed the capsule too risky to carry the crew back to Earth. Plus, former President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal case until after the 2024 election, Judge Merchan announced, explaining that his decision to delay the sentencing is in part to avoid any appearance of affecting the outcome of the presidential race.

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