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Kennedy family members endorse Biden in rebuke of RFK Jr.

More than a dozen Kennedy family members endorsed President Biden for reelection at a campaign event on Thursday, saying he reflects the values and “moral leadership” of their clan’s most celebrated members, a move intended in part to counter the independent campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Democratic Group to Spend $186 Million Aiming to Win Back House Majority

House Majority PAC, the Democratic super political action committee allied with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the House minority leader, said Sunday that it would spend $186 million on television and digital advertisements for this year's elections – the largest early investment in the group's history.

With 399 victims, Mexico campaign violence is already at record

Mexico’s election is already shaping up to be the most violent in the country’s modern history. Almost 400 people connected to the races were affected by political violence — ranging from threats and kidnappings to murder — between Sept. 1 and April 1, according to a report by Mexico City-based consultancy Integralia.

At glitzy Biden fundraiser, three presidents unite to blast Trump

In a rarity in presidential history, three Democratic presidents gathered here Thursday to publicly pillory and mock another former occupant of the Oval Office, blasting Donald Trump on the economy, immigration, abortion, his character and even his golf game.

Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro shuts down key opponents, sets up presidential election against 11 easy-to-beat rivals

The Venezuelan government closed down the registration process for July’s presidential election after midnight Monday without allowing top opposition leader María Corina Machado nor her proxy to compete, creating conditions for a victory for current leader Nicolas Maduro even though polls show his popularity is in the single digits. Maduro, who was accused by the U.S. and 50 other countries of ...

Biden gains ground against Trump in six key states, poll shows

President Joe Biden has gained ground against Republican Donald Trump in six of seven key swing states, and significantly so in at least two of them. The results make for the Democrat’s strongest position yet in a monthly Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.

House Speaker’s unpopularity with rich donors widens Republicans’ fundraising gap

House Republicans are falling further behind on campaign cash with little-known House Speaker Mike Johnson at the helm. Unlike his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, Johnson is struggling to build a donor network. His difficulties come just months before the November election with Republicans’ narrow majority at risk. 

Trump is eyeing Paul Manafort for 2024 campaign role

Former president Donald Trump is expected to enlist Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, according to four people familiar with the talks.

Russian voters, answering Navalny’s call, protest Putin’s forever rule

On the final day of a presidential election with only one possible result, Russians protested Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian hold on power by forming lines to vote against him Sunday - answering the call of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who had urged the midday action before dying suddenly in prison last month.