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27
GOP presidential primary debate
The second Republican presidential debate will be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.
Nov
07
Election Day 2023
States holding elections include Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Ohio and Virginia. Cities holding mayoral elections include Houston and Philadelphia.
Jan
15
Iowa Republican presidential caucuses

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FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a 2024 presidential election campaign event at Sportsman Boats in Summerville, South Carolina, U.S. September 25, 2023.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: The sun rises behind the U.S. Capitol Building on May 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Later today the House Rules Committee will meet to consider The Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bill made after a deal House Republicans and U.S. President Joe Biden's negotiators struck up to raise the debt ceiling until 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden addresses the United Nations General Assembly Leader's Reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks takes a selfie with UNH student and campaign intern David Andritsakis during the opening of his campaign headquaters in Manchester, New Hampshire, June 27, 2023.
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The sun sets on the skyline of lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building in New York City as an American flag flies at the Tear Drop 9/11 Memorial on June 9, 2019 in Bayonne, New Jersey.
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Former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden.
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Booker joins growing number of Senate Democrats calling for Menendez to resign amid federal indictment
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21: An exterior view of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 21, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s attempt to avoid creating a second Black majority congressional district
The historic Alabama State Capitol Building is a National Historic Landmark and a working museum. In 1861 Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the first and only president of the Confederacy. In 1965 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave one of his greatest speeches on the same steps after the Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights culminated here. Today it is at the heart of the abortion debate.
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US Sen. Bob Menendez delivers a statement on Monday, September 25.
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Damian Williams, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a press conference on September 22, 2023, after announcing an indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez.
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on September 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Sep 21, 2023
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the Pray Vote Stand Summit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington.
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Sep 20, 2023
DES MOINES, IOWA: Former US President Donald Trump visits the Iowa Pork Producers Tent at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023.
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Sep 18, 2023
President Joe Biden delivers remarks to service members, first responders, and their families on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 11, 2023.
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Biden campaign corrals high-dollar donors while facing reelection headwinds and lagging poll numbers
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SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - SEPTEMBER 4: A campaign sign for 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy near a Labor Day Picnic on September 4, 2023 in Salem, New Hampshire. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
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Sep 12, 2023
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Sep 08, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, shakes hands with a man as he visits a church, home, and businesses damaged during the passage of Hurricane Idalia one day earlier, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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DeSantis looks for campaign momentum after leading Florida through Hurricane Idalia
Sep 03, 2023

Election issues

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
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Trump and Biden’s Michigan visits will present competing strategies for winning union voters
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign town hall in Hampton, New Hampshire, on September 21, 2023.
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