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'What Dictators Do': Critics Shred Trump's Claim He's 'Not Joking' About 3rd Term
- Critics are calling out President Donald Trump for saying that he's " " about possibly seeking a third term in office, which would violate the Constitution. "There are methods which you could do it," Trump told NBC News on Sunday. The network asked if one option would be for Vice President JD Vance to run and then hand off the presidency to Trump. "That's one," Trump said. However, the Constitution states that no ...

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Supreme Court seems ready to let religious groups opt out of unemployment compensation laws
- The U.S. Supreme Court appeared openly doubtful on Monday about Wisconsin's refusal to exempt Catholic Charities from making payments into the state's mandatory unemployment system. Monday's case was brought by a single chapter of Catholic Charities in northern Wisconsin , which claims that it should be able to opt out of the mandatory state unemployment compensation system and instead join an alternative church ...

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Elon Musk has thrust himself into the center of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election
- Elon Musk has thrust himself into the center of a state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin. Democrats are trying to use it to their advantage. In the final stretch of the election, Musk has intensified his involvement in the contest, pouring millions of his personal fortune into the state to boost the conservative candidate, Brad Schimel. On Sunday, the tech billionaire made the trek to Wisconsin to directly pitch ...

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Fire at New Mexico GOP headquarters under investigation as arson
- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fire that damaged the entryway to the New Mexico Republican Party in Albuquerque is being investigated as arson, a fire official said Monday. No suspect has been named in the Sunday morning blaze that's under investigation by local authorities, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Incendiary materials were found on the scene, according to an ATF ...

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How eliminating property taxes in Florida could affect the state's real estate market
- Housing costs, including insurance rates, in the US have continued to rise Some local governments have floated the idea of eliminating property taxes to reduce the burden on homeowners. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted on social media that he would support abolishing such taxes throughout the Sunshine State, but that it would require a constitutional amendment. Joel Berner, senior economist at Realtor.com, said ...

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Millions Of Voters Risk Disenfranchisement Under Republican Proposal
- When she was working as an election official in Arizona years ago, Tammy Patrick encountered voters who supported what was then the state's new "proof of citizenship" law for voter registration — only to realize that they had been disenfranchised by it. "They'd say, 'I voted for that!'" she recalled of the voters, many of whom were "snowbirds, older people, who didn't have the wherewithal to get [the correct ...

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