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The latest on the 2024 presidential race

What to expect in the sprint to Election Day – and beyond

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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024

Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona, on August 23, 2024.

Trump team prepares for sprint to November with ‘all hands on deck’ approach

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August 24, 2024, presidential campaign news

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Former President Barack Obama speaks on Tuesday, August 20, in Chicago during the DNC.

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Obama pays homage to Biden during DNC speech 2:58

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Van Jones: This was the most powerful part of Biden’s speech 1:01

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‘It’s Joe Biden Day’: DNC attendees celebrate Biden as they turn to the future 1:17

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Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, in November 2020. The next day, he became President-elect.

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In photos: President Joe Biden

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 27: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy That Works for All at Enclave on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attending the forum, held by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, to share their economic policies. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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In photos: Vice President Kamala Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris

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Trump appears to undercut his campaign’s efforts over microphone rules at debate

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Here’s why everyone’s talking about the child tax credit

Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump.

With the conventions over, Harris and Trump begin the final sprint to Election Day

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a speech in Nashville on July 26, 2024.

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RFK Jr.’s supporters could still alter a tight presidential race. Trump is banking on it

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Passing storm clouds are seen over the U.S. Supreme Court on July 30, 2024 in Washington, DC.

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Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ returns with a vengeance

Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 21, 2024.

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Takeaways from the third night of the Democratic National Convention

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Monday, August 19, 2024.

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It’s Harris’ time to convince voters that she can be the 47th president

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden.

Biden spoke with Netanyahu Wednesday at a critical moment in Gaza talks

Hunter Biden departs from federal court, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Hunter Biden’s lawyers tell judge special counsel is trying to turn tax trial into ‘character assassination’

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris attends a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello

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818,000 jobs correction may not worry economists. It’s a problem for Kamala Harris

Former President Donald Trump walks offstage after speaking at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20, 2024.

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Trump heads to battleground Michigan for first time since Harris shook up presidential race

Presdient Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on stage at the end of the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 19.

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Takeaways from the first night of the Democratic National Convention

In this 2022 file photo, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama attend an event to mark the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

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After two decades of crossing paths, Obama will deliver a ‘forceful affirmation’ for Harris at the DNC

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the opening night of the DNC on August 19, in Chicago.

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Where Harris has, and has not, rebuilt the Democratic coalition

Former President Donald Trump listens at a business roundtable discussion in York, Pennsylvania, on August 19, 2024.

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As his campaign sharpens attacks on Harris, Trump remains fixated on Biden

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) near the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US on, August 19, 2024.

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Some protesters tear down security fence as thousands march outside Democratic National Convention

The inauguration of President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden speaks after being sworn in as the 46th President of the US during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2021. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Biden’s Inauguration Day speech, annotated

President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris watches at right. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP)

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An inauguration like no other: Notable moments of a momentous day

Biden signed a series of executive actions on January 28, aimed at expanding access to health care, including re-opening enrollment for health care offered through the federal marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act.

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The executive actions Biden signed in his first 100 days

Biden 2021 Cabinet

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Biden vowed his Cabinet would look like the country. So does it?

January 20: Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive at his inauguration. Biden pledged to be a president for all Americans — even those who did not support his campaign. "Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation," he said in his inaugural address.

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‘Welcome Back America’: Newspapers around the world react to Biden’s inauguration