#Domestic workers are organizing for better working conditions nationwide

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Domestic workers throughout the country are pushing for better working conditions, staging rallies and protests and lobbying for labor protections. The workers, including nannies, house cleaners and home care workers, have launched campaigns in places including Miami, where two organizations led a mid-June march calling for a “Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights.” That same week, workers rallied in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square — a…

#Zelensky pans Trump’s claim of ending war with Russia in 24 hours

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded Sunday to former President Trump’s claims that he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours if elected to the White House. “It seems to me that the sole desire to bring the war to an end is beautiful,” Zelensky told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week” through a…

#Christie calls estimates of Trump rally crowd size ‘absurd’

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called estimates of tens of thousands of people attending former President Trump’s campaign rallies “absurd.” Fox News’s Shannon Bream asked Christie on “Fox News Sunday” to weigh in on local authorities in South Carolina estimating that one of Trump’s recent rallies there had been attended by around 50,000…

#Biden says Ukraine not ready for NATO membership

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President Biden said that he doesn’t think Ukraine is ready for NATO membership, adding that it’s premature to call for a vote to accept the war-torn country into the alliance. “I don’t think it’s ready for membership in NATO,” Biden told CNN in an interview that aired on Sunday. The president added that he doesn’t…

#Putin turns to smear campaign in power move

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning to a familiar playbook in shoring up his authority: a smear campaign against Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group military leader who led a brief mutiny against the Kremlin. Public opinion against Prigozhin dropped sharply in the days after the rebellion. So Putin moved quickly to discredit Prigozhin’s public image. Putin…

#Trump in Las Vegas speech attempts to rally voters against DeSantis: ‘He’s highly overrated’

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Former President Trump addressed a crowd in Nevada during a campaign stop on Saturday, once again using his platform to rail against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) — who is seen as his biggest competition in the 2024 GOP race. “I’m not a big fan of his and he’s highly overrated. He’s highly overrated,” Trump…

#Democrats seek to galvanize young voters over Supreme Court ruling

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Democrats are hoping to harness anger over the Supreme Court’s student loan debt ruling to galvanize younger voters in 2024, a demographic that helped the party earn critical victories in the midterms. The court’s decision last week blocked President Biden’s debt forgiveness program and left many dispirited and without options or optimism for paying back…

#Zelensky marks 500 days of Russia-Ukraine war

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked 500 days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a pre-recorded public address Saturday. Speaking from Snake Island — the small Black Sea landmass which Russian warships bombarded in the first day of the war, capturing its small Ukrainian garrison who resisted surrender — Zelensky pledged neither the island nor…

#DeSantis tries to shift narrative after campaign criticism

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his allies are trying to change the narrative about a campaign that is widely seen as having underperformed so far. DeSantis has faced criticism for early missteps — notably a glitch-ridden Twitter Spaces launch event and comments downplaying the war in Ukraine. His numbers have drifted down from just months ago. …

#How John Roberts exhibited his power in the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions

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The Supreme Court is still the John Roberts court, a fact underscored by the chief justice’s influence on the biggest cases of the most recent term. Roberts at times allowed the court’s 6-3 conservative majority to flex its muscle in gutting affirmative action, blocking student debt relief and allowing a website designer to refuse to…