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Joe Biden blasts 'extreme' GOP members in Labour Day battleground trips

President Joe Biden excoriated MAGA Republicans" and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labour Day appeals to union members in two key swing states that he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November. The middle class built America, Biden told a workers' gathering at park grounds in Milwaukee. Everybody knows that. But unions built the middle class. Later Monday, he flew to West Mifflin, outside Pittsburgh returning to Pennsylvania for the third time in less than a week and just two days after his predecessor, Donald Trump, staged his own rally in the state. The unofficial start of fall, Labour Day also traditionally starts a political busy season where campaigns scramble to excite voters for Election Day on November 8. That's when control of the House and Senate, as well some of the country's top governorships, will be decided. Trump spoke Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, near Scranton, where Biden was born. The president made his own Wilkes-Barre trip la

Trump, allies threaten democracy, says Joe Biden at Independence Hall

President Joe Biden warned that equality and democracy are under assault in the US as he sounded an alarm about his predecessor, Donald Trump, and MAGA Republican adherents, labelling them an extremist threat to the nation and its future. Aiming to reframe the November elections as part of a battle for the nation's soul the work of my presidency," Biden used his Thursday night prime-time speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to argue that Trump and Make America Great Again allies are a challenge to nation's system of government, its standing abroad and its citizens' way of life. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic," Biden declared. He said they are determined to take this country backward' they promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence. The explicit effort by Biden to marginalise Trump and his adherents marks a sharp turn for the president, who preached his desire to

Pence tells fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump's Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president's allies to defund the FBI, saying that was just as wrong as a push by Democratic activists to shift money from police. Pence also said he would give due consideration if asked to testify before the House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His pleas for restraint come as law enforcement officials warn of an escalating number of violent threats targeting federal agents and government facilities since agents last week searched Mar-a-Lago as part of the Justice Department's investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump's estate earlier this year. Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence said he has been troubled by what he called the politicization of the FBI. He also said the Justice Department and Attorney General .

Donald Trump's bond with GOP deepens after primary wins, FBI search

In Connecticut, state that launched the Bush family and its brand of compassionate conservatism, a fiery Senate contender who promoted Trump's election lies upset the state GOP's endorsed candidate

US: Mississippi's only abortion clinic closes as trigger law comes to force

In Mississippi, the state ban that has been triggered prohibits abortions at any point of a pregnancy, forcing the Jackson Women's Health to stop giving the procedure

Jan 6 hearing: Trump painted in testimony as volatile, angry president

On the morning of January 6, 2021 Trump directed staff in profane terms to remove metal detectors he thought would slow down supporters who'd amassed in Washington for a speech

Trump's legal aid for 2020 elections says FBI agents seized his phone

John Eastman said the agents took his phone as he left a restaurant last Wednesday evening, the same day law enforcement officials conducted similar activity around the country

Bipartisan gun law hits bump as Democrats, Republicans stand divided

Pro-gun Republican lawmakers said they won't back the "framework" being discussed until they see what the actual bill says

US Republicans vow to oppose Yellen's G7 tax deal, casting doubt on future

The opposition from Republicans may push President Joe Biden to attempt to use budget procedures to pass the initiatives with only Democratic votes

Donald Trump press secretary Sanders wins GOP Arkansas governor nod

Sanders won the GOP primary for the office her dad, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, held for a decade after a race where she shattered fundraising records

Attacks against me should be viewed through political lens, says Elon Musk

The tweet comes after the Tesla CEO wrote on the platform that he will now vote for Republicans, as conservatives return to the micro-blogging platform

With echoes of Trump, Republicans splinter over $40 bn Ukraine aid

The Senate is expected to start voting late Monday on the Ukraine aid, pushing the bill toward President Joe Biden's desk by week's end to become law

GOP's new midterm attack: Blaming Biden for baby formula shortage

Biden insisted there's nothing more urgent we're working on than addressing the shortage

70% Americans view inflation as very big problem, finds Pew survey

The survey noted that more than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, just 19 per cent of Americans rate the coronavirus outbreak as a very big problem for the country

Bill to codify abortion rights fails to advance in US Senate amid protests

The Women's Health Protection Act, which had passed the House of Representatives, was voted down 49-51 in the upper chamber

Biden calls Trump 'great MAGA king', vows to push Democrats, GOP contrasts

Biden has in recent days begun decrying "ultra-MAGA" Republicans -- a reference to Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan

US Senator lifts hold on ambassadorial nominee confirmation to India

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley had put a hold on Garcetti's nomination, saying that his staffers are conducting an investigation into the allegations of sexual assault against one of his employees

Under fire over inflation, Biden nods to Fed and attacks Republicans

'I want every American to know that I am taking inflation very seriously and it is my top domestic priority,' says US President

Joe Biden to nominate Michael Barr for Fed's bank regulation post

The selection of Barr comes after Biden's first choice for the Fed post, Sarah Bloom Raskin, withdrew her nomination a month ago in the face of opposition from Republicans and one Democrat

President Joe Biden weighs appeal of 3 top candidates for high court

President Joe Biden first zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first US Supreme Court pick when there were rumours last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire.