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Trump says he’s willing to debate Harris, more than once

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a Tuesday call with reporters committed to a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential candidate. “I would be willing to do more than one debate,” Trump said. Harris, who says she is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, won pledges from enough Democratic delegates by late […]

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Des Moines considers controversial fine on sleeping in public aimed at homeless people

The Des Moines City Council is considering an ordinance to fine people for sleeping outside, which some advocates say would “criminalize homelessness.” Under the wording of the proposed ordinance, homeless people, sunbathers, babies in strollers or anyone else caught sleeping on public property could be fined $50, critics say. Pete McRoberts, American Civil Liberties Union […]

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to headline Iowa Dems’ event amid VP speculation

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat brought up as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, will be speaking Saturday at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration. Beshear was announced as the headline speaker for the annual IDP event in June, weeks before major changes came to the Democrats’ 2024 presidential […]

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Heirs Gain New Shield From Predatory Real Estate Speculators

Mae Lee Massey stand in front of her brick row house childhood home in The Bronx.

Tweaks in a state law guiding how property gets divided after its owner dies stand to make a big difference for heirs whose family homes are targets for predatory real estate speculators. The changes to New York’s 2019 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act went into effect Friday and were prompted by an investigative series […]

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U.S. Secret Service director resigns amid fury over agency failures in protecting Trump

Cheatle’s resignation follows an intense congressional hearing where Democrats and Republicans demanded she step down after they grew dissatisfied with her answers about how a gunman was able to get within shooting range of the former president.

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Fired UIHC resident faces sentencing for violating patient privacy laws

A fired University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics resident is now facing sentencing for violating federal patient privacy laws at two Iowa hospitals. Dr. Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez Roman, 34, formerly of Iowa City, was indicted in April on a charge of wrongfully obtaining individually identifiable health information under false pretenses for personal gain or malicious […]

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