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In battleground states, a network of Republican political operatives and lawyers is trying to shape the November's election in favor of former President Donald Trump. They're propping up liberal third-party candidates such as Cornel West and Jill Stein in the hopes that those candidates will siphon off votes from Democrat Kamala Harris. The Associated Press reports one key figure is the former Chief of Staff to former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.
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Auburn basketball Bruce Pearl is drawing criticism from the Alabama NAACP following reported comments about Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
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Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for women, but did not detail how he would fund his plan or precisely how it would work. That prompted a rebuke from Gwen Walz, wife of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, on the campaign trail. The controversy over IVF can be traced back,in part, to an Alabama Supreme Court ruling back in February that frozen embryos “are children.”
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Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton headlined day three of the Democratic National Convention. The crowd also heard from Republicans with the message of “quit Trump.” That included a GOP voter from Alabama.
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Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on Tuesday. DJ Cassidy stood onstage in what appeared to be a double-breasted satin suit of royal blue, spinning a special song for each state and territory awarding their delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention. Alabama, obviously, got "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Alabama delegates are in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. And there’s an ongoing disagreement over which members will cast ballots. The State’s party says it’s taking legal action after the Democratic National Committee choose Alabama’s delegation. The State party reportedly missed a deadline to pick its own group.
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The Biden administration said Thursday that drug price negotiations will knock hundreds of dollars — in some cases thousands — off the list prices of 10 of Medicare's most popular and costliest drugs. The Department of Health and Human Services says just two diabetes drugs, on the list for price cuts, are used by over fifty thousand Alabamians on Medicare.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says it's "the honor of a lifetime” to be Kamala Harris' running mate. Harris announced Walz as her vice presidential pick earlier Tuesday and said he has “delivered for working families.” The announcement comes as Alabama Democratic delegates weigh in on the unity of the party after President Joe Biden stepped down from the ticket.
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Vice President, and Democratic Presidential front runner, Kamala Harris is reportedly considering U.S. Senator Mark Kelly as her running mate in the race for the White House. The U.S. Senator from Arizona is a former NASA astronaut as is his twin brother Scott. The Marshall Space Flight Center’s Payload Operations Integration Center in Huntsville worked with both space veterans during a unique one-year mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, is attempting to bridge divides within the party over the war in Gaza, emphasizing Israel's right to defend itself while also focusing on alleviating Palestinian suffering.The difference was on display in Selma, Alabama, in March, when Harris commemorated the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march for voting rights in 1965.