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Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) says he thinks it would be a mistake for former President Trump not to attend the upcoming Republican presidential primary debates as the former president threatens to skip it. “[The race] is certainly his to lose right now. He’s an unconventional candidate. When some people talked about him not going to the upcoming debate in August in Milwaukee — I think that would be a mistake,” Walker told CNN’s Dana Bash on “Inside Politics” on Monday.

Former President Donald Trump is dominating the Republican primary race in West Virginia, the latest East Carolina University (ECU) survey found. The survey showed a majority of Republicans, 54 percent, backing Trump in the 2024 primary. No other candidate comes remotely close. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who jumped into the presidential race last week after months of speculation, comes in 45 points behind with nine percent support. Former Vice President Mike Pence comes four points behind DeSantis with five percent support, followed by South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (four percent), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (three percent), anti-woke businessman...

Former president Donald Trump is dominating in 2024 general election odds as President Joe Biden continues failing to garner positive job approval ratings from the American people. One look at the 2024 presidential general election odds shows Trump with 21.28 percent. Biden falls behind with 14.71 percent, followed by Vice President Kamala Harris (11.11 percent), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (8.70 percent), former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley (4.35 percent), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (3.70 percent), and former Vice President Mike Pence (3.12 percent):

Four Texas metropolitan areas — Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and Houston - dominate the top 15 U.S. cities in a global study to determine the level of cities' recovery from the recession. The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program report ranks 150 cities: 50 in the United States, 50 in Europe and 50 in the rest of the world. Austin was the highest-ranked U.S. city and No. 26 in the world. Dallas ranks as the No. 4 U.S. city and No. 39 in the world. San Antonio ranks No. 11 in the U.S. and No. 51 in the world. Houston is

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The death of Senator Ted Kennedy dominated front pages across the United States on Thursday with newspapers proclaiming it the end of an era and a huge loss for the Democratic Party. "Final Curtain Falls on 'Camelot' Era," read the headline on the lead article in The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky. "End of an American Epoch," declared The Washington Post, which devoted another four pages inside its front section to the life and legacy of the Senate legend who died of brain cancer on Tuesday at the age of 77. "Throughout his career he stood by some...

WASHINGTON – As Congress begins to debate climate change in earnest, the science is taking a back seat to economics: How much will it cost to slow the Earth's warming because of man-made pollution — and what's the cost of doing nothing? With a key House committee starting four days of hearings, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., vowed to get a climate bill approved this year. Noting that Earth Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, she told reporters by the next Earth Day "we want to celebrate what we've done this year" to address climate change and clean energy. But the...

HAVANA (Reuters) - A celebration this week of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro's 80th birthday has turned into a high-stakes test of his health and political future as the world watches to see if he is well enough to attend. After four months out of public view, the events starting on Tuesday may tell much about whether Castro is recovering from an undisclosed illness and can again govern the communist country he has led for nearly half a century. Castro has been seen only in photos and videos since shortly before announcing July 31 he had intestinal surgery and temporarily...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 8, 2005 – The security situation in Iraq continues to dominate any discussion of the road ahead in the country, coalition military officials said on background here today. Terrorists and foreign fighters are a far greater problem than their numbers, officials said. While the number of foreign fighters is actually quite small, they cause a huge number of casualties. Officials said the foreign fighters are primarily suicide bombers whose mission is to disrupt upcoming elections and derail the democratic process. Embassy officials said the suicide bombers hope to sap the will of not only Iraqis, but of the...

<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the colossal adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure, was crowned best-picture at Sunday's Academy Awards, the first fantasy flick ever to win the top Oscar.</p> <p>Sean Penn won the best-actor honor for his perfomance as an ex-hoodlum who falls back on his criminal ways to exact revenge for his daughter's murder in "Mystic River." Charlize Theron took the best-actress for her perfomance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute executed for murdering some of her johns in "Monster."</p>