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WASHINGTON — Many of Donald Trump’s potential 2024 rivals and some top Republicans have fallen silent on the former president’s dinner with a notorious white supremacist, illustrating the party’s continuing struggle to escape his grasp. Trump’s impromptu dinner with Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago last week has drawn condemnation from only a handful of Republicans, while most sidestepped the matter ...

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WASHINGTON -- Many of Donald Trumps potential 2024 rivals and some top Republicans have fallen silent on the former presidents dinner with a notorious white supremacist, illustrating the partys continuing struggle to escape his grasp.

The Election Day countdown is melting from days into hours as candidates, voting offices, and the courts are girding for both traditional and unexpected challenges. In some spots, counting has already begun. In other battlegrounds, nominees are making their final pitches, wooing nontraditional supporters, and looking ahead.

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Democratic US Senate candidate John Fetterman’s recovery from a May stroke will be a central focus of his debate Tuesday with Republican rival Mehmet Oz as the two men seek an edge in their battle for a bitterly contested seat in Pennsylvania.

President Joe Biden will host a call with allies on Thursday about next steps in support of Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Congressional Democrats are increasingly optimistic they can limit Republican gains in the House and even keep control of the Senate, as a raging debate on abortion crowds inflation as a key issue and the tumult around Donald Trump drags on the GOP.

Coffee is for closers. So is Sunburn, your morning rundown of Florida politics.

DeSantis’s $142 million war chest could reflect an appetite among the GOP donor class for a Trump spoiler who’d be better positioned to capitalize on the public’s waning enthusiasm for another four years of President Joe Biden.