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I reported from across Pennsylvania throughout the election. This is how Trump won

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As I traveled throughout the state during this …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Julia Roberts, Demi Moore cast vote on Election Day

Daily Mail

Voters are heading to the polls to cast their ballots for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in one of the nation's most historic presidential races. Gigi Hadid also shared a snap of herself voting as well as a picture of her casting her vote, alongside the caption: 'Proud to vote in Pennsylvania Eva Longoria took this selfie while in …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Far from the race he once envisioned, Joe Biden closes out contest in Scranton

Politico

And instead, Biden is spending the closing stretch of this neck-and-neck race and the last presidential campaign season of his 52-year political career hopscotching between campaign spots in this pivotal swing state and his Wilmington, Delaware, home, stumping for his vice president in some of the places he’s guaranteed to be beloved and — crucially — can do no harm. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Biden's Scranton Stop: A Final Salute to a Hometown Hero

The Hindu

Joe Biden makes a final campaign stop in Scranton, Pennsylvania, his childhood hometown. Biden used his speech to rally union workers and warn of the ramifications if Trump is elected. He also praised Harris's commitment to working-class Americans and urged the crowd to support her in the upcoming election.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Biden returns to his hometown after a limited campaign role

CNN

Scranton, Pennsylvania CNN — In front of a few dozen union carpenters here this weekend, President Joe Biden was getting worked up. “Now, I know some of you guys are tempted to think it’s macho guys,” Biden said, alluding to his onetime rival, former President Donald Trump, who is courting male voters in a razor-thin election against his vice president. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

At campaign stop, Biden suggests he’d like to smack ‘macho guys’

LA Times

President Biden made a final campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris and again let loose, saying he’s like to hit back — literally — on faux “macho guys.” Biden first slammed Harris’ rival, former President Trump, and his supporters on policy issues during a speech here Saturday in the city of his birth. “These are the kind of guys …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Offers Prayers For People In Hurricane's Path After Lashing Out At Harris And Other Women

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING SCRANTON, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump offered his prayers to those in the path of Hurricane Milton as it began to lash Florida while continuing to insult his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women — saying he had no interest in stopping even if it turned off female voters. Biden also referenced Georgia Republican …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

The Independent

When Paige Cognetti first ran to become mayor of Scranton, she was told she couldn’t win because she did not have an Irish last name. Harris’s “ Scranton problem,” as it has been dubbed, suggests that she may not be able to repeat Biden’s success here among those voters, and her chances of winning the state – and the presidency …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine’s ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his country’s ambassador to the U.S. as Republicans criticize Zelenskyy’s visit to an ammunition plant in Pennsylvania, a swing-state, as a political stunt. The speaker’s stern demand for the swift removal of Markarova, a well-received diplomat in Washington who has been a fixture on Capitol …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are under fire for flying Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on a military jet

Daily Mail

The Biden-Harris administration is facing a two-pronged investigation from Republicans in Congress after the Ukrainian president was flown on taxpayer-funded 'campaign' flights. To determine whether the taxpayer-funded trip was a campaign event, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent letters Wednesday to two top Cabinet officials demanding information, writing the incident could amount to election interference. Shapiro and Casey …

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3 months ago

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

Hindustan Times

SCRANTON, Pa. — Under extraordinarily tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country's fight to fend off Russian ground forces. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers His visit to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant kicked off a busy …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

In Scranton, The War In Ukraine Breathes New Life Into A 116-Year-Old Arms Factory

Huff Post

SCRANTON, Pa. ― Father Myron Myronyuk, the pastor of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church, remembers the generosity of his neighbors when Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine began. “And not just saying the words, they say, ‘How can I help?’” The war in Ukraine has meant more than sympathy in Scranton, and in surrounding Lackawanna County in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Heather Ainsworth …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania ammo plant boosts production of key artillery shell in Ukraine's fight against Russia

The Independent

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

This reviled pharmaceutical firm holds promise of a healthier future

Live Mint

Pharmaceutical firm Grifols is wounded. Because of the contraction of its core business, two-thirds of Grifols’s 2023 earnings were generated by what it calls minority interests—including the two companies it sold to Scranton, together with Grifols Diagnostics Solutions, of which it owns 55%. And, two months ago, Grifols had to restate its accounts from 2020 through 2023, admitting that it …

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4 months ago

Trump claims Harris did not pick Shapiro as her running mate 'because he’s Jewish'

Raw Story

WILKES-BARRE— For the first time in 2024, former President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Northeast Pennsylvania on Saturday, telling an audience at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza that Vice President Kamala Harris did not choose Pennsylvania Gov. Democrats criticized Trump ahead of Saturday’s rally, with Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti calling him the “most anti-labor President in recent memory.” …

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4 months ago

Trump Zigzags Between Economic Remarks And Personal Insults At Rally In Critical Pennsylvania

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday repeatedly swerved from a message focused on the economy into non sequiturs and personal attacks, including thrice declaring that he was better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris. Joe Biden hates her.” Joseph Costello, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign, responded to Trump in a statement by saying, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Paddy McGuinness discovers hidden connection to US President Joe Biden as he delves into his ancestry on new series of Who Do You Think You Are

Daily Mail

Paddy McGuinness is set to discover that he has a hidden connection to US President Joe Biden on the new series of Who Do You Think You Are?. But he was shocked to discover his great-great-grandparents Mark McGuinness and Winifred Malloy lived close to the 81-year-old U.S. President's ancestor, Edward Blewitt, in Ballina, County Mayo. Paddy was shocked to discover …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden will praise men like his uncles when he commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As tens of thousands of soldiers stormed French beaches during the D-Day landings of World War II, 2nd Lt. John Arthur Finnegan was on duty in a mess hall half a world away on the northeastern coast of Australia. “Immediately, there’s a sense that war’s come to America,” said Bell, executive director of the Jenny Craig Institute for …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Swing state Democrat takes a shot at shaping a winning energy policy

Politico

His next policy moves could drown his administration in political infighting or carve a path for how Democrats — and Shapiro himself — sell their economic message across Rust Belt states. “He’s 100 percent trying to carve his own lane on these issues,” state Rep. Mike Schlossberg, a member of the state House Democratic leadership team, said of Shapiro in …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Accidental Office reunion: Jim John Krasinski, Dwight Rainn Wilson have impromptu meet-up

Hindustan Times

John and Rainn played frenemies Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute, respectively, for all the nine seasons of the beloved sitcom. The impromptu meetup On May 9, Rainn shared a photo with John on his Instagram handle after the two reunited backstage at CBS Mornings. In the caption, Rainn, 58, shared that he was there while promoting his new podcast Soul …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Office returns! New series starring Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore is picked up at Peacock as first plot details are revealed

Daily Mail

An upcoming series set in the same universe as The Office is closer than ever to make its way to fans after finding a streaming home. The show, which was previously reported to have added Domhnall Gleeson and The White Lotus star Sabrina Impacciatore to its cast, also got a new plot synopsis, marking the first details about its story …

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8 months ago

Did Joe Biden’s uncle fall victim to cannibals in New Guinea? US President shares story

Live Mint

US President Joe Biden while sharing a personal story about his uncle Ambrose Finnegan who served in the Pacific campaign during World War II and said that he might have fallen victim to cannibals after his plane was shot down over New Guinea. In a seperate event, Biden again repeated the story of his uncle in response to Republican presidential …

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8 months ago

Was Biden's uncle eaten by cannibals in World War Two? Military records reveal what REALLY happened to Ambrose Finnegan as White House dodges questions on Joe's tall tale

Daily Mail

The White House dodged questions Thursday after Joe Biden made the startling claim that his uncle was eaten by cannibals during World War II. On Thursday White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wouldn't answer questions about the veracity of a story told by President Joe Biden - that his late uncle Ambrose Finnegan was eaten by cannibals during World War …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist

Associated Press

SCRANTON, Pa. — President Joe Biden made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton on Tuesday, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist. “These are the competing visions for our economy that raise questions of fundamental fairness …

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I reported from across Pennsylvania throughout the election. This is how Trump won

Julia Roberts, Demi Moore cast vote on Election Day

Far from the race he once envisioned, Joe Biden closes out contest in Scranton

Biden's Scranton Stop: A Final Salute to a Hometown Hero

Biden returns to his hometown after a limited campaign role

At campaign stop, Biden suggests he’d like to smack ‘macho guys’

Trump Offers Prayers For People In Hurricane's Path After Lashing Out At Harris And Other Women

Can Kamala Harris win Pennsylvania? Just ask the mayor of Scranton

Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine’s ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit

Why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are under fire for flying Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on a military jet

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

In Scranton, The War In Ukraine Breathes New Life Into A 116-Year-Old Arms Factory

Pennsylvania ammo plant boosts production of key artillery shell in Ukraine's fight against Russia

This reviled pharmaceutical firm holds promise of a healthier future

Trump claims Harris did not pick Shapiro as her running mate 'because he’s Jewish'

Trump Zigzags Between Economic Remarks And Personal Insults At Rally In Critical Pennsylvania

Paddy McGuinness discovers hidden connection to US President Joe Biden as he delves into his ancestry on new series of Who Do You Think You Are

Biden will praise men like his uncles when he commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France

Swing state Democrat takes a shot at shaping a winning energy policy

Accidental Office reunion: Jim John Krasinski, Dwight Rainn Wilson have impromptu meet-up

The Office returns! New series starring Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore is picked up at Peacock as first plot details are revealed

Did Joe Biden’s uncle fall victim to cannibals in New Guinea? US President shares story

Was Biden's uncle eaten by cannibals in World War Two? Military records reveal what REALLY happened to Ambrose Finnegan as White House dodges questions on Joe's tall tale

Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist