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Biden’s 2024 campaign has been hiding in plain sight

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has been hiding in plain sight all along. The contours of the 2024 campaign that Biden will formally launch with a video as soon as this week will look a lot like his messaging and policy moves from the past few months: Play up accomplishments from his first two years, draw a sharp contrast with Republican policies he deems extreme, and brush off worries about his age. Biden, aides contend, has essentially been campaigning since Republicans took control of the House last year, focused on showing Americans how his ...

History

Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 25, the 115th day of 2023. There are 250 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On April 25, 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. On this date: In 404 B.C., the Peloponnesian War ended as Athens surrendered to Sparta. In 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci. In 1859, ...

Local Outlook

Today...Sunny, with a high near 52. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 30. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday...Sunny, with a high near 61. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. A 30 percent chance of showers at night after 1 am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Thursday...A slight chance of showers between 1 pm and 4 pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Southwest wind around 15 ...

People in the News

Tucker Carlson, Fox News’ most popular host, out at network NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News said Monday that it is parting ways with prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the Jan. 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and influence GOP politics. Fox offered no explanation for the stunning move, saying that the last broadcast of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” aired last Friday. Shares of Fox Corp. slid 4% within seconds of the announcement of Carlson’s departure. The break comes less than a week ...

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed

SHAKOPEE — Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her gun for a Taser when she shot and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday. The Minnesota Department of Corrections said Potter was released at about 4 a.m. “out of an abundance of caution” for Potter’s safety. The department confirmed Friday she would be released Monday from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee, but declined to say what time due to security concerns. Potter, a white former officer for the Brooklyn Center Police Department in suburban ...

Stocks stand still ahead of raft of earnings

NEW YORK — Wall Street remained stuck in its standstill Monday, and stocks again moved only modestly ahead of reports that could offer more direction on where the economy and corporate profits are heading. The S&P 500 edged up by 3.52 points, or 0.1%, to 4,137.04 after barely budging last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 66.44, or 0.2%, to 33,875.40, while the Nasdaq composite slipped 35.25, or 0.3%, to 12,037.20. Coca-Cola slipped 0.2% after it reported stronger-than-expected profit for the first quarter but refrained from raising forecasts for sales and other measures ...