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2024 Election

Dreading November? Feeling unheard by the candidates running for office this year? We get it. An intense feeling of déjà vu hangs over the presidential campaigns, in which the overwhelming favorites for the Democratic and Republican nominations are familiar faces. But while the front-runners remain the same, the stakes have changed: Since the 2020 election, we have lost the constitutional right to an abortion and seen a record number of legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ rights. The Cut will be your 2024 election survival guide, breaking down what the biggest campaign-trail developments really mean and helping you make sense of what is sure to be a chaotic year.

2024 election

Joe Isn’t Going Anywhere

 Biden said in a press conference that Kamala Harris is “qualified to be president,” but he’s not dropping out so he can “finish this job.” By Bindu Bansinath

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    Vice President Harris Delivers Remarks At The White House On Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
    Conservatives Are Already Attacking Kamala As a ‘DEI Hire’A New York Post op-ed pushing the racist narrative was widely panned over the weekend.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  2. the body politic
    President Biden Holds Campaign Rally In Philadelphia
    Why Not Kamala?A conversation with professor Brittney Cooper about dumping Joe Biden and making peace with the K-Hive.
    By Rebecca Traister
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    President Biden And First Lady Host Women's History Month Reception
    Is It Time to Take the Coconut Pill?Polling, Democratic members of Congress, and shitposters are all gassing up Kamala Harris.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
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    Secretary Blinken And U.S. Governors Speak At The 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit In Maryland
    What a Time for Gretchen Whitmer to Publish a MemoirThe Michigan governor has a book to promote as she swats down talk of replacing Biden.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  5. power
    Trump holds rally in Washington D.C as "Save America March"
    What Did the Supreme Court Just Do for Trump?The justices “bent over backward to make it more difficult for prosecutors” to hold the former president accountable for January 6.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
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    President Biden Hosts A White House Reception Celebrating The Jewish New Year
    Jill Biden Is Standing by Her ManThe First Lady doesn’t seem fazed by widespread calls for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 election.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
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    Donald Trump And Joe Biden Participate In First Presidential Debate
    Biden Is Posting Through It on TikTokApparently, the president celebrated his dismal debate performance with a trip to Waffle House.
    By Katja Vujić
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    First Lady Melania Trump Attends Briefing For Indian Health System Taskforce
    Melania Trump Couldn’t Be Bothered to Show Up to the DebateOnce again, the former First Lady was nowhere to be seen.
    By Olivia Craighead
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    Panic! At the DebateTrump lied unchecked, but Biden was in such stunningly poor form that it will haunt him the rest of the election.
    By Laura Bassett
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    Democratic Senators Holds Press Conference Discussing "Right To IVF" Act
    The Other Republican Big Lie: They’ll Protect IVFGOP senators say they support fertility treatments. But their evangelical base won’t let them do anything about it.
    By Laura Bassett
  11. oh good
    UFC 302: Brown v Zaleski dos Santos
    We’re Not Ready for Trump on TikTokFresh from his guilty verdict, the former president is coming to a FYP near you.
    By Danielle Cohen
  12. power
    Stormy Daniels Speaks At The Cambridge Union
    Stormy Daniels Feels ‘a Little Vindicated’The porn star’s husband shared her reaction following Donald Trump’s felony conviction.
    By Olivia Craighead
  13. politics
    Your Mom Is Thrilled About the Trump VerdictHighlights from the “conviction day” family group chat.
    By Danielle Cohen
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    Donald Trump Is a Convicted Felon. What Happens Now?What the guilty verdict means for the former president and the 2024 campaign.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
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    The Catharsis of Stormy Daniels Taking Down TrumpThe former president’s attorneys tried to slut-shame the porn star at his hush-money trial. It didn’t work.
    By Laura Bassett
  16. politics
    Donald Trump Found Guilty In Historic New York Hush Money Case
    Celebrities React to Donald Trump’s Guilty VerdictFrom Katy Perry to Cynthia Nixon, these notables are ready to party in the name of justice.
    By Emily Leibert
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    65th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals
    Amber Rose Wants You to Know She’s Voting for Donald TrumpThe former SlutWalk host is suddenly standing behind an alleged sexual abuser.
    By Emily Leibert
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    Cardi B Says She’s Not Voting This YearShe’s unimpressed with both Trump and Biden.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  19. political animals
    Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Visits "Fox & Friends"
    Can You Guess Which Presidential Candidate Had a Worm in His Brain?Another haunting development in the 2024 race.
    By Danielle Cohen
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    Midsection of female patient waiting in hospital exam room
    Trump Would Let Republicans Track Your PregnancyThe former president told ‘Time’ he’s fine with states monitoring women’s bodies in whatever dystopian way they see fit if he’s elected this fall.
    By Laura Bassett
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    Why Is Kristi Noem Defending Killing Her Dog?The South Dakota governor and Trump VP hopeful is arguing that it was totally legal.
    By Olivia Craighead
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    Arizona’s Draconian Abortion Ban Belongs to TrumpThis is what leaving the issue up to the states looks like.
    By Laura Bassett
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    Sarah McBride Campaigns In Delaware To Be First Transgender Member Of Congress
    Making History Would Be Just a Bonus for Sarah McBrideIf elected, she’d be the first openly trans member of Congress. She just wants to tackle the issues worrying her neighbors.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
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    Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Announces She's Suspending Her Campaign
    Nikki Haley’s Campaign for President Is OverShe dropped out of the 2024 race but notably did not endorse Donald Trump.
    By Tariro Mzezewa
  25. celebrity
    Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour - Melbourne, Australia
    Guess Who Taylor Swift Is Endorsing in the 2024 ElectionHint: She went with the least controversial option.
    By Olivia Craighead
  26. celebrity
    2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals
    Monica Lewinsky Is a Reformation Model NowAnd so the voting campaigns begin.
    By Olivia Craighead
  27. power
    Fulton County Court Holds Fani Willis Misconduct Hearing
    Fani Willis Didn’t Stand a ChanceIt feels inevitable that we’re talking about a Black woman’s personal life instead of Trump’s efforts to overturn an election.
    By Laura Bassett
  28. politics
    Trump Reportedly Thinks He’s ‘More Popular’ Than Taylor SwiftIn a Swiftie-versus-MAGA showdown, I know who I’m betting on.
    By Olivia Craighead
  29. politics
    The Biden Campaign Is Finally Talking About AbortionBut it needs to do a lot more than just remind voters it wants to restore Roe.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  30. abortion rights
    Republicans Need to Answer for Women’s SufferingThere’s no excuse to let the conversation drift from how abortion bans are hurting pregnant people.
    By Laura Bassett
  31. career
    How Political Activist Julie Chávez Rodríguez Gets It DoneThe Biden-Harris 2024 campaign manager is also the granddaughter of Cesar Chávez. She takes her family’s legacy of public service very seriously.
    By Mekita Rivas
  32. life after roe
    Fact-Checking the GOP Presidential Candidates on AbortionThe first Republican debate was chock-full of misinformation and one highly dubious anecdote about a fetus in a pan.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
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    Nikki Haley Is Running for PresidentShe’s the first politician to challenge Trump in the 2024 GOP race.
    By Danielle Cohen