Maine's secretary of state says she's received 'unacceptable' threats after barring Trump from the state's GOP presidential primary ballot

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Shenna Bellows
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, left, speaks to the press in Augusta, Me.

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The 25-year office construction boom that transformed New York City's skyline has hit the brakes, driven in part by record office vacancies

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The under-construction headquarters for JPMorgan Chase, center, rises in Midtown Manhattan.

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Chris Christie says Maine's decision to remove Trump from the GOP presidential primary ballot 'makes him a martyr'

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GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie, left, and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.

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2024 is going to be a dumpster fire of a year for US politics

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Caution tape blows in the wind on the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol Building on September 27, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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  • 2023 was a chaotic mess.
  • Next year's calendar is already jam-packed with primaries and trial dates.
  • Buckle up!

2023 has been one for the books.

23 lasting images from a chaotic year in politics

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Off years in US politics are supposed to be relatively quiet. Heading into 2023, we expected a divided Congress to pass very little sweeping legislation. We knew that Republicans would be jockeying for the GOP presidential nomination. And you can always expect a surprise or two.

Oh, how quaint that seems now.

South Africa accuses Israel of genocide, seeks UN court intervention

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The International Court of Justice in the Hague | A tank with an Israeli flag near the Gaza border
The International Court of Justice in the Hague | A tank with an Israeli flag near the Gaza border

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Chinese spy balloon used a US internet provider to navigate America, report says

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Sailors recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon on February 5, 2023 off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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Michael Cohen used Google's AI to research legal cases to cite in his appeal. The AI hallucinated them.

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Michael Cohen at Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York.
Michael Cohen at Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York.

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No, the First Amendment probably won't protect you from getting fired if you have a pornographic OnlyFans for vegan cooking

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Joe Gow, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Joe Gow was fired as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse after appearing in pornographic videos with his wife.

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The future of sports is the Pop-Tarts Bowl, where a live toaster pastry obsessed with its own consumption was toasted on-air and devoured by the victors

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Pop tarts bowl
The Pop-Tarts mascot is lowered into a toaster following the 2023 Pop-Tarts Bowl between the Kansas State Wildcats and the NC State Wolfpack at Camping World Stadium on December 28, 2023, in Orlando, Florida.

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