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Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An aide to Ohio Sen. JD Vance was informed by a top Springfield, Ohio, official earlier this month that claims about Haitian migrants eating cats and dogs were false but [Read More…]

Teamsters union opts to not endorse any presidential candidate

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the most prominent and influential unions in the country, said Wednesday it will not endorse any presidential candidate this year. [Read More…]

Speaker Johnson’s funding plan expected to fail as shutdown deadline approaches

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday will forge ahead with a vote on his government funding plan despite it being expected to fail. “We’ll see what happens with the bill,” [Read More…]

Trump to hold Long Island rally in effort to court New Yorkers

Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s efforts to appeal to New York, a blue state, continue with a large-scale rally in Long Island on Wednesday — Trump’s second rally [Read More…]

Trump blames Democrats for heated environment despite his own inflammatory rhetoric

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear at a campaign rally in July, he made an initial pitch for unity. It didn’t last long. And he’s taken [Read More…]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders swipes at Kamala Harris for not having biological children

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a town hall meeting moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, on September 17, 2024. (JEFF [Read More…]

Suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 states

RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI and Postal Service are investigating suspicious mail containing a white powder substance that was sent to election offices in at least 16 states this week, according to an [Read More…]

Trump praises Secret Service response to apparent assassination attempt

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a town hall meeting moderated by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, on Sept. 17, 2024. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP [Read More…]

Freed American Paul Whelan thanks lawmakers for bringing him home during Capitol Hill visit

US President Joe Biden, right, watches as Vice President Kamala Harris greets former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty [Read More…]

Senate IVF bill fails again to advance on mostly party line vote

Andriy Denisyuk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday failed for a second time to advance an in vitro fertilization (IVF) protection bill by a vote of 51-44. The legislation needed 60 votes to advance. [Read More…]

‘It’s a crying shame:’ Harris pans ‘harmful’ attacks on Haitian migrants in NABJ interview

Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris forcibly panned the recent “harmful” attacks on Springfield, Ohio’s Haitian migrants during a National Association of Black Journalists panel in Philadelphia [Read More…]

Trump Arlington cemetery incident still under investigation: Sources

Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Aug. 26, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Law [Read More…]

Federal agency investigating RFK Jr. after severed whale’s head story resurfaces

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Libertarian National Convention on May 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association is investigating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after [Read More…]

Judge denies Meadows’ request to move Arizona ‘fake elector’ case to federal court

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Monday denied former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ request to have the Arizona “fake elector” case against him moved to federal court from Arizona state [Read More…]

Harris, Obama and Hillary Clinton set to hold Los Angeles fundraisers for the vice president this month

Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a campaign rally at the McHale Athletic Center on September 13, 2024 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will hold [Read More…]

Trump says Biden-Harris ‘rhetoric’ to blame for Florida assassination attempt

Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WEST PALM BEACH , Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday blamed a polarized political environment and “rhetoric” from Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden for [Read More…]

White House condemns ‘irresponsible’ Elon Musk post on assassination attempt

by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday decried a now-deleted post by Elon Musk on X as “irresponsible.” In the Sunday night post — which he made after the second apparent [Read More…]

Biden says Secret Service ‘needs more help’ after apparent Trump assassination attempt

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said on Monday the Secret Service “needs more help” as he briefly addressed the apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump while departing the [Read More…]

New Hampshire Libertarian Party slammed for ‘abhorrent’ post about Harris