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Biden, Zelenskyy sign new 10-year security agreement
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (ITALY) — President Joe Biden touted on Thursday several new major U.S. commitments for Ukraine that were announced this week, including a 10-year bilateral security agreement, sanctions to disrupt Russia’s war machine, [Read More…]
Supreme Court unanimously strikes down legal challenge to abortion pill mifepristone
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a group of doctors lacked legal standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access to [Read More…]
Biden says he would not commute potential sentence for son Hunter Biden
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Thursday he would not issue a presidential sentence commutation for Hunter Biden following his conviction earlier this week on federal gun charges. ABC News Senior White [Read More…]
Trump yet to clarify his abortion pill policy as SCOTUS rules on mifepristone
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a unanimous decision on Thursday, former President Donald Trump has yet to disclose his own abortion [Read More…]
ACLU files federal complaint against new Biden asylum rule
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Texas Civil Rights Project and other civil rights organizations have filed a federal complaint challenging a recent executive order from President Joe Biden, [Read More…]
House Republicans vote to hold Garland in contempt over Biden interview audio
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon passed a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with [Read More…]
White House doesn’t rule out potential commutation for Hunter Biden
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday declined to rule out a presidential commutation for Hunter Biden following his conviction earlier this week on federal gun charges. When asked specifically by a [Read More…]
Marianne Williamson signals the end of her 2024 bid now that presidential primaries have ended
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Marianne Williamson, an author and speaker who was President Joe Biden’s final Democratic opponent, said earlier this week that she is no longer a candidate for the party’s nomination now [Read More…]
Biden, Zelenskyy to sign US-Ukraine security agreement at G7 summit
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a bilateral security agreement at the G7 summit Thursday that will pledge long-term defense and security cooperation. “We want to [Read More…]
At G7, Biden to push $50B loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets
President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine during the G7 Summit, Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan. (Official White House Photo by [Read More…]
House Republicans to vote on holding Garland in contempt over refusal to turn over Biden special counsel interview audio
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday plan to hold a full chamber vote on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio [Read More…]
Hunter Biden conviction likely to have muted impact on election: Experts
First lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, joined by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, leave the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 11, 2024 in Wilmington, Del. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) [Read More…]
Former US diplomat warns Biden policy on Israel is putting America at risk
U.S. Department of State (WASHINGTON) — For years, Hala Rharrit was a career veteran diplomat who took pride talking about American values such as human rights and freedom of the press. Now, she’s the first [Read More…]
Trump-endorsed Nancy Mace projected to win South Carolina GOP primary
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the second time in as many years, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has defeated a fierce primary challenge in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district. With 27% of the vote reporting [Read More…]
Justice Alito, in secretly recorded audio, apparently agrees nation needs to return to place of ‘godliness’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts had no comment Tuesday after a woman posing as a conservative Catholic allegedly secretly recorded them at a black-tie event [Read More…]
Biden touts administration’s gun control record, again pushes for assault weapons ban
Ian Maule/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden joined gun control activists Tuesday in pushing forward more initiatives to combat gun violence and trumpeted his administration’s stricter gun laws. Biden’s prescheduled remarks at the advocacy [Read More…]
AP African American studies dropped in South Carolina, prompting criticism
Getty Images – STOCK (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina’s Department of Education has decided to eliminate Advanced Placement African American Studies in its high schools, saying districts can choose to offer it instead as a [Read More…]
Judge blocks Florida’s transgender youth care ban for minors
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A federal judge has called Florida policies restricting gender-affirming care for minors and adults “unconstitutional,” blocking the state’s policies from being enforced. “Transgender opponents are of course free to [Read More…]
Trump endorses Sam Brown in Nevada Republican Senate primary
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown campaigns at the Carson Valley Days parade on June 11, 2022 in Gardnerville, Nevada. (Photo by David Calvert/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Sam Brown [Read More…]
Scorching heat at Trump rally in Las Vegas sends six to hospital, fire department says
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. (Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (LAS VEGAS) — Six people were taken to [Read More…]