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Biden to propose new rule requiring airlines to disclose extra fees upfront
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday is expected to announce a new proposed rule that would allow fliers to see the total cost of an airline ticket, [Read More…]
Next Jan. 6 hearing may be ‘more sweeping,’ Schiff says, as committee weighs criminal referral
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of what could be their final investigative hearing, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, members of the House Jan. 6 committee on Sunday offered a small preview of [Read More…]
Cheney says she’ll campaign against Lake, Mastriano because of their election denials
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., reiterated this weekend that she would campaign against election deniers, singling out Republican gubernatorial nominees in Arizona and Pennsylvania who’ve floated conspiracy theories about [Read More…]
Trump can’t ‘declassify documents by saying so,’ GOP Sen. Barrasso acknowledges when pressed
ABC News (NEW YORK) — After Donald Trump suggested last week that as president “you can declassify just by saying it’s declassified, even by thinking about it,” Republican Wyoming Senator John Barrasso disagreed — but [Read More…]
US sees signs Russia is ‘struggling,’ has warned of catastrophe if Putin uses nuclear weapon: Sullivan
Tal Axelrod, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The U.S. is seeing evidence that Russia is “struggling” in its invasion of Ukraine and has warned Moscow that there would be “catastrophic consequences” if it were to [Read More…]
Biden struggles, as does his party, as most Democrats look elsewhere for 2024: POLL
ABC News (NEW YORK) — With his party struggling in the midterms, his economic stewardship under fire and his overall job approval under 40%, a clear majority of Democrats in the latest ABC News/Washington Post [Read More…]
New nuclear threats raise risk from a ‘cornered Putin’: Experts
ILYA PITALEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even before Russian troops invaded Ukraine, U.S. officials warned global peace would be endangered if Russian President Vladimir Putin were allowed to brazenly seize another sovereign country. At [Read More…]
Voters in these states have abortion-related questions on the ballot in November
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Abortion access, legalized marijuana and antiquated laws on slavery are some of the topics that will be addressed in ballot measures in midterm elections. When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe [Read More…]
Arizona Democrats warn ‘girls will die’ after judge upholds near-total abortion ban
Lynne Gilbert/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Arizona Democrats gathered outside the Republican attorney general’s office on Saturday to hit their Republican opponents on abortion and warn that women and girls will die in the state after [Read More…]
Republicans hammer crime in key Wisconsin races; Democrats say they want to distract from abortion
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – Republicans are going on the attack in Wisconsin — drawing a “fact check” in rebuttal from the state’s Democratic governor — as they press what they see as an advantage [Read More…]
Black voters could push Stacey Abrams to victory in Georgia. Will they?
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Democrat Stacey Abrams knows by exactly how many votes she narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp in the Georgia governor’s race four years ago — and, to hear her tell it, [Read More…]
In heated debate, Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem reveals he sat for Jan. 6, DOJ interview
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Arizona Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem revealed during Thursday’s debate that he has been interviewed by both the Justice Department and Jan. 6 committee about his alleged involvement [Read More…]
Elton John set to rock the White House Friday night
Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — British pop legend Elton John is set to rock the White House on Friday night, playing for President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden in a [Read More…]
McCarthy rolls out House GOP ‘Commitment to America’ ahead of midterms
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Thursday rolled out an agenda that he says the House GOP would follow should it retake control of the chamber after this year’s [Read More…]
Special master sets timeline for review in Trump docs case, says he must explain claims of privilege
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a court filing on Thursday, the federal judge tasked with reviewing the FBI-seized materials from Mar-a-Lago directed federal prosecutors to begin producing [Read More…]
House Democrats notch legislative victory on policing before the midterms
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democrats on Thursday managed to chalk up another major legislative win before the midterm elections, approving a long-delayed package of changes to policing and public safety. [Read More…]
Beasley and Demings show how ‘unique’ swing-state Democrats are embracing law enforcement
Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During an August campaign event in Durham, North Carolina, former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the Democratic candidate for Senate, proudly proclaimed that she does not support defunding the [Read More…]
More Democrats Than Ever Support The Palestinian Cause, And That’s Dividing The Party
Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twenty years ago, Tallie Ben Daniel was a college student wandering the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, when she came across a bumper sticker that [Read More…]
Blinken says UN must tell Putin to stop ‘reckless nuclear threats’ over Ukraine
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on the United Nations to send a clear message to Russia’s Vladimir Putin demanding an end to his “reckless nuclear [Read More…]
House Democrats look for a legislative victory on policing before the midterms
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democrats, hoping to notch another major legislative win before the midterm elections, will vote Thursday on a long-delayed package of changes to policing and public safety. [Read More…]