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Graham’s proposed near-total national abortion ban quickly meets GOP resistance
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Less than two months before the midterm elections, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday introduced a bill that would impose a nationwide ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. [Read More…]
Trump heads to battleground Pennsylvania to stump for GOP candidates
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WILKES-BARRE, Pa.) — Former President Donald Trump is campaigning for Republicans in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday in what will be his first rally since federal agents searched his Florida home last month. Trump [Read More…]
Abortion, unemployment, police shootings on Ohio young voters’ minds for midterms
ABC News (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The battle over a Senate seat is hot in swing state Ohio. Democratic nominee Rep. Tim Ryan is locked in a competitive race with Republican opponent J.D. Vance, who picked up [Read More…]
Not every Trump supporter threat to nation, Biden says
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he does not consider all supporters of his predecessor, Donald Trump, to be a threat to the United States. “I don’t consider any Trump supporter [Read More…]
Gina McCarthy to step down as Biden’s climate adviser
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gina McCarthy — President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser — will step down from her post on Sept. 16, the White House announced on Friday. The National Climate [Read More…]
White House asks Congress for $47 billion for COVID, Ukraine, monkeypox, natural disasters
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is seeking $47 billion from Congress to secure COVID and monkeypox vaccines, to bolster Ukraine’s defenses and to respond to natural disasters at home. “All of [Read More…]
Judge unseals more detailed inventory of what FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Friday unsealed a more detailed inventory of what the FBI seized in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month. The judge, [Read More…]
Biden seeks to reframe midterms into stark choice between democracy and Trump-led extremism
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden used to steadfastly avoid uttering the name, “Donald Trump.” But now, bolstered by stronger poll numbers and relatively positive economic news, Biden as [Read More…]
DOJ revelations could place Trump lawyers in legal peril of their own, experts say
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New allegations from the Justice Department on Tuesday could implicate Donald Trump’s own lawyers in a potential effort to obstruct the ongoing probe into the former president’s retention of classified documents, [Read More…]
Trump’s legal team responds to DOJ in dispute over review of seized records
James Devaney/GC Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to the Justice Department in the dispute over Trump’s request for a “special master” to review materials the FBI seized [Read More…]
Trump’s filing opposing Mar-a-Lago raid forced DOJ’s hand, experts say
Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks of accusations from former President Donald Trump and his allies that the Justice Department and FBI overreached in their unprecedented August 8 search of [Read More…]
Michigan board of canvassers deadlocked on abortion rights initiative
ilbusca/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — The Michigan Board of Canvassers is deadlocked on a bid to add an abortion question on enshrining abortion rights in the state’s constitution to the November ballot. Sponsors of the [Read More…]
Lawsuit filed to block Indiana abortion ban as South Carolina lawmakers approve near-total ban
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As states continue to regulate abortion rights across the country, abortion rights groups and state legislatures in Indiana and South Carolina are at odds amid fallout from the U.S. Supreme [Read More…]
Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman ramps back up campaign schedule with Hamptons fundraiser
Nate Smallwood/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman recently attended a fundraiser in the Hamptons, a previously unreported appearance as he recovers from a stroke and ramps up to face Republican [Read More…]
Does Biden’s student loan relief plan stand legally?
jayk7/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As some federal student loan borrowers across the country prepare to see their loans wiped out following President Joe Biden’s debt cancellation plan, some borrowers may be wondering if the effort [Read More…]
With 10 weeks until midterms, election deniers are hampering some election preparations
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In Colorado, supporters of Donald Trump seeking evidence of 2020 election fraud have flooded some county offices with so many records requests that officials say they have been unable to perform [Read More…]
Who is going to debate in key midterm races in battleground states
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the primaries nearly all finished, it will soon be time for the general election debates — except there may not be all that many debates to tune into. Across [Read More…]
First lady Jill Biden recovers from rebound COVID-19 case, will return to Washington
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden has recovered from a “rebound” case of COVID-19 and will return to Washington nearly a week after again testing positive for the virus, her office said. Biden, [Read More…]
Feds’ free COVID-19 test program to halt this week due to lack of funding
Bloomberg via Getty Images/FILE (WASHINGTON) — With COVID-19 funding drying up and no fresh cash infusion from Congress, the Biden administration says it will suspend its offer of free at-home rapid tests through COVID.gov. The [Read More…]
Most relatives of deadly Kabul drone strike victims still not in US as promised
Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One year after a deadly U.S. drone strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians, including seven children, 133 family members and co-workers of the Afghan aid worker mistakenly [Read More…]