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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…]
House Majority leader gives outlook on control of Congress as midterms loom
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As the November midterm elections quickly approach, all eyes are on the latest efforts by both parties to gain control of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. House Majority Leader [Read More…]
Biden calls for more UN support for Ukraine, rebukes Putin for new threats
Bruce Yuanyue Bi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, President Joe Biden on Wednesday cast the defining conflict facing global leaders as a duel between democracy and autocracy, directly responding [Read More…]
GOP lawmakers seek to codify Trump’s Iran sanctions amid ongoing nuclear talks
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new bill from a pair of Republican lawmakers would prevent the Biden administration from lifting key sanctions on Iran over the country’s alleged support of efforts to assassinate high-profile [Read More…]
UN chief warns of ‘colossal global dysfunction’ but urges world to unite on sweeping solutions
NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As global leaders descend on New York City for the annual U.N. General Assembly, the body’s Secretary-General António Guterres issued a dire warning in an opening [Read More…]
Veteran suicide rate is lowest in years, VA says, but advocates worry that’s an undercount
The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The number of suicides among military veterans dropped to its lowest rate in over a decade, according to a report released Monday by the Department of [Read More…]
People under felony indictment can’t be barred from purchasing guns, judge rules
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Banning someone from buying a gun while under felony indictment goes against their Second Amendment right to bear arms, a federal judge in Texas ruled Monday. [Read More…]
COVID-19 ‘is not over’: Democrats buck Biden in case for pandemic aid
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s contention in a recent interview that the “pandemic is over” is complicating Senate Democrats’ efforts to secure needed Republican support for COVID-19 relief funding [Read More…]
GOP-led voting changes are on the rise, making elections more vulnerable to meddling: Analysts
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There’s a tension between voter access and voting security, but that balance has been tipping decidedly one way in the recent political environment in which false claims that Donald Trump [Read More…]