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Swing state voters react to presidential debate, Biden’s weak performance
Guests at the Old Town Pour House watch a debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee former President Donald Trump on June 27, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — After [Read More…]
Did CNN’s Biden-Trump presidential debate format work?
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The nation watched as President Joe Biden and former President Donald [Read More…]
Fact checking the Biden-Trump presidential debate
Henrik5000/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump met for a showdown over policy and their records, but not everything claimed by the candidates onstage was factual. Inflation rates, border [Read More…]
Next Biden-Trump presidential debate will be in September on ABC
Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, right, and President Donald Trump speak during the U.S. presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 22, 2020. — Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
Five takeaways from striking Biden-Trump presidential debate
Former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Ga on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post [Read More…]
Biden falters in high-stakes debate, Trump spews falsehoods
Getty Images – STOCK (ATLANTA) — In a historic clash of personality and policy, Joe Biden and Donald Trump took the stage for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. The showdown provided a [Read More…]
Biden-Trump presidential debate live updates: Counting down to 1st clash
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — In what is set to be a historic clash of personality and policy, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will soon take the stage for the first presidential debate of [Read More…]
What do swing state voters want to hear from Biden and Trump at the presidential debate?
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump prepare to take the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday night, voters across the key swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and [Read More…]
How much is Jamaal Bowman’s loss a warning for progressives?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Progressive Democrats undeniably suffered their most significant defeat of the 2024 election cycle Tuesday when Rep. Jamaal Bowman lost his New York 16th Congressional District’s Democratic primary. What it means [Read More…]
Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shields Sackler family of liability
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A narrowly divided Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision struck down a hard-fought bankruptcy plan for OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma that would have awarded $6 billion to state and local [Read More…]
‘This is not a time for applause’: Advocates on both sides of abortion issue slam SCOTUS ruling
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Despite the U.S. Supreme Court issuing a decision allowing emergency abortions in Idaho, many pro-abortion groups criticized Thursday’s ruling and said it was far from a win for abortion [Read More…]
How might the earliest presidential debate ever affect the election?
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The first presidential debate of the 2024 election will be the first ever to feature two former presidents, but that isn’t the only thing that makes it unprecedented: It’s [Read More…]
Potential Trump VP contenders at Atlanta debate to spin his performance, make their case
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As former President Donald Trump and his team continue to tease his vice presidential pick, his potential VP contenders were gathering in Atlanta Thursday to support the former president around [Read More…]
Supreme Court poised to issue major rulings on presidential immunity, Jan. 6
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court, nearing the end of its term, is poised to soon deliver rulings in high-profile cases on everything from presidential power to abortion access. The justices is releasing [Read More…]
Supreme Court allows emergency abortion access in Idaho for now
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling that will allow emergency abortion access in Idaho, for now, despite the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The court dismissed the [Read More…]
Five things to watch in the first 2024 general election debate
A satellite truck is parked in front of a sign advertising the CNN presidential debate outside of their studios on June 25, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and [Read More…]
President Biden to pardon veterans convicted under regulation used to keep LGBT members from serving
President Joe Biden speaks at an event in the East Room at the White House, June 18, 2024, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he will pardon U.S. [Read More…]
Biden administration’s asylum executive action decreased encounters by 40%: DHS
grandriver/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s executive action on asylum, which was rolled out three weeks ago, has decreased encounters along the border by 40%, the Biden administration said. The executive action established a [Read More…]
Hillary Clinton offers debate advice for Biden on how to handle Trump
In this Oct. 9, 2016 file photo Republican nominee Donald Trump (R) watches Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis. (Saul Loeb/POOL/AFP via Getty Images, FILE) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
Advocates renew calls for rule to require technology that prevents hot car deaths
Guido Mieth/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Across the street from the Department of Transportation’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., advocates working to prevent the deaths of children in hot cars recently hung 1,086 colorful infant onesies underneath [Read More…]