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Three more states to vote in congressional primaries Tuesday
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three more states are holding congressional primaries on Tuesday. Voters in Colorado, New York and Utah will cast ballots. The Beehive State will also vote in a gubernatorial primary. Colorado [Read More…]
Courts block aspects of Biden’s hallmark student loan repayment plan
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In two court rulings Monday night, federal judges in Kansas and Missouri [Read More…]
Expensive New York primary race between Jamaal Bowman and George Latimer marks schism in Democratic Party
adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A historically expensive and fiercely contentious Democratic primary in New York’s 16th District has incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman fighting for his political future and has garnered national attention as a [Read More…]
Kate Cox, Texas woman who fled Texas to get an abortion, announces she’s pregnant at Dobbs event
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kate Cox, a woman denied an emergency abortion last year in Texas, announced on Monday that she is pregnant again. Her news comes on the second anniversary of the Supreme [Read More…]
Three days before debate, Biden, Harris blast Trump on abortion rights on Dobbs anniversary
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday — the second anniversary of the Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade — took the offensive, launching blistering blows against [Read More…]
Black men ask, “What am I voting for?” as they battle frustration
ABC News (ATLANTA) — At an invite-only event in downtown Atlanta, hip-hop fans from across the country came together for a unique voter outreach event. The Black Male Voter Project, an organization dedicated to increasing [Read More…]
RNC laser-focused on vote monitoring, committed to enlisting 100,000 poll volunteers
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Committee is launching a nationwide recruitment effort for poll workers ahead of November’s election as former President Donald Trump continues to spread doubts about election security. [Read More…]
What’s up with Menendez’s independent Senate bid? New Jersey Democrats share their thoughts
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Facing 16 felony charges in federal court, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez launched a long-shot bid for reelection earlier this month as an independent, but he appears to [Read More…]
Judge hearing arguments on Trump’s effort to invalidate appointment of special prosecutor Jack Smith
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case is hearing arguments Friday on the former president’s effort to invalidate the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith. The hearing is focused [Read More…]
Trump expects Biden to be a ‘worthy debater’ after spending months attacking his mental fitness
Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is raising his debate expectations for President Joe Biden a week ahead of the two men facing off, and after spending months describing him as a [Read More…]
Republican women are more motivated than Democratic women to vote in 2024: Survey
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — A smaller number of the women voters who cast ballots for President Joe Biden in 2020 said they’d vote for him again in 2024 than the share of women [Read More…]
US bans Russian cybersecurity software amid threat of influence operation
Patrick Van Katwijk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is issuing a total ban on the use of a Russian-backed cybersecurity software in the United States due to the Russian government’s alleged influence operations over [Read More…]
Biden campaign picks right-side podium for CNN debate, Trump will have the last word
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden won the coin toss to secure a podium position on the right side of the stage during the CNN debate next week, but by doing so gave [Read More…]
On campaign trail, RFK Jr. pushes ‘bonkers’ theory about CIA’s ‘takeover of the American press’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. has received intense public scrutiny for promoting an array of unconventional theories, from claiming that vaccines are behind an “epidemic” of diseases in America [Read More…]
Supreme Court upholds Trump-era tax on foreign earnings
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Trump-era tax on U.S. shareholders of some American-controlled foreign corporations, preserving a major source of government revenue while sidestepping the more [Read More…]
Trump meets with advisers, policy experts ahead of next week’s debate with Biden
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, October 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is getting [Read More…]
Biden heads to Camp David to prepare for first presidential debate with Trump
President Joe Biden prepares to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, June 25, 2021, en route to Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) [Read More…]
Top Israel officials to meet with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan Thursday
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Senior administration officials tell ABC News that top Netanyahu advisers — Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer — were traveling from Israel [Read More…]
2024 federal budget deficit projection rises to nearly $2 trillion
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a new projection from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the federal budget deficit – the gap between government revenue vs. spending – will be $1.9 trillion for the 2024 fiscal [Read More…]
Tight Virginia GOP primary between Good, McGuire a test of Trump’s influence
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., meets with supporters at a primary night election party, June 18, 2024, in Lynchburg, Va.. Via ABC News (RICHMOND, Va.) — A contentious and closely watched Republican U.S. House primary in [Read More…]