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Blinken promises US arms on the way, says allies won’t leave Ukraine’s side
Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Tuesday, promised the U.S. will quickly deliver badly needed arms, touting Washington and the West’s [Read More…]
Speaker Johnson defends Trump outside ‘sham’ New York trial
Mark Peterson-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s entourage continued to grow when more high-profile politicians attended his New York hush money criminal trial on Tuesday — including House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson, [Read More…]
Biden to announce new China tariffs on electric vehicles, solar, chips and more
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday will announce new tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports, including a sharp tax hike on electric vehicles, to help protect his [Read More…]
DOJ requests judge order Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence
Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, speaks at the Turning Point Action conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., July 16, 2023. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested [Read More…]
Five things to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Maryland, West Virginia, and Nebraska
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even though the general election matchup is already set between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, there have been plenty of fireworks down the ballot ahead of presidential and [Read More…]
Trump allies, potential VP contenders flock to Manhattan courthouse
Sen. J.D. Vance (left, red tie)(R-OH) looks on as former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York [Read More…]
Teen graduates after earning doctoral degree at age 17
Courtesy of Arizona State University/W Scott Mitchell (CHICAGO) — A teenager from Chicago walked in her graduation ceremony this month after earning her Ph.D at 17. Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II was only 10 when [Read More…]
Nikki Haley holds donor retreat in South Carolina, not expected to endorse Trump
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley will meet with roughly 100 of her biggest donors who supported her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination this week, taking another step toward reemerging back into public [Read More…]
Biden expected to quadruple tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles: Source
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is expected to quadruple tariffs on electric vehicles from China from roughly 25% to 100%, and raise other tariffs on key industries including semiconductors, solar, and batteries [Read More…]
‘Zombie’ Haley voters don’t want Trump, but many not sold on Biden, either
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley dropped out of the 2024 Republican presidential primary in March, but she’s continued to rack up sizable numbers in state GOP primaries in the months ever since. [Read More…]
Coons, McCaul weigh in on Israel report, possible weapons pause
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A key Senate ally to President Joe Biden and the top House Republican on a key foreign affairs committee offered starkly different views Sunday on Biden’s warning that he could [Read More…]
Sen. Bob Menendez bribery case: What to know as trial starts
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — United States Sen. Bob Menendez is set to go on trial starting Monday in his federal bribery case. The New Jersey Democrat is accused of accepting cash, gold bars, luxury [Read More…]
Vermont bill wants to charge big oil for climate change damage, here’s how
A flooded playground and field in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. – Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a pioneering measure to hold companies responsible for environmental damage, Vermont is [Read More…]
Justice Department seeks 40-year sentence for Paul Pelosi attacker
San Francisco Police Dept (SAN FRANCISCO) — Federal prosecutors are seeking a maximum sentence for the man who was convicted of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacking her husband [Read More…]
Pausing military aid seen as key tool in a president’s foreign policy toolbox
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Although congressional Republicans have been slamming President Joe Biden over his decision to withhold certain bomb shipments to Israel, such a move is not unprecedented, as they’ve claimed. Previous presidents, [Read More…]
2020 election denial looms over anticipated Trump-Biden rematch in Georgia
ABC (ATLANTA) — While President Joe Biden’s slim victory over former President Donald Trump in Georgia last election cycle broke a nearly 30-year losing streak for Democratic presidential candidates in the state, his win also [Read More…]
VA improperly approved almost $11M in bonuses to senior executives, watchdog says
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Department of Veterans Affairs officials improperly approved nearly $11 million in bonuses to senior executives intended for other workers, a department watchdog said in a new report. The money was [Read More…]
Maryland primary to set up unexpectedly tight Senate race
Getty Images – STOCK (BALTIMORE) — Maryland’s Democratic Senate primary is careening toward a bitter finish as voters decide who to nominate in an unexpectedly competitive race in the deep blue bastion. Prince George’s County [Read More…]
Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction upheld by appeals court
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court upheld the criminal conviction of ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on [Read More…]
How AAPI social media influencers are working to mobilize voters in 2024
Linh Nguyen is the executive director of nonpartisan nonprofit Run AAPI. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the largest growing group of eligible voters in the United States, the Asian American Pacific Islanders vote [Read More…]