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Northern Mariana Islands 2024 Republican caucus results
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Voting for the Republican presidential caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands is on Friday, three days after former President Donald Trump became the party’s presumptive 2024 nominee. Democrats on [Read More…]
South Dakota governor’s endorsement of dental practice draws scrutiny, lawsuit
South Dakota’s Governor Kristi Noem arrives to speak during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on Feb. 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. — Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Dakota [Read More…]
A closer look at RFK’s 2024 campaign as he teases running mate: Eclectic donors, attacks from Dems
John Nacion/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is approaching several key milestones as Democratic scrutiny of him ramps up. He will soon select a running mate, after teasing names [Read More…]
Judge denies one of Trump’s motions to dismiss documents case
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — A U.S. district judge denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his federal classified documents case based on unconstitutional vagueness, one of the two motions — the other [Read More…]
Rep. Matt Gaetz subpoenaed in defamation suit by woman he allegedly had sex with as minor: Sources
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz on Thursday was served a subpoena to sit for a deposition in a civil lawsuit that involves allegations he had sex with a 17-year old-girl, [Read More…]
Judge suggests motion to dismiss Trump documents indictment ‘premature’
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump is in a Florida courtroom where his attorneys are arguing for the dismissal of his federal classified documents case. Special counsel Jack Smith, who brought [Read More…]
Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, warns Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’
Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stayed largely silent as others in his party have been critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of Hamas’ attack in [Read More…]
Judge throws out six counts of Trump’s Georgia election interference indictment
SimpleImages/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A Fulton County judge on Wednesday quashed multiple counts contained in the election interference indictment against former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants. The order from Judge Scott McAfee [Read More…]
Warren picks up Biden’s call to crack down on ‘shrinkflation’
Senator Elizabeth Warren during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, Mar. 7, 2024. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — As polls show rising inflation weighing on American families, President [Read More…]
Trump expected to attend hearing to seek dismissal of classified documents case
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to be in the courtroom Thursday when his attorneys argue for the dismissal of his federal classified documents case. U.S. District Judge Aileen [Read More…]
‘We don’t take sides’ CEO of company that guaranteed Trump’s $92M bond tells shareholders
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The chairman and chief executive of the insurance company that guaranteed former President Donald Trump’s $92 million bond in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case said in a letter Wednesday [Read More…]
Biden travels to battleground Wisconsin after clinching Democratic nomination
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — President Joe Biden is continuing his campaign ramp-up with a visit to battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday, a day after he clinched the Democratic nomination. Biden’s first stop will be an [Read More…]
House passes bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don’t sell the popular app
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the U.S. If enacted, [Read More…]
Biden and Trump become 2024’s presumptive nominees as rematch kicks off
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respectively, after another round of voting on Tuesday, ABC News projects based on the [Read More…]
RFK Jr. wants Aaron Rodgers or Jesse Ventura to be his running mate
Ryan Kang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura top the list of Robert F. Kennedy’s potential running mates — though the independent candidate has not [Read More…]
‘Uncommitted’ voters in Washington primary hope to keep pressuring Biden on Israel’s war in Gaza
Joseph Sohm/Getty Images (OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Organizers in Washington state have been leading an effort to encourage Democratic voters to cast their ballots for the “uncommitted” option on Tuesday, in the latest example of a [Read More…]
VA to expand IVF policies to include single, same-sex married veterans
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The department of Veterans Affairs will soon provide in vitro fertilization to eligible veterans who are single or in same-sex marriages — coming after criticism of the agency’s lack of [Read More…]
White House announces $300 million military aid package for Ukraine
by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With new aid for Ukraine stalled in Congress since December, the White House on Tuesday announced it had cobbled together another $300 million in military assistance to use as [Read More…]
Trump promises to ‘free’ Jan. 6 rioters on first day back in White House if reelected
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump says one of his first acts if elected to a second term would be to “free” people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack [Read More…]
Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress next week, shrinking GOP’s razor-thin majority
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck, who already announced he would not be seeking reelection, announced Tuesday he will leave Congress at the end of next week. “It has been an honor [Read More…]