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Biden and Trump could soon clinch their nominations as 4 more states vote
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump may well earn enough delegates to clinch the nominations for their respective parties on Tuesday, when four states and one territory will report [Read More…]
Special counsel hearing live updates: Hur to testify about Biden documents probe
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert Hur, who as special counsel conducted the yearlong probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents that ultimately absolved the president of legal culpability, will [Read More…]
Transcript from documents probe contradicts Biden’s account of exchange with Hur over son’s death
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the Senate’s recent passage of the National Security Supplemental Bill, which provides military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, in the State Dining Room of the White House on [Read More…]
Robert Hur poised to defend findings of probe into Biden’s handling of classified docs
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert Hur on Tuesday will face lawmakers eager to question the findings of his yearlong probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, an investigation that [Read More…]
New RNC leadership slashing staff, sources say
Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of former US President Donald Trump, speaks at the Republican National Committee (RNC) Spring meeting on March 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas. (CECILE CLOCHERET/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A new Donald [Read More…]
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley accuses Biden administration of trying to silence immigration judges
Sen. Chuck Grassley is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 5, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Biden administration of improperly attempting [Read More…]
Biden, Netanyahu clash over Rafah ‘red line,’ planned Israeli operation
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — As the relationship between President Joe Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has grown increasingly fraught and tense, a looming ground incursion into Gaza’s southernmost [Read More…]
GOP report says Trump’s Jan. 6 driver contradicted bombshell testimony of Secret Service altercation
Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol [Read More…]
Two in custody in connection with ‘heinous’ mass shooting at Philadelphia bus stop: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Two 18-year-old men have been taken into custody in connection with a mass shooting at a SEPTA bus stop in Philadelphia last week, authorities announced Monday. Charges against the two [Read More…]
Biden ‘did not apologize’ for using term ‘an illegal’ during State of the Union, White House says
Sophie Park/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden “absolutely did not apologize” for his use of the term “an illegal” during last week’s State of the Union address, principal deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton told [Read More…]
Biden hits back after Trump floats ‘cutting’ Social Security to curb the national debt
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and his reelection campaign have seized on former President Donald Trump, in an interview Monday on CNBC, appearing to float “cutting” entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare in [Read More…]
Trump asks judge to delay hush money trial while Supreme Court weighs his immunity claim
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Monday asked the judge overseeing his hush money case in New York to delay the trial, currently scheduled to begin March 25, while the U.S. [Read More…]
What to know about Biden’s 2025 budget proposal
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday released his budget for fiscal year 2025, highlighting his efforts to help middle-class Americans get a leg up as the general election kicks off. The [Read More…]
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to step down
Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she is stepping down from her cabinet position later this month — marking only the second cabinet secretary to [Read More…]
‘House of cards’: Special counsel slams Hunter Biden’s effort to dismiss tax charges
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel David Weiss has filed his rebuttal to efforts by President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden to have his nine tax-related charges in California dismissed, slamming his arguments in court filings [Read More…]
Progressive groups launch ‘Reject AIPAC’ effort as Democratic divides over Israel deepen
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A coalition of nearly two-dozen progressive groups on Monday launched a seven-figure effort to defend progressive Democrats in Congress who have criticized both Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and continued [Read More…]
Buttigieg calls out Katie Britt’s misleading use of sex trafficking victim’s story to attack Biden
ABC News Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday called out Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s misleading use of an anecdote on sex trafficking to attack President Joe Biden’s record on border security in her response to [Read More…]
Americans split on who they trust to do a better job as president: POLL
ABC News As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to secure their party’s nomination and gear up to face off in another general election campaign, Americans are split on who they trust [Read More…]
Former Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan under consideration as No Labels candidate
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — No Labels may finally have a candidate in consideration for its third-party “unity ticket” in the 2024 presidential election. Sources familiar with the group’s efforts to field a third-party [Read More…]
Why these voters are considering third-party options in the 2024 presidential race
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In an election year when polls show voters don’t approve of either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump, third party and independent options are attracting notice from some. “I [Read More…]