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Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. John Barrasso announced Tuesday that he’s seeking the No. 2 Senate GOP leadership position, bucking long-held expectations that he’d vie for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s top spot. The Wyoming [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she is not running for reelection and will leave the Senate at the end of the year. Sinema was elected in 2018 as a [Read More…]

Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously decided to reverse the decision by the Colorado courts that would have kicked former President Donald Trump off the GOP Primary ballot [Read More…]

Alon Skuy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s lead prosecutor in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump made news last week when he told a federal judge that putting Trump on [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of the biggest Super Tuesday prizes is Texas, with its 161 delegates at stake in the Republican primary. Former President Donald Trump and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley have [Read More…]

Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s War Cabinet, talks to the media after a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty [Read More…]

Alex Reitter / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — California’s primary battle for the Senate seat to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last fall, is one to watch on Super Tuesday. Twenty-seven candidates have filed for [Read More…]

matejphoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The North Carolina gubernatorial race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive and closely-watched face-offs in the battleground state. Leading candidates with polar opposite views are vying for [Read More…]

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2024. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley has repeatedly promised to remain in the Republican [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Super Tuesday is a significant day in the presidential primary race — when 16 states total, plus the territory of American Samoa, head to the polls. While the presidential [Read More…]

Alon Skuy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for Donald Trump have repeated their request for a delay of the $83 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against the former president, arguing that the former [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (BISMARCK, N.D.) — It’s caucus day in North Dakota, where former President Donald Trump aims to maintain his large lead in the Republican race versus former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday essentially rendered moot a string of ongoing state-level challenges to former President Donald Trump’s 2024 candidacy under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Donald Trump in a historic case challenging his ability to seek the Republican presidential nomination under Section 3 of the [Read More…]

Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is projected to win Washington, D.C.’s Republican primary on Sunday, ABC News reports, her first primary win over former President Donald Trump, but one that [Read More…]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court says it will release one or more opinions on Monday — a day before the Super Tuesday primaries — in an announcement widely expected to resolve a [Read More…]

Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SELMA, Ala.) — Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Sunday afternoon in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 59th anniversary of a milestone moment in the civil rights movement — “Bloody [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has been sending significant aid into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war, on Sunday pushed back on criticism that airdrops into the [Read More…]

Sophie Park/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley hedged on Sunday on whether or not she would make good on her pledge to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee if she does [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Mitch McConnell’s successor as Republican leader of the Senate must be able to both work with the next president, including if it’s Donald Trump, and also “stand his own ground,” Sen. [Read More…]