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How Tim Scott’s run for president is affecting his role as senator
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just a few hours before the midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to keep the government open for 45 more days by a vote of 88-9. Only two senators were [Read More…]
How the growing Latino vote could factor in to 2024 election
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just about a year out from the 2024 election, Republican and Democratic campaigns and candidates in several key states are courting Latinos, a growing group of voters, who could [Read More…]
Exclusive: On track to break record, TSA intercepts nearly 20 guns per day at airports
Mats Silvan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it intercepts nearly 20 unauthorized guns per day at checkpoints nationwide, putting the agency on track to break its annual firearms record, the agency [Read More…]
Democrats pour $2M more into Virginia, where battle for statehouse could decide abortion and more
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a little over a month until Election Day in Virginia, the national Democratic Party is investing more than $2 million in the state to boost candidates as [Read More…]
California Gov. Newsom to appoint Laphonza Butler to fill Sen. Feinstein’s seat
Araya Doheny/Getty Images, FILE (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Sunday plans to appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’S List, to fill the Senate seat left vacant following Dianne Feinstein’s death [Read More…]
House Democrats averted shutdown amid GOP’s ‘brinkmanship,’ Biden’s budget director says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — It was Democrats in the House who helped avert a partial government shutdown this weekend, in the final hours before funding ran out amid “brinkmanship” and “theater” by hard-line conservatives, President Joe [Read More…]
Matt Gaetz says he is planning a vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy over government funding bill
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic move that could roil the House, hard-line Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday that he plans a vote this week to try and remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his [Read More…]
RFK Jr. teases announcement amid third party bid rumors
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. teased an announcement on Friday that he said would create a “sea change in American politics” amid speculation that the Democratic candidate may leave the [Read More…]
Special counsel raises more concerns over Trump’s attacks on witnesses
David McNew/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office filed a reply Friday evening to former President Trump’s opposition to the prosecution’s proposed gag order in Trump’s federal election interference case. Smith’s office raises new [Read More…]
Vivek Ramaswamy’s TikTok presence draws young voters’ attention — and GOP rivals’ attacks
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It started with a short clip of him dancing with social media influencer Jake Paul and what Vivek Ramaswamy called a vision to better engage with younger voters. [Read More…]
Government shutdown live updates: Millions in military would go without a paycheck
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Congress failing to agree on spending, the U.S. is barreling toward what could be one of the largest government shutdowns in history. Lawmakers have until the end of the [Read More…]
Exclusive: Biden campaign to air ad aimed at Black voters during college football game
Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is kicking off a new TV advertisement in the heat of the college football season, with the ad set to air during [Read More…]
Student loan payments restart Oct. 1. Here’s what to know
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The government’s unprecedented three-year pause on federal student loan payments officially ends this Sunday, Oct. 1, when roughly 28 million borrowers will once again be on the hook for their [Read More…]
Democrats, Republicans release dueling abortion ads in high-stakes Virginia elections
Andy Clement – andyc.com/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats and Republicans in the state are ramping up their attacks ahead of high stakes state-wide elections in Virginia, releasing dueling ads about abortion — a hot-button issues [Read More…]
Trailblazing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies at 90
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dianne Feinstein, who became California’s first female senator and went on to serve six terms, the longest of any woman in Senate history — and whose [Read More…]
DeSantis commits to a 15-week national abortion ban for the first time
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) — In an easily missed moment during Wednesday night’s chaotic GOP presidential primary debate, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would sign a federal 15-week abortion ban. Wednesday’s comment marked [Read More…]
Guns, abortion pill and free speech will top Supreme Court docket in new term
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term on Monday staring down a fresh docket of cases and more opportunities to deliver big wins for conservatives that could continue [Read More…]
Biden impeachment inquiry live updates: House Republicans hold first hearing
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans Thursday are holding the first public hearing of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The House Oversight Committee hearing will kick off at 10 [Read More…]
Biden set to give speech on democracy one day after Republican debate
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will deliver the latest in a string of speeches about democracy, as he seeks to draw a further contrast with his [Read More…]
Five takeaways from the Republican debate: Haley scoffs at Ramaswamy, DeSantis goes after Trump, more
Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) — The major Republican presidential candidates went toe-to-toe in the second primary debate, on Wednesday night in California — trading barbs in a race still largely defined by [Read More…]