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Biden calls Putin a ‘crazy SOB,’ hits Trump for Navalny comparison
President Joe Biden announces the cancellation of an additional $1.2 billion in student loan debt for about 153,000 borrowers, at meeting with community at Culver City Julian Dixon Library in Culver City, CA. (Irfan Khan [Read More…]
Trump team insists RNC funds wouldn’t cover his legal bills, as party leadership change looms
Lara Trump, daughter-in-law to former President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump, speaks at a VFW Hall in Beaufort, S.C., Feb. 21, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — “Absolutely none” of the [Read More…]
Nikki Haley says Trump’s jab at her husband, serving overseas, ‘cuts deep’ because of other military families
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is addressing former President Donald Trump’s mocking jabs at her husband, Maj. Michael Haley, who is serving a one-year deployment overseas in the South Carolina National [Read More…]
Biden touts new student debt relief as ticket to ‘chase dreams’
U.S. President Joe Biden pays a visit to Culver City for his campaign at Julian Dixon in Los Angeles, California, United States on Feb. 21, 2024. (Grace Yoon/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe [Read More…]
Biden weighs tightening asylum restrictions at the southern border, official says
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is looking at the possibility of taking executive action to tighten asylum restrictions, an administration official confirms to ABC. One of the possibilities under consideration would [Read More…]
Businessman Eric Hovde enters Wisconsin Senate race, setting up showdown in key battleground
Douglas Graham/Roll Call (WASHINGTON) — Republican businessman Eric Hovde officially entered the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin this week, touting his entrepreneurial success as he tries to topple two-term Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin and help [Read More…]
Arrest made in break-in of Secret Service vehicle outside Naomi Biden’s home
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A 19-year-old has been charged with first-degree theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle in connection with the break-in of a Secret Service limo in November outside President Joe Biden’s [Read More…]
Nikki Haley agrees with Alabama court ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said in an interview Wednesday that she agrees with an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are considered people in the state. “Embryos, to [Read More…]
James Biden tells House committee that his brother ‘has never had any involvement’ in his business dealings
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — James Biden, the president’s younger brother, told lawmakers at a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that the president “has never had any involvement or any direct [Read More…]
House GOP to question President Biden’s brother James Biden in impeachment probe
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — James Biden, the president’s younger brother, is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday — a high-stakes confrontation months in the making that could mark an inflection [Read More…]
Trump brings in more than $6.8 million from Greenville fundraiser
IronHeart/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days ahead of the South Carolina Republican primary, former President Donald Trump’s campaign is expected to bring in at least $6 million from a fundraiser in Greenville, South Carolina, Tuesday [Read More…]
Trump doubles down on comparing legal troubles to persecution of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks with moderator Laura Ingraham during a Fox News Channel town Hall held in Greenville, S.C. on Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) [Read More…]
As Haley vows to fight on, Trump’s team says he’s weeks away from clinching Republican nomination
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days ahead of the rematch between former President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, this time in the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, two of Trump’s top aides say [Read More…]
‘I feel no need to kiss the ring’ of Trump, Haley says as she refuses to drop out
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, speaks at a campaign event at The Madren Conference Center Owen Pavillion on Feb. 20, 2024 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images) (GREENVILLE, S.C.) — Former [Read More…]
Texas Gov. Abbott announces military base at border in Eagle Pass
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images, FILE (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — Texas is building a new military base for National Guard members deployed to the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas — where state and [Read More…]
Nikki Haley says deployed husband ‘stepped up to defend our nation’s freedom’
Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During a South Carolina speech Tuesday where former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley vowed to stay in the 2024 Republican primary race, she grew emotional speaking about her husband — recently [Read More…]
Houthis shoot down US MQ-9 Reaper drone flying near Yemen
Isaac Brekken/Getty Images, STOCK (WASHINGTON) — An American MQ-9 Reaper flying near Yemen has been shot down by Houthi militants, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News and the Pentagon later said on Tuesday. The [Read More…]
US readies UN Security Council resolution calling for temporary cease-fire in Gaza
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — American diplomats are preparing to present a resolution to the United Nations Security Council calling for a temporary cease-fire in Gaza in exchange for the release of all [Read More…]
Russia to get hit with ‘major sanctions’ in response to Navalny’s death, US says
belterz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House will announce a new “major sanctions” package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” for the death of Alexei Navalny, the longtime Russian opposition politician and critic of Russian [Read More…]
White House to target Russia with ‘major sanctions’ in response to Navalny’s death
belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The White House will announce a new “major sanctions” package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” in response to Alexei Navalny’s death, said National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby. This [Read More…]