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Supreme Court reviews federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments over a 30-year-old federal ban on firearms for people under domestic violence restraining orders. The case, U.S. v. Rahimi, is a [Read More…]
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear hopes to show Democrats can win even if Biden is unpopular
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky.) — Republicans are hoping to sink Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection bid on Tuesday by tying him to the widely unpopular President Joe Biden. But in this ruby red [Read More…]
Gov. Youngkin makes final pitch to Virginia voters with education as top issue
Alex Wong/Getty Images (LEESBURG, Va.) — On Election Day eve, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin made his final pitch to voters at a rally, telling the crowd, “We have to stand up for our kids.” The [Read More…]
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds endorses DeSantis, giving him a needed boost
Scott Olson/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds endorsed Ron DeSantis Monday night at a rally in downtown Des Moines, injecting the Florida governor’s presidential campaign with a boost he hopes will [Read More…]
Special counsel pushes back on Trump’s motions to dismiss Jan. 6 case
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team filed a lengthy response Monday to former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss his federal election interference case on statutory and constitutional grounds, saying the former [Read More…]
Tim Scott is 2024’s only Black Republican candidate, and he wants America to focus less on race
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is the only Black candidate vying for the GOP’s presidential nomination and while he has talked openly about race in America — sometimes seizing the [Read More…]
Biden team plays down poor poll numbers one year before Election Day, and more campaign takeaways
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While a major Republican event down in Florida saw boos and cheers, former President Donald Trump faced mounting legal challenges to his candidacy because of the 14th Amendment — an argument [Read More…]
After Israel-Hamas war, the Palestinians must have new political future, US official says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. believes the Middle East cannot return to the status quo and must agree on a new future for the Palestinians in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack, [Read More…]
Virginia elections could allow ‘reasonable’ 15-week abortion ban with exceptions, Gov. Youngkin argues
ABC News (RICHMOND) — With three days until Election Day in Virginia’s pivotal legislative races, Gov. Glenn Youngkin believes the state can “lead” on rather than “fight” about abortion if enough of his fellow Republicans [Read More…]
Scalise defends IRS cuts in GOP’s Israel aid bill, refuses to say 2020 election was legitimate
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise on Sunday defended Republicans seeking to send aid to Israel in its war with Hamas by cutting funding for the IRS to go after tax crimes, [Read More…]
Hostage situation shuts down major airport in Germany for 18 hours
ABC News (HAMBURG) — One of Germany’s largest airports was shut down for more than 18 hours after a man believed to be armed and holding his 4-year-old child hostage drove a vehicle through a [Read More…]
14th Amendment challenges to Trump’s candidacy are likely Supreme Court bound
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The attorney leading a bipartisan campaign to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in every state says there’s a “very good chance” a top court in Minnesota, [Read More…]
Judge orders anonymous jury for E. Jean Carroll case against Trump
Stephan Rudolph/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the third time Friday, former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric is factoring into a court case against him. A federal judge in New York said the upcoming civil defamation [Read More…]
Biden, first lady visit Maine to grieve with community in wake of Lewiston mass shooting
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Maine to grieve with a community reeling from a mass shooting that left 18 people dead and [Read More…]
Election officials push back against security device being distributed by Mike Lindell
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of the leading promoters of false 2020 election fraud claims, is facing pushback from election officials and experts after announcing the rollout of a [Read More…]
Biden joins Virginia Democrats’ fundraising effort ahead of Election Day
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — In a final push ahead of Election Day in Virginia’s high-stakes elections, Democrats are receiving a boost from President Joe Biden in a new fundraising email [Read More…]
Trump seeks emergency stay of limited gag order in federal election interference case
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking an emergency stay of the limited gag order that the judge in his federal election interference case reinstated earlier this week. Trump requested the emergency [Read More…]
House approves Israel aid in first major test of Johnson’s speakership
ANDREY DENISYUK/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday approved a Republican-led aid package to Israel in what was the first major test of Rep. Mike Johnson’s speakership. The bill passed 226-196, with 12 Democrats [Read More…]
Biden administration calls for multiple ‘pauses’ in Israel-Hamas conflict
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House national security spokesperson John Kirby on Thursday said that Israel agreed to a temporary pause in the fighting in order for two American hostages to be safely freed [Read More…]
Nancy Pelosi slams potential 3rd-party group in 2024, and more campaign takeaways
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nancy Pelosi is pushing back on No Labels — “perilous,” she calls it, earning some pushback of her own — as South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott echoed some of the [Read More…]