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Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) —  President Joe Biden is wrapping up a three-day Pennsylvania campaign swing in Philadelphia on Thursday with an endorsement by 15 members of the politically famous Kennedy [Read More…]

ABC News (GRANTS PASS, Ore.) — Just past the outfield fence of the local little league ballpark, homeless residents of this sleepy Oregon town erect tents to spend the night protected from cold and rain. [Read More…]

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, May 2, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The little-seen, $19,000 lectern at the center of [Read More…]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders released a $95 billion foreign aid package Wednesday that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan – as [Read More…]

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday continued his 2024 campaign swing through Pennsylvania, speaking to the United Steelworkers union as he proposed tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Arizona Republicans on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic-led effort to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, which the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday dismissed both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, deeming them “unconstitutional.” The trial against Mayorkas, long a target of Republican criticism over his handling [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Though he remains confined to a court room on most weekdays for his New York hush money trial, which began on Monday, former President Donald Trump is adapting his schedule [Read More…]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Wednesday Democrats will ultimately seek to dismiss the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Today, the trial [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik testified Wednesday before a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on the New York City campus after two of her counterparts at other elite [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley has been tapped to be a chair at the Hudson Institute conservative think tank, according to a statement from the group Monday morning, marking the first major move [Read More…]

Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Arizona lawmakers are reconvening on Wednesday after a week’s recess and could soon take up legislation to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, [Read More…]

Justin Lane/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jury selection began Monday in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial over allegations that he falsified business records to conceal criminal conduct. Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels are [Read More…]

Sen. Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, with his wife Nadine Arslanian, leaves US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on Sept. 27, 2023, after their arraignment. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP [Read More…]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators are expected to square off Wednesday, largely along party lines, over whether to proceed with a full-scale trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his [Read More…]

Former US President Donald Trump attends the second day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 16, 2024. [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, over his handling of the border, were officially transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday. The House impeachment managers, selected by Republican [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers on Tuesday he has “complete confidence” in President Joe Biden’s mental fitness for office, despite findings by special counsel Robert Hur whose report issued [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead with a plan to try to pass aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that’s been tied up in a political fight in Washington [Read More…]

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (R) speaks during a joint press conference with Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo (not in frame) at the Culture Palace in Guatemala City, on March 21, 2024. (Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty [Read More…]