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ICE singles out ‘sanctuary cities’ after Laken Riley’s killing as they announce separate migrant arrests
Via ICE (NEW YORK) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 216 noncitizens who faced criminal charges and convictions as part of the agency’s latest nationwide operation, officials said on Thursday as they also singled out [Read More…]

Biden teaming up with Obama, Clinton in New York City for major campaign fundraiser
Alex Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden is teaming up with two of his Democratic predecessors — former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — to ramp up enthusiasm for his reelection campaign [Read More…]

California State Bar recommends ex-Trump attorney John Eastman be disbarred for 2020 election efforts
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The California State Bar has recommended that former Trump election attorney John Eastman be disbarred, a judge said in a filing on Wednesday. Eastman was charged with multiple disciplinary [Read More…]

‘This is the beginning, not the end’: Republicans brace for continued abortion rights fallout
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans accomplished a longtime goal in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, scrapping constitutional protections for abortion. They’ve been faced with seemingly monthly electoral setbacks ever since, [Read More…]

Prosecutors say Trump team trying to ‘rewrite indictment’ in bid to dismiss Georgia election case
ftwitty/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Attorneys for Donald Trump said that Trump’s comments “calling into question” the election of 2020 were “the height of political speech,” in arguments seeking the dismissal of the former president’s Georgia [Read More…]

Former Senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82
Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 82 years old. Lieberman died in New York City “due to complications from a fall,” his family [Read More…]

What states could vote on abortion access, reproductive rights in November?
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Advocates in as many as 14 states hope to get measures related to reproductive rights and abortion access on the 2024 general election ballot during a presidential election year, and [Read More…]

Democrats sound alarm on RFK Jr. and new running mate, Shanahan
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats are leaving no room for doubt on how they view former party colleague turned independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his freshly minted vice presidential [Read More…]

There’s a long road ahead to cleaning up Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse: Not ‘quick or easy or cheap’
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s partial collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday, “Rebuilding will not be quick or easy or cheap,” Transportation Secretary [Read More…]

Israel agrees to reschedule delegation visit to the White House: US official
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to reschedule his delegation’s visit to the White House after he canceled the trip on Monday, a U.S. official told ABC News on [Read More…]

Five takeaways as Supreme Court questions sweeping challenge to abortion pill access
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of mifepristone, a widely used drug used in medication abortions. In what was [Read More…]

Austin to Israeli defense minister: ‘Civilian casualties [are] far too high’ in Gaza
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday — a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the delegation to the United States that [Read More…]

Texas Rep. Troy Nehls’ campaign finances being investigated by ethics committee, he says
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, the panel said in a statement on Tuesday. The committee did not specify what it is [Read More…]

RFK Jr. names Nicole Shanahan as his running mate
John Nacion/Getty Images (OAKLAND, Calif.) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Kennedy spoke glowingly about Shanahan on stage during his announcement event in Oakland, California, [Read More…]

Biden pledges support for Baltimore in wake of Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden gave remarks Tuesday on the Baltimore bridge collapse, telling residents “we’re going to stay with you as long as it takes.” “It’s my intention that the federal [Read More…]

13 protesters arrested near Supreme Court ahead of abortion pill arguments
ABC News Capitol Police on Tuesday morning arrested 13 protesters who were demonstrating against the Supreme Court’s examination of restrictions to the abortion pill mifepristone. The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday are hearing arguments over [Read More…]

Trump co-defendant Michael Roman subpoenaed, Kenneth Chesebro interviewed in Arizona 2020 election probe: Sources
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign aide who was indicted alongside the former president in the Georgia election interference case, has been subpoenaed as part of a separate probe in Arizona [Read More…]

Trump appears to blame Israel for antisemitism, says Israel ‘made a very big mistake’ and is ‘losing a lot of support’
Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump appeared to blame Israel for antisemitism, saying Israel made a “big mistake” in its response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 and is “losing a [Read More…]

White House ‘disappointed’ Israel canceled delegation to discuss Rafah after UN cease-fire vote
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is “disappointed” and “kind of perplexed” that Israel canceled a delegation’s planned visit to the U.S. to discuss the expected military invasion of Rafah, in southern Gaza, [Read More…]

Trump’s trials throw a wrench in his campaign schedule as Biden gets busy
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In 2020, then-President Donald Trump was hyper critical of President Joe’s Biden campaign schedule dubbing his sparse event calendar and low-attendance rallies, a result of following Centers for [Read More…]