Johnson, eyeing future Speakership, faces shutdown test
The already-rocky gambit to avert a government shutdown is the last legislative trial for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) before the November election, and it could have major implications for his...
View ArticleDemocrats grow more optimistic about flipping Florida
Democrats are increasingly optimistic about their chances in Florida’s presidential and Senate races as polls show a tightening race in the state, which has dramatically trended toward the Republicans...
View ArticleTaylor Swift endorses Harris
Taylor Swift is endorsing Vice President Harris's presidential run, saying she's backing the vice president because "she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them."...
View ArticleChiefs QB Patrick Mahomes says he will not endorse anybody for president
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday he will not endorse either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, even as the former president continued to call Mahomes'...
View ArticleDonald Trump faces his own debate fallout just months after benefiting from...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama...
View ArticleSwift surge for Harris? Political world weighs impact of star's endorsement
Taylor Swift's surprise postdebate endorsement of Vice President Harris is sending shockwaves throughout the political world, and the reverberations might prove hard for former President Trump to...
View ArticleBiden briefly puts on 'Trump 2024' hat at Shanksville 9/11 event
President Biden briefly donned a "Trump 2024" hat during a visit to a Shanksville, Pa., fire station in what the White House said was intended as a show of unity on the anniversary of the 9/11...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson postpones vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson postponed a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as opposition from both parties...
View ArticleElection Day is less than 2 months away. The first mail ballots have already...
It might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. Election Day on Nov. 5 is less than two months away, and major dates, events and political developments will make it fly...
View ArticleTrump wouldn't say whether he'd veto a national ban even as abortion remains...
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to say during this week's debate if he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected again — a question that has lingered as...
View Article2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was...
View ArticleThe Latest: With the debate behind them, Harris and Trump jockey for swing...
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are heading to swing states they hope to win, both of them trying to expand their narrow paths to victory in a closely fought...
View ArticleThe debate opened voters' eyes in suburban Philadelphia and Harris is getting...
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — The presidential debate this week was the final affront to Rosie Torres' lifelong Republicanism. She said her allegiance to Donald Trump, already strained by his stand on abortion,...
View ArticleRepublicans urge Trump to accept second debate against Harris
Allies of former President Trump are urging him to accept a second debate with Vice President Harris after she turned in a strong performance Tuesday night, effectively putting the ball in Trump’s...
View ArticleRepublicans push for clean stopgap as leaders regroup on shutdown plan
A growing number of House Republicans say they know how the current government funding drama ends: with a clean continuing resolution (CR) that kicks the shutdown deadline to after Election Day. The...
View ArticleGeorgia judge drops two more Trump charges in election case
A Georgia judge has again dropped multiple charges in former President Trump’s 2020 election interference case on Thursday, two of which Trump himself faced marking yet another legal win for the 2024...
View ArticleTrump rules out another debate against Harris as her campaign announces $47M...
Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out another presidential debate against Kamala Harris as her campaign announced a massive fundraising haul in the hours after the two candidates met on stage. Trump, the...
View ArticleSenate Democrats expected to force vote on IVF access
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa.) and two other House Republicans are introducing legislation to give individuals or couples undergoing in vitro fertilization a $30,000...
View ArticleGOP senators warn against House-driven government shutdown
Senate Republicans are letting the air out on House Republican efforts to pump up a partisan standoff over federal funding, which they fear could risk an embarrassing government shutdown a few weeks...
View ArticleIn swing states, Harris touts Republican endorsements while Trump leans into...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who...
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