Abortion debate creates 'new era' for state supreme court races in 2024, with...
CHICAGO (AP) — The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress, but another series of races is shaping up to be just as consequential. Crucial...
View ArticleOhio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care and transgender...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action out of step with many in his own party as...
View ArticleJudge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues. Judge Stephen...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene creates multiple headaches for new Speaker
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is reviving her rabble-rousing ways, creating new headaches for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he settles into his role leading the House GOP conference’s...
View ArticleRetirements could tip control of the House majority. It's Republicans who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A chaotic year for the House is coming to a close with more Democrats than Republicans deciding to leave the chamber, a disparity that could have major ramifications in next year's...
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Mexico emerges as Biden's immigration Hail Mary
The Biden administration is leaning on Mexico to help reduce the number of migrants showing up at the southern border in the face of few and unpalatable policy options stateside. The White House's...
View ArticleAmerican democracy has overcome big stress tests since the 2020 election....
Over the past three years, the world's oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades. A sitting president tried to overturn an election and his supporters stormed the Capitol to stop...
View ArticleThe year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane...
View ArticleGOP leader McConnell enters new year with questions over future
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will enter 2024 facing fresh questions about his future atop the GOP conference after a roller coaster year. Over the past year he contended with health...
View ArticleDemocrats argue Biden is underestimated
Democrats are sounding off: President Biden is being underestimated. The president’s poor approval numbers, and polling showing him trailing former President Trump, his likely opponent in 2024, have...
View ArticleGen Z seeks to grow ranks in Congress
More Generation Z candidates are lining up to run for office this year amid frustration over the country’s aging political class. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) became Congress’s first member belonging...
View ArticleBiden and Trump are poised for a potential rematch that could shake American...
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — U.S. presidential elections have been rocked in recent years by economic disaster, stunning gaffes, secret video and a pandemic. But for all the tumult that defined those...
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Voter data expert hired by Trump campaign says 2020 election was not stolen
(The Hill) - Ken Block, whom the Trump campaign hired in 2020 to find voter fraud in the election, penned an op-ed Tuesday stating unequivocally that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen and...
View ArticleDeSantis and Haley will appear at next week's CNN debate at the same time as...
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to appear at next week's Republican presidential debate on CNN, while former President Donald Trump...
View ArticleScalise, No. 2 House GOP leader, endorses Trump
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), the No. 2 Republican in the House, endorsed former President Trump in his 2024 presidential bid Tuesday. “I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for president...
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Democrats fear electoral bloodbath in North Carolina
House Democrats fighting to flip control of the chamber next year will first have to overcome an expected bloodbath in North Carolina, where Republicans have secured a new map all but guaranteeing a...
View ArticleHouse GOP majority to shrink to 2 with Ohio lawmaker's early resignation
House Republicans’ already-slim majority will dwindle even further later this month when Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) resigns earlier than expected. Johnson’s office on Tuesday confirmed the...
View ArticleUS national debt hits record $34 trillion as Congress gears up for funding fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government's gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion, a record high that foreshadows the coming political and economic challenges to improve America's balance...
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Trump is growing stronger in Iowa. Why?
Former President Trump’s lead in the first presidential contest state of Iowa is growing, less than two weeks before the caucuses. The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling average shows Trump leading the...
View ArticleHarvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say...
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