Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House...
View ArticleHunter Biden to sit for House deposition on Feb. 28
Hunter Biden will sit for a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight and Judiciary committees on Feb. 28 as part of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden, the panels announced on...
View ArticleBiden visits North Carolina, a state he hopes to win in November, to promote...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled $82 million for North Carolina to help connect 16,000 new households and businesses to high-speed internet, delivering an election-year...
View ArticleMaine's top election official appeals the ruling that delayed a decision on...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's secretary of state is appealing a judge's ruling that put on hold her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot until the U.S. Supreme Court rules...
View ArticleBiden is skipping New Hampshire's primary. One of his opponents says he's as...
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — Trying to upset President Joe Biden in New Hampshire's primary, Democratic challenger Dean Phillips is running a TV ad across the state comparing him to Bigfoot — the...
View ArticleGOP infighting over Ukraine creates minefield for Speaker Johnson
Republican infighting over government funding has created a minefield for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he seeks to avert a shutdown this election year without losing his gavel to a conservative...
View ArticleLouisiana lawmakers pass new congressional map with second majority-Black...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature passed a congressional map with a second majority-Black district on Friday, marking a win for Democrats and civil rights groups after a legal battle...
View ArticleTrump nabs Scott endorsement: 'We need a president who will unite our country'
(The Hill) — Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) formally endorsed former President Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination during a rally Friday, saying “we need a president who will unite our country.”...
View ArticleTrump mocks Nikki Haley's first name. It's his latest example of attacking...
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley 's birth name, the latest example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color,...
View ArticleTim Scott endorses Donald Trump ahead of New Hampshire Republican primary
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina endorsed Donald Trump Friday ahead of next week’s New Hampshire primary, the latest sign the Republican party is rallying around the former...
View ArticleOhio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to gender-affirming care provided by independent clinics and general practitioners, leaving...
View ArticleElection-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right...
View ArticleNikki Haley has spent 20 years navigating Republican Party factions. Trump...
When Nikki Haley was a South Carolina legislator, she backed budgets boosted by federal aid. Running for governor, she criticized a “bailout culture” and dependence on Washington. She once called the...
View ArticleLawsuit seeks to have Karamo officially declared removed as Michigan GOP...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The recently installed acting chair of Michigan's Republican Party and others in the state GOP are suing to get the group's former leader, Kristina Karamo, officially declared as...
View ArticleTrump mocks DeSantis after testy Fox interview over Iowa results
(The Hill) — Former President Trump mocked an interview rival GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave over the results from the recent Iowa caucuses. “Ron DeSanctimonious short...
View ArticleDeSantis gets a warm welcome in South Carolina, but even some supporters...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Ron DeSantis on Saturday tried to frame his White House campaign as the one that can top GOP front-runner Donald Trump and Nikki Haley in pivotal South Carolina, but some who...
View ArticleHaley ramps up Trump attacks as New Hampshire finish line nears
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is stepping up her attacks on former President Trump as she faces the most critical moment of her campaign in New Hampshire on Tuesday. Haley trails Trump in the...
View ArticleSenate Republicans face growing pressure to endorse Trump
Senate Republicans are staring down a now-or-never situation over whether to endorse former President Trump. With the New Hampshire primary fast approaching, those who have held off have a shrinking...
View ArticleDeSantis zeroes in on South Carolina to bolster campaign
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is focusing his energy on South Carolina as the clock ticks down for him to stop former President Trump from running away with the GOP nomination. DeSantis spent much of...
View ArticleDemocrats look to abortion politics to draw voters to polls
Democrats are looking to repeat what abortion politics did for them in the 2022 midterms by appealing to a large swath of voters who think overturning Roe v. Wade went too far. President Biden’s party...
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