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Shauneen Miranda, Iowa Capital Dispatch The intraparty effort to convince President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid resurfaced Wednesday, when prominent U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff of California became the latest Democratic member of Congress to go public with his concerns. Leading Democrats also set an early August window for …

Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to statements from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the president’s doctor. “Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19,” Jean-Pierre wrote in her statement. “He is …

Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden delivered his first major speech since the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, addressing the NAACP’s national convention in Las Vegas. He used the occasion to call for a reduction in political hostility while launching a series of policy-focused criticisms against Trump. “It is a tense …

Jimmy Williams The Biden administration is proposing a new strategy to curb rising rents across the U.S.: limit corporate landlords to annual rent increases of no more than 5%, or else they would lose a major tax break. This proposal comes amid widespread struggles among American households to afford rising …

By D’Angelo Gore, Robert Farley, Lori Robertson, Eugene Kiely and Ian Fox Originally Published by FactCheck.org On a night when the focus was on safety and unity at the Republican convention, a number of GOP leaders also offered up some misleading and false claims FactCheck has seen before. Several people …

Amanda Becker, Orion Rummler, Darreonna Davis Originally published by The 19th Project 2025. You might be hearing about it. Late-night television host John Oliver highlighted it during a segment on Republican Donald Trump’s potential second term. The musician Lizzo explained in a TikTok video how it would increase the president’s …

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted Tuesday of taking bribes to do favors for Egypt and Qatar and to meddle in two criminal cases to help three New Jersey businessmen in a case the chief prosecutor said revealed “shocking levels of corruption.” The jury’s verdict of …

Shauneen Miranda, North Dakota Monitor As the nation reels from the attempted assassination against former President Donald J. Trump and the Secret Service comes under intense scrutiny, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday said “we are in a heightened and very dynamic threat environment.” The former president and …

Jimmy Williams After tempering attacks on Donald Trump following Saturday’s assassination attempt, President Joe Biden returned to campaign mode on Monday, staunchly defending his decision to remain in the race despite growing calls for him to step aside. In an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt, Biden, at times …

Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal A little more than three years ago, J.D. Vance was just an author and conservative commentator. Now he might be next in line for the White House. It’s a dizzying political ascent for the 39-year-old man from Middletown, Ohio. Presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Donald …

Ashley Murray, New Hampshire Bulletin The federal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump was dismissed Monday by a Florida judge on the grounds that the Department of Justice unlawfully appointed special counsel Jack Smith. The order, while likely to be appealed, makes the possibility even more remote that …

Jimmy Williams The man who authorities said attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was a member of a local gun club and worked as a dietary aide at a nursing facility. Identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, …

Jennifer Shutt, North Dakota Monitor Thousands of Republicans will gather in Milwaukee beginning Monday for the party’s presidential nominating convention — a typically joyous occasion that will likely take on a different tone this year after a gunman shot at Donald Trump, injuring him, on Saturday. Trump, who will be …

Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden urged Americans to “lower the temperature” of political rhetoric during an Oval Office address on Sunday night, following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Biden emphasized the importance of respectful discourse and civility, highlighting that political disagreements should never lead to violence. “Disagreement …

Ariana Figueroa, Kentucky Lantern President Joe Biden Sunday called for unity and pledged an independent review following the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday where former President Donald J. Trump was shot and injured. “An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Biden said …