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Shauneen Miranda, Missouri Independent Former President Donald Trump said Thursday night that if he loses the election in November to Vice President Kamala Harris, Jewish voters “would really have a lot to do with that.” As the first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel nears and the war …

Jimmy Williams House Republicans narrowly passed the End Woke Higher Education Act on Thursday, a controversial bill that critics say could endanger public colleges’ ability to manage free speech on campus while ensuring student safety. The legislation, which passed 213-201, has ignited sharp opposition from Democrats and higher education groups, …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Three Donald Trump loyalist Georgia State Election Board members adopted a contentious rule Friday requiring the hand counting of paper ballots cast during the upcoming Nov. 5 election despite warnings from county election directors that it could lead to more delays with reporting results this fall. …

Jimmy Williams The House is preparing to vote on a bipartisan stopgap funding package early next week, as lawmakers aim to avoid a government shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline. The bill, expected to be introduced after weekend negotiations, will extend current funding levels, with some adjustments, through Dec. 13. …

Jimmy Williams The NAACP is investing $20 million in a campaign to encourage Black voter turnout across twelve states this fall, a critical effort ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The initiative aims to mobilize more than 14.5 million Black voters, especially in seven key battleground states, including Arizona, North …

Rob Schofield, Clayton Henkel and Galen Bacharier, NC Newsline This is a developing story. Multiple news outlets reported Thursday that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the North Carolina Republican Party nominee for governor in the November election, is under pressure from his party and individuals within the Trump campaign to withdraw …

Jimmy Williams The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the nation’s largest labor unions, announced Wednesday that it would not endorse either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president in the 2024 election. The decision reflects a deep divide within the union over which candidate best serves its members’ interests. …

Jennifer Gerson Originally published by The 19th Callie Beale Harper was 37 when she found out she was pregnant with twins. Already the mom to a four-year-old son, she and her husband were so excited to grow their family, they opted for noninvasive prenatal testing as soon as it was …

Jimmy Williams The Federal Reserve reduced its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, marking the first rate cut in over four years and lowering the key rate by 0.5%, to a range of 4.75% to 5%. This move follows a series of 11 rate hikes since March 2022 aimed at curbing …

Jimmy Williams The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that would have temporarily funded the federal government while mandating that states require proof of citizenship to register to vote. The 220-202 vote highlighted deep divisions within the GOP and marked a key setback for Johnson …

Jimmy Williams Election officials in more than a dozen states, including Colorado, Georgia, and Massachusetts, received suspicious packages on Tuesday, prompting an investigation by the FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The packages, some of which contained an unknown substance, were mailed during a tense voting season ahead of the …

Jimmy Williams A man has been arrested following an alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday. The FBI is investigating the incident as the second assassination attempt against Trump in just two months. The suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley …

Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal Terroristic threats continued against Springfield officials and public buildings over the weekend and into Monday. In the midst of them, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno called for the protected status of legal Haitian migrants in Springfield to be revoked and for them to be …

Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star A week after debating former President Donald Trump in the City of Brotherly Love, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Philadelphia Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview with a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists at WHYY’s studio. Harris told the audience that there were …

Jennifer Shutt, Arizona Mirror The closely divided U.S. Senate gridlocked Tuesday over the best way to provide nationwide protections for in vitro fertilization, despite lawmakers from both political parties maintaining they want to do so. Republicans voted against advancing a Democratic bill that could have prevented states from enacting “harmful …