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Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden visited Florida’s hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast on Sunday, surveying the devastation caused by Hurricane Milton and urging Congress to approve additional disaster relief funding. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris spent her second day in North Carolina, addressing recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene and engaging with Black …

Ashley Murray and John Cole, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance campaigned Saturday in the key battleground of Pennsylvania, where early mail-in voting is already underway as just 25 days remain in the heated 2024 race that will be decided by a handful of states. Former President Donald …

Shauneen Miranda, Arizona Mirror Vice President Kamala Harris fielded a series of questions from undecided Latino voters on Thursday during an emotional town hall in Las Vegas hosted by Univision. Harris continues to court this key voting bloc as Election Day rapidly approaches and she and former President Donald Trump …

Jimmy Williams The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it has filed a lawsuit against Virginia, alleging that the state violated federal voting laws by purging its voter rolls within 90 days of an election. The lawsuit challenges Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s executive order, which required daily updates …

Jimmy Williams In the only televised debate of Maryland’s Senate race, former Governor Larry Hogan (R) and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) faced off on Thursday, each sticking to their core messages and repeatedly accusing the other of distorting facts. The debate, taped at Maryland Public Television studios, …

Jimmy Williams Russia has confirmed that former U.S. President Donald Trump sent COVID-19 test kits to the Kremlin in the early days of the pandemic, following new claims from veteran journalist Bob Woodward in his latest book War. The confirmation sheds light on Trump’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Jimmy Williams Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a key question during a Univision town hall on Thursday about how she would manage the U.S. border differently from President Joe Biden, instead using the opportunity to emphasize her experience as California’s top law enforcement officer and redirecting her response toward attacking …

Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Describing himself as “the hopey-changey guy,”  former President Barack Obama campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris  in the city’s Oakland neighborhood Thursday and spent most of his 40-minute speech lacing into former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee for president. “I cannot understand why anybody would …

Jennifer Shutt, Kentucky Lantern President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Congress to end its recess early and return to Capitol Hill to approve emergency funding for hurricane recovery, even though his budget office hasn’t released the supplemental request that would kick off the process. Biden also rebuked Republican presidential candidate …

Jimmy Williams Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bibles, priced at $59.99, were printed in China, a country the former president frequently criticizes for unfair trade practices and “stealing American jobs.” Global trade records show that nearly 120,000 Bibles were shipped from Hangzhou, China, to the U.S. earlier this year, …

Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden shot down false claims propagated by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., regarding the government’s alleged ability to control the weather, during televised remarks on Wednesday as Hurricane Milton neared Florida. Biden called Greene’s claim “ridiculous” and stressed the need to counteract disinformation, particularly in moments …

Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent U.S. Supreme Court justices Tuesday grappled with whether the Biden administration exceeded its authority when it set regulations for kits that can be assembled into untraceable firearms, and a majority of justices seemed somewhat skeptical the rule was an overreach. In Garland v. VanDerStok, the nine justices are …

Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his administration will provide $2.6 billion in funding to replace all lead pipes in the United States, as part of a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule. This initiative, stemming from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, requires that lead pipes be identified …

Sara Luterman, Jessica Kutz Originally published by The 19th In announcing a groundbreaking new policy proposal — to expand Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care at home — Vice President Kamala Harris chose an audience made up of people most likely to be impacted: the women and older adults who …

Jimmy Williams A new book by veteran journalist Bob Woodward has revealed that former President Donald Trump held as many as seven private phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin after leaving office and secretly sent him COVID-19 test machines at the height of the pandemic. The revelations are detailed …