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Biden calls for tougher gun regulations after Charlotte shooting. Will Congress act?
WASHINGTON — After a shooting in Charlotte killed four law enforcement officers and injured four of their colleagues, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass tougher gun regulations.
“We must do more to ...Read more
Federal court blocks Louisiana's latest congressional map
A three-judge federal court in Louisiana stopped the state on Tuesday from using its new congressional map with two Black opportunity districts for any election, setting up a potential last-minute Supreme Court fight ahead...Read more
Evan Low leads Joe Simitian by 4 votes as California's Santa Clara County finishes recount. Here's why he hasn't won yet
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The more than 182,000 ballots in the Congressional District 16 race have been recounted and Assemblyman Evan Low is ahead of Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian by four votes — but the final ...Read more
Trump beats Biden in every swing state, new poll shows
A new Emerson College/The Hill swing state poll shows President Joe Biden behind in seven battleground states that could prove as decisive in the next general election as they did in 2020.
According to the poll, Biden ...Read more
Michigan US Senate candidates largely embrace task force debate plan
DETROIT — Nearly all of the major U.S. Senate candidates in Michigan said Tuesday they would be willing to participate in three debates ahead of the fall general election organized by the new Michigan Debate Taskforce.
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'Women are scared and angry': The reality of Florida's new 6-week abortion law sets in
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — On Tuesday, the reality of Florida’s new six-week abortion ban hit the radar of pregnant women seeking care.
At a Planned Parenthood clinic in West Palm Beach, doctors scrambled to provide ...Read more
Challenges emerge against candidates in 2 key U.S. House races in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. — Challenges submitted to Michigan election officials Tuesday argued that at least two prominent candidates for the U.S. House should be disqualified from having their names appear on the primary ballot.
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Rep. Chip Roy eyes 'steamroller' agenda if Republicans sweep in November
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy laid out a game plan Tuesday for conservatives to go to war against “the radical left” if the GOP gains control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in the November elections.
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Congress stops to mourn NC law enforcement officers killed in Charlotte shooting
North Carolina’s representatives on Tuesday led their colleagues in a moment of silence on the House floor following Monday night’s deadly shooting on law enforcement in Charlotte.
“Yesterday in a horrific act of ...Read more
Trump says 'a lot of people like it' when he floats the idea of being a dictator
People don’t seem to mind the idea of former President Donald Trump acting as a dictator, he told Time magazine in an interview that drew swift rebuke from the Biden-Harris campaign.
In a wide ranging interview given to...Read more
Trump fined $9,000 for hush money trial gag order violations, threatened with jail
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was held in criminal contempt and hit with $9,000 in sanctions for repeated gag order violations — and warned he could wind up in jail — as his Manhattan hush money trial resumed Tuesday.
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Biden condemns Columbia University student pro-Gaza occupation of Hamilton Hall
President Joe Biden condemned Tuesday the student-led occupation of a Columbia University academic building, after protesters’ takeover of Hamilton Hall put the school on lockdown.
The latest escalation in the students�...Read more
Trump refuses to answer key abortion questions in new interview
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump refused to answer key questions about abortion in a major new interview published Tuesday, including whether pregnant women should be monitored during pregnancies, if the abortion...Read more
Biden returns to North Carolina, visiting the city where Trump was forced to cancel
President Joe Biden plans to return to North Carolina on Thursday, this time visiting the city where former President Donald Trump, his 2024 campaign rival, was forced to cancel an event earlier this month due to weather. ...Read more
Website files for bankruptcy amid lawsuit by Fulton County election workers
ATLANTA — A right-wing website that spread false claims of voting fraud against two Georgia election workers has filed for bankruptcy as it tries to fend off a defamation lawsuit.
The Gateway Pundit accused Fulton ...Read more
Will Florida's strict 6-week ban be bypassed by abortion by mail?
Florida will this week begin enforcement of a six-week abortion ban, the state’s strictest limits on the procedure in more than 50 years. The law penalizes doctors who perform abortions with sanctions that could include ...Read more
Bob Wallace hopes second mayoral run convinces voters to support a 'new way, a new day'
BALTIMORE — The last time Bob Wallace ran for mayor, in 2020, Baltimore faced twin crises of a raging pandemic and a fiscal cliff.
Undaunted by the city’s solid-blue voting patterns, Wallace, until then a lifelong ...Read more
Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home
Imagine being forced from your home by the government, being imprisoned in a detention camp under armed guards and behind barbed wire – and then being required to join the military to fight for the nation that had ...Read more
Trump fined $9,000 for gag order violations, held in criminal contempt as hush money trial resumes
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was held in criminal contempt for violating a gag order prohibiting him from commenting on participants in his hush-money case and fined $9,000 as his Manhattan trial entered its third week on ...Read more
Expiring foreign income deduction gains bipartisan support
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo plans to introduce legislation this week to make permanent a provision from the 2017 tax law that allows companies to deduct a portion of their earnings from foreign sales related to ...Read more
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- Will Florida's strict 6-week ban be bypassed by abortion by mail?
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- Website files for bankruptcy amid lawsuit by Fulton County election workers
- Federal court blocks Louisiana's latest congressional map
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