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Mark Makela/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke before an audience of union members in Philadelphia Saturday in what was his first rally since he declared his bid for a second term and comes as his campaign engagements ramp up. Biden begins his 2024 campaign in the same way he kicked off his run in […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday that he expects 2024 presidential opponent Donald Trump may try to pardon himself in the event he is convicted of criminal charges but also reelected. “I could certainly see Donald Trump doing that. That’s exactly what he would intend if he got elected president. And […]
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (GREENVILLE, S.C) — The South Carolina Republican Party voted unanimously on Saturday to hold their 2024 GOP presidential primary on February 24 next year, sources close to the process told ABC News. The potential move would lengthen the time candidates have to focus on campaigning across the pivotal Palmetto State compared to the 2016 […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At 10 months old, Hodge Gomez has already roamed the halls of Congress, meeting with politicians and presidents. He even went viral — watching all 15 rounds of Kevin McCarthy’s historically messy fight for the speakership from the arms of his dad, California Rep. Jimmy Gomez. “He’s […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — It remains to be seen whether the judge assigned to Donald Trump’s federal case, who was appointed by him three years ago, can act independently in light of her past rulings related to the former president, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” Whitehouse, D-R.I., likened U.S. District Judge Aileen […]
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is set to speak before an audience of union members in Philadelphia Saturday in what will be his first rally since he declared his bid for a second term and comes as his campaign engagements ramp up. Biden begins his 2024 campaign in the same way he […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley are pushing back after former President Barack Obama criticized their stances on race relations. The two South Carolina Republicans dinged Obama for his handling of race during his presidency, with Scott, the only Black candidate running for the Republican […]
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, hit a milestone on Thursday, 11 years after it first began. As the White House touts how DACA has helped support young immigrants who they say have become valuable members of society, some of those same DACA recipients […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three legislators are working to abolish the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution ahead of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. As it stands, the Constitution states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime […]
Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It was a history-making moment Tuesday when special counsel Jack Smith and former president Donald Trump appeared together for the first time in the same Miami courtroom. Then, hours later, after Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges, he got on stage in front […]