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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego announced Monday he is launching a bid for U.S. Senate to unseat independent Kyrsten Sinema. “I have been deeply humbled by the encouragement I have received from the people of Arizona, and today I am answering the call to serve,” Gallego said in a press […]
Photo by Rafa Elias/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Sunday night ordering American flags on federal government property to be flown at half-staff, to honor the victims after a gunman allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, at a dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration in the Los Angeles suburb […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is expected to name Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff, replacing Ron Klain, who is set to step down in the coming weeks, according to several sources familiar with the matter. No official announcement has been made. The White House did not respond to […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Vice President Kamala Harris issued a call to action Sunday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision and lambasting bans on abortion in several states since constitutional protection for the procedure was removed by the Supreme Court last year. In a speech in Tallahassee, Florida, where state […]
GETTY/Maskot (FLORIDA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has rejected an African American history course that is set to be a part of the college board’s slate of advanced placement courses in high schools. In a letter obtained by ABC News, the Florida Department of Education rejected the course, calling it “inexplicably contrary to Florida law […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While 2023 will be a less crowded year for elections, because it falls between the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential race, it will still feature three governor’s races, in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. Republicans hope to flip one seat and hold another and Democrats hope to hold the third. […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Less than a day after receiving a warning from a federal judge, former President Donald Trump has withdrawn his lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James. The withdrawal came in a brief document filed Friday morning with U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who late Thursday warned Trump’s […]
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Tim Kaine announced Friday he will seek a third term, which is welcome news for Democrats as they face a tough 2024 cycle. Kaine, who has represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 2013, said “there is so much to be done.” “I am happy to announce […]
ABC News (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A federal judge upheld Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension of a state prosecutor who DeSantis viewed as “woke” — but in doing so, condemned the governor for violating the prosecutor’s right to free speech. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued the ruling Friday, several weeks after a trial in the […]
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it has been unable to determine who leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case last May. After a probe that involved interviews with more than 100 employees, investigators are “unable to identify a person responsible by a […]
