Politics
Biden declares new national monument that will likely be funded by fossil fuel revenues
President Biden announced the creation of a new national monument Wednesday even as he continues to chip away at fossil...
Read moreReporter’s Notebook: A warning for Congress after the November midterms
I should warn you now. Remove the goofy skeletons dangling from your porches for Halloween. Return the Halloween costumes to...
Read moreBiden goes West on 3-state tour as midterm elections near
Joe Biden’s three-state swing out West this week will capture, in a nutshell, the White House’s midterm strategy for a...
Read moreSupreme Court and artistic expression: Justices debate celebrities, photographs and ‘transformative’ fair use
Celebrity figures and contested copyrights combined for a spirited oral argument at the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case testing...
Read moreNY GOP Rep. Chris Jacobs doubles down on assault rifle regulation
After back-to-back mass shootings last spring, including one that killed 10 people at a supermarket not far from his suburban...
Read moreDurbin admits Biden’s Saudi Arabia outreach, fist bump ‘didn’t work’
Sen. Dick Durbin said Wednesday he would advise President Biden that Saudi Arabia cannot be trusted and told reporters the...
Read moreDem candidate says defining a woman is ‘tough,’ defends policy hiding students’ gender identity from parents
Liz Mathis, a Democrat who is seeking to represent the Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, said this week that defining a...
Read moreSenate tees up billions in military aid to Taiwan to counter Chinese aggression
The Senate this week took a step toward approving billions of dollars in new military aid to Taiwan, a move...
Read moreFetterman’s health not a problem for Senate Dems after stroke: ‘Ready for the job’
Two top Democratic senators said Wednesday that they believe Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman is fit to serve, despite...
Read moreDem candidate in key House race uses doctored photo to make female opponent look aggressive in campaign ad
A recent ad focusing on school safety and gun control from Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez's re-election campaign features an edited,...
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