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US moves carrier to Middle East following attacks on US forces
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon announced late Saturday that it will send an aircraft carrier and air defense systems to defend U.S. military troops in response to a growing number of attacks on ...
Oct 22, 2023
Perry Johnson suspends long shot presidential campaign
Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON -- Months after missing the first primary debate stage -- which prompted a complaint with the Republican National Committee -- businessman Perry Johnson has decided...
Oct 21, 2023
Defendant in classified docs case waives conflict of interest concerns regarding his attorney
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the special counsel's classified documents case told the judge overseeing the case Friday that he wants h...
Oct 20, 2023
GOP candidates play by conventional rules in unconventional primary
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump's comeback campaign has both cemented his status as primary front-runner and fundamentally altered the way candidates have historically app...
Oct 20, 2023
Biden's foreign aid package with $14B for Israel, $60B for Ukraine heads to Congress
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As President Joe Biden on Thursday made his case to the American public that success in Ukraine and Israel is "vital" to the U.S., the White Ho...
Oct 20, 2023
Michigan AG dismisses case against 'fake elector' in cooperation deal
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has dismissed the case against one of the 16 so-called "fake electors" charged in the plot to overtur...
Oct 20, 2023
DHS office that counters nuclear weapons could close if Congress doesn’t act by December
400tmax/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An office at the Department of Homeland Security that helps detect biological and chemical weapons could shutter if Congress doesn't fund it by December -- an ...
Oct 19, 2023
Explaining Nevada's dueling 2024 primary system and why it matters
Mark Newman/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) -- In February, Nevada Republican voters are expected to be able to choose from two entirely different ballots for the 2024 presidential nomination. On one -- ...
Oct 19, 2023
Biden, in rare Oval Office speech, says US 'holds the world together' amid wars in Israel and Ukraine
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a rare address to the nation from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden on Thursday night made the case to Americans that it's vital to both globa...
Oct 19, 2023
Sen. Laphonza Butler not running in 2024 after filling Dianne Feinstein's seat
David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- California Sen. Laphonza Butler will not seek to be elected to a full term in 2024 after she was recently appoin...
Oct 19, 2023
