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Bidens host first major Diwali celebration with Kamala Harris at the White House
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Celebrated by more than one billion people around the world, Diwali, the festival of lights, is a five-day religious holiday primarily observed by Hindus, S...
Oct 25, 2022
Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter dies unexpectedly at 68
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has died unexpectedly at the age of 68, according to family. Carter died of a "sudden cardiac event" on Monday night...
Oct 25, 2022
After getting COVID-19 booster, Biden to announce new initiatives alongside pharmacy execs
Official White House Photo by Katie Ricks(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will get his updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday while calling on more Americans to do so ahead of the winter and holiday s...
Oct 25, 2022
Fetterman and Oz face off in Pennsylvania Senate debate on abortion, inflation, crime, more
KRISTON JAE BETHEL/AFP via Getty Images(HARRISBURG, Pa.) -- The highly anticipated Pennsylvania Senate debate on Tuesday night was a fast-paced affair focused on policy questions interspersed with -- ...
Oct 25, 2022
Legalized recreational weed in South Dakota gets election redo this November
Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two years ago, a majority of voters in South Dakota passed a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana. However, a lawsuit last year prevented ...
Oct 25, 2022
Highlights from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist's Florida gubernatorial debate
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Monday night's debate between Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist began with a question about t...
Oct 25, 2022
DeSantis breaks with Trump on early voting: 'Can't be complacent'
Grace Cary/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With early voting underway in more than half of Florida's counties as of Monday -- 15 days before Election Day -- Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging supporters to cast ...
Oct 25, 2022
Trial begins over Georgia's 6-week abortion ban
Jason Marz/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- A two-day trial began in Georgia Monday that will decide whether a six-week abortion ban is legal under the state's constitution. The so-called "heartbeat bill" was...
Oct 24, 2022
Early vote counts continue to climb past usual midterm turnout
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- More than 8 million people have voted early in the 2022 general election, according to data analyzed by the University of Florida's U.S. Elec...
Oct 24, 2022
Biden delivers midterms pep talk: 'If we get people out to vote, we win'
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden visited the Democratic Party's Washington headquarters Monday to deliver a pep talk to volunteers just 15 days until the midterms end. "...
Oct 24, 2022
