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adamkaz/iStock(NEW YORK) -- With only ten days until early voting begins, eight Democratic candidates vying to be New York City's chief executive will take the debate stage in person for the first tim...

Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Democrat Melanie Stansbury won the special election in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday night, cinching a landslide victory for her par...

Hector Pertuz/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared June a "national month of action" to mobilize even more Americans to get vaccinated by July Fourth, in order to enjoy...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Almost a month after it was first announced, former President Donald Trump has shuttered a section on his website that he used to post statements after being ban...

nktwentythree/iStock(HARRISBURG, Pa.) -- Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman hung an LGBTQ Pride flag on the balcony of his state Capitol office, but it was removed after flying for just a few hours....

Photo Beto/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has formally terminated the Migrant Protection Policy (MPP), also known as the "remain in Mexico" policy, ...

hermosawave/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats repeated calls for Congress to pass sweeping voting rights legislation after efforts to pass election reform in Texas led to a walkout by House Democrats ov...

felixmizioznikov/iStock(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that would bar transgender female athletes from playing on girls' and women's sports teams at public schoo...

Office of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice(CHARLESTON, W. Va) -- West Virginia Governor Jim Justice offered details on Tuesday of his state's COVID-19 vaccine incentive lottery, which will run throu...

US Department of State(San José, Costa Rica) -- Days before Vice President Kamala Harris heads south to Central America, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making a similar trip focused on mi...