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Trump tops his opponents while Biden hits a new low in approval ahead of Iowa caucus: POLL
ABC NewsThe 2024 primary season begins with Donald Trump well ahead of his Republican opponents on key measures of popularity, while Joe Biden's job approval rating has dropped to a low for any presid...
Jan 14, 2024
Former President Donald Trump cancels 3 of his 4 weekend campaign events
Grafton Marshall Smith/Getty Images(IOWA) -- Weather continues to impact the schedule of presidential candidates heading into the Iowa caucuses as former President Donald Trump has now canceled three ...
Jan 13, 2024
Biden says Austin showed lapse in judgment regarding hospitalization
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday publicly faulted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for not informing him earlier that he was hospitalized for complications from can...
Jan 12, 2024
A partial government shutdown could happen next week. Here's what you need to know
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The next week in Congress will be consumed by efforts to keep the lights on as Congress -- for the third time in the past year -- is running up against a funding...
Jan 12, 2024
Who are the Houthis and why did the US attack them?
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea following Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel have riled commercial shipping and threatened to dangerously escalate heighte...
Jan 12, 2024
Biden defends strikes on Houthis, vows to respond again
by Marc Guitard/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday defended ordering the U.S. military, in coordination with the United Kingdom and other partners, to carry out large-scale reta...
Jan 12, 2024
Education Department to roll out another pathway to student loan debt relief in February
Miguel Cardona speaks after President-Elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Education Secretary at the Queen theatre on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Cardona, the Connecticut Educa...
Jan 12, 2024
Americans divided on how SCOTUS should handle Trump ballot access: POLL
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the press before closing arguments at his civil fraud trial at State Supreme Court. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) --...
Jan 12, 2024
Trump says he's already picked his VP and 'can't tell you,' but his campaign backtracks
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he's decided who his vice presidential pick will be if he wins the 2024 Republican nomination -- but his ...
Jan 11, 2024
Trump boasts of role ending Roe v. Wade but says abortion regulations need 'concession'
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 10, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)(DES MOINES, Iowa) ...
Jan 11, 2024
