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Senate Republicans hold firm in face of last-minute White House push for Ukraine aid
J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he will advocate Republican senators vote against advancing additional aid for Ukraine and Israel "to make the ...
Dec 06, 2023
House speaker says Jan. 6 footage should be blurred to protect rioters, then backtracks
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he was blurring the complete surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in order t...
Dec 06, 2023
Democrats look to state races with uncertainty looming in federal elections
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats are touting a new mantra to anyone who will listen as the election cycle ramps up: 2024 is "the year of the states." Amid growing handwringing over...
Dec 06, 2023
Five things to watch in the latest Republican debate
Henrik5000/Getty Images(TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) -- Four Republican presidential candidates will face off in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Wednesday for the fourth debate of the 2024 primary. Florida Gov. Ron DeSa...
Dec 06, 2023
Jan. 6 attack was 'exactly' what Trump intended, special counsel claims in court filing
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith, in a court filing Tuesday, detailed additional evidence he plans to introduce at the trial of former President Donald Trump on char...
Dec 06, 2023
DeSantis vs. Newsom, Haley gets key endorsement and more campaign takeaways you may have missed
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Republican governor running for president debated a Democratic governor who made clear he is not running for president -- and Nikki Haley's momentum on the...
Dec 05, 2023
Democratic governors have some advice for the unpopular president
Joshua A. Bickel/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PHOENIX) -- Ground-breaking events. Presentations of preposterously oversized checks. Ribbon-cutting ceremonies -- especially ribbon cuttings. Increasing th...
Dec 05, 2023
What to know about the 4th Republican presidential debate
Win McNamee/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- An even smaller field of Republican presidential candidates will face off in the fourth primary debate on Wednesday in Alabama. Viewers will see fewer hop...
Dec 04, 2023
Six weeks until Iowa caucuses: Where things stand in the presidential race
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses are six weeks away as of Monday, with former President Donald Trump maintaining a hefty lead in Republican primary polls whi...
Dec 04, 2023
'Nearly out of time': White House issues dire warning to Congress about stalled Ukraine aid
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Monday issued a dire warning about the urgent need to approve aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia, saying failure to act quickly wi...
Dec 04, 2023
