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Republicans Ken Buck and Kay Granger to retire from Congress as Buck blames election denialism
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Colorado Rep. Ken Buck on Wednesday announced he won't be seeking reelection and, in a sharply worded statement explaining his decision, he blamed the...
Nov 01, 2023
Does Jan. 6 disqualify Trump from office? Historic 14th Amendment hearing continues
Scott Olson/Getty Images(DENVER) -- A watchdog group and a handful of Colorado voters on Wednesday continued to make their case for why the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from running f...
Nov 01, 2023
Judge in Trump's classified docs case acknowledges it could collide with Jan. 6 trial
Scott Olson/Getty Images(MIAMI) -- The judge overseeing the probe into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents suggested Wednesday that she would move some of the deadlin...
Nov 01, 2023
Biden's handling of Israel-Hamas war faces criticism -- from some Democrats
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is facing increasingly vocal opposition from a small group inside his own party on what they suggest is his bias toward Is...
Nov 01, 2023
Trump, who mocks Biden's age and gaffes, deals with blunders of his own
Alon Skuy/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- During his latest rally, while criticizing rival Joe Biden for his gaffes as a candidate, Donald Trump had some stumbles of his own. "A very big hello to a place ...
Nov 01, 2023
Johnson's Israel funding showdown with Biden, Democrats -- and Senate Republicans
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- New House Speaker Mike Johnson, as one of his first moves, is forcing a showdown over emergency aid to Israel. He's pushing a vote Thursday on a bill that...
Oct 31, 2023
Supreme Court debates when public officials can block users on social media
Harun Ozalp/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with where to draw the line when it comes to the personal social media accounts of government work...
Oct 31, 2023
Blinken says about 400 US citizens and their families want to get out of Gaza
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday gave the most specific number to date on how many Americans are trapped in Gaza following Hamas' surprise ...
Oct 31, 2023
Narrower Biden administration student loan relief plan would target hardest-hit borrowers
Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has released the first draft of a debt relief policy targeted at the hardest-hit student loan borrowers, providing m...
Oct 31, 2023
US wants to see up to 100 aid trucks enter Gaza daily, doesn't support ceasefire
Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden received a commitment from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to increase the flow of aid into Gaza, the...
Oct 31, 2023
