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Texas, US in legal standoff as state refuses to comply with directive on...

The government of Texas and the Biden administration are in a legal standoff over a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border, where Texas National Guard soldiers have blocked access to Border Patrol...

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Judge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing on Fani Willis misconduct accusations

The Georgia judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case scheduled a hearing next month to weigh accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) hired her romantic partner...

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5 takeaways from the DOJ's scathing Uvalde report

On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its long-awaited report on the devastating 2022 shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, painting a sharply critical picture of the police...

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Congress votes to avert shutdown, sending short-term funding bill to Biden's...

The House approved a short-term spending bill Thursday to keep the government funded through March, sending the stopgap to President Biden’s desk for his signature one day before a partial shutdown...

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Hunter Biden to sit for House deposition on Feb. 28

Hunter Biden will sit for a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight and Judiciary committees on Feb. 28 as part of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden, the panels announced on...

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Trump urges Supreme Court to 'put swift and decisive end' to 14th Amendment...

Former President Trump told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the decision kicking him off Colorado’s ballot was based on a “dubious interpretation” of the 14th Amendment, urging the justices to...

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Biden balances Catholicism with hot-button 2024 issues

President Biden is gearing up his reelection campaign with a unique challenge ahead of him — taking on hot-button issues that the Catholic Church opposes. Only the nation’s second Catholic president...

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GOP infighting over Ukraine creates minefield for Speaker Johnson

Republican infighting over government funding has created a minefield for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he seeks to avert a shutdown this election year without losing his gavel to a conservative...

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Jewish Democrats denounce Netanyahu's opposition to Palestinian state

A group of Jewish House Democrats is pushing back hard against recent comments by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposing a Palestinian state. In a brief, two-sentence statement issued...

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Tim Scott to endorse Trump ahead of New Hampshire primary 

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will formally endorse former President Trump on Friday night, a move that comes after a concerted lobbying effort and ahead of next week's New Hampshire primary. Two sources...

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Lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to bring stock trading ban to floor for vote

More than two dozen lawmakers called on House leadership Friday to bring a bill banning members of Congress from participating in the stock market to the floor for a vote. “This is a critical step to...

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Biden celebrates nation’s mayors at White House

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Biden welcomed bipartisan mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting to the White House. “When I came to office, the pandemic was raging, the...

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Democrats look to abortion politics to draw voters to polls

Democrats are looking to repeat what abortion politics did for them in the 2022 midterms by appealing to a large swath of voters who think overturning Roe v. Wade went too far. President Biden’s party...

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Senate Republicans face growing pressure to endorse Trump

Senate Republicans are staring down a now-or-never situation over whether to endorse former President Trump. With the New Hampshire primary fast approaching, those who have held off have a shrinking...

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Haley ramps up Trump attacks as New Hampshire finish line nears

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is stepping up her attacks on former President Trump as she faces the most critical moment of her campaign in New Hampshire on Tuesday. Haley trails Trump in the...

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DeSantis zeroes in on South Carolina to bolster campaign

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is focusing his energy on South Carolina as the clock ticks down for him to stop former President Trump from running away with the GOP nomination. DeSantis spent much of...

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Rick Scott's pitch to Florida Hispanics: Kitchen table issues with a side of...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says Hispanic voters have the same concerns as the general population, with added focus on conditions in Central and South America. "[Hispanics] generally care about the same...

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Harris takes center stage in 2024 abortion fight

Vice President Harris has cemented herself as the Biden administration’s foremost messenger on abortion rights, the issue that the White House hopes will define the 2024 election cycle.  After an...

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Shutdown averted, lawmakers fret about next looming deadline

The latest shutdown threat may have been averted but some lawmakers are already worried about the next government funding deadline.  While leaders on both sides of the aisle were able to come to...

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Haley takes aim at Trump over mix-ups: 'He's just not at the same level' as 2016

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday took aim at former President Trump's recent mix-ups, suggesting that his mental fitness is "not at the same level" as it was the first time he...

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