Pro-Trump super PAC plans $100M push in key swing states
A pro-Donald Trump super PAC says it will spend $100 million over the summer for advertising in a handful of key swing states it says expand the former president’s path to victory.
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Will Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In an election year push on reproductive rights, Senate holds a test vote on access to contraception
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an election year effort to put Republicans on record on reproductive rights issues, Senate Democrats are holding a vote Wednesday to move forward with legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception.
‘Cheaters don’t like getting caught': VP Harris speaks about Trump conviction on Jimmy Kimmel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of a Tuesday episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” rehashing how she found out about former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial.
Ron Edmonds, 77, Whose Camera Captured the Shooting of Reagan, Dies
Ron Edmonds, a photographer for The Associated Press who won a Pulitzer Prize for a dramatic series of pictures of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and the takedown of the gunman outside a Washington hotel in 1981, died on Fridayin Falls Church, Va. He was 77.
Tim Sheehy Wins G.O.P. Nod to Challenge Tester for Senate in Montana
Tim Sheehy, a businessman and former Navy SEAL, won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Montana on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, setting him up for a November showdown against Senator Jon Tester, the Democratic incumbent.
Bernie Sanders Says It’s Wrong To ‘Honor’ Netanyahu With Congressional Address
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday he believed it was inappropriate for lawmakers to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, and reiterated his plans to boycott any speech the leader may give in Washington.
Bid To Approve MDMA As PTSD Treatment Overwhelmingly Rejected By FDA Advisors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers voted Tuesday against a first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD, handing a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a landmark federal approval and bring the banned drugs into the medical mainstream.