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Kamala Harris enters intense 2024 spotlight as the on-deck president

Vice President Kamala Harris is under the spotlight again as 2024 jockeying gets underway. She's leaning into issues that young voters and women care about in an effort to energize crucial parts of the Democratic base.

June 17, 2023

Biden baffles with British-style salute to ‘queen’ after gun speech

President Biden sparked a round of confusion Friday by finishing a speech on combating gun violence by saying, "God save the queen, man."

June 16, 2023

Biden says tougher gun laws are within reach, points to public pressure

President Biden said he is optimistic that America can solve its gun violence crisis, pointing to political pressure that nudged Congress last year and the unrelenting push by young people and grieving parents for more action.

June 16, 2023

Biden formally picks Mandy Cohen to serve as next CDC director

President Biden is appointing Mandy Cohen, a former Obama administration official and health commissioner for North Carolina, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

June 16, 2023

Unions go all in for Biden 2024 with early endorsements

The Biden campaign said Friday it secured 2024 endorsements from the AFL-CIO and 17 other unions, hoping to shore up President Biden as a champion of organized labor before a political speech Saturday at a union hall in Philadelphia.

June 16, 2023

Former Bush aide Karl Rove says Trump only has himself to blame for docs fiasco

Karl Rove, a former top aide to President George W. Bush, is excoriating former President Donald Trump over an indictment alleging he mishandled classified documents, saying his "childish impulses" are forcing America to "pay a high price."

June 16, 2023

Biden sees progress in fight against ‘junk fees,’ points to Ticketmaster reforms

President Biden claimed a victory in his war on "junk fees" Thursday by announcing that Live Nation Entertainment will offer upfront pricing on its Ticketmaster platform so that concertgoers are not surprised by add-on costs at the end of a purchase.

June 15, 2023

Senators to detained WSJ reporter: We won’t rest until you’re home

Dozens of senators on Thursday released an open letter to Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who is detained in Russia, pledging they "will not stop until you are safely home."

June 15, 2023

Live Nation to offer upfront pricing for concerts, other events by September, says White House

President Biden will declare a victory in his war on "junk fees" Thursday by announcing that Live Nation Entertainment will offer upfront pricing on its Ticketmaster platform so that concertgoers are not surprised by add-on costs at the end of their shopping experience.

June 15, 2023

Trump rejected lawyer’s push to reach settlement with DOJ: Report

Lawyers for Donald Trump wanted to "take the temperature down" and reach a settlement with the Department of Justice to avert charges, but the former president reportedly rejected the idea.

June 15, 2023

NATO chief: Alliance must back Ukraine as offensive against Russia picks up steam

A day after he met with President Biden in Washington, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was back Wednesday in Brussels preparing for this week's critical meeting of defense ministers ahead of the upcoming alliance summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

June 14, 2023

Turkey, Hungary unmoved as U.S. presses Sweden’s NATO bid ‘without delay’

The White House stepped up its lobbying for Sweden's pending membership in NATO on Wednesday as objections from Turkey and Hungary cast doubt on whether the Scandinavian country can join the military alliance before Mr. Biden and other NATO leaders meet in Lithuania in mid-July.

June 14, 2023

House lawmakers file bipartisan bill to crack down on fake pills laced with fentanyl

House lawmakers filed bipartisan legislation Wednesday to impose new penalties on traffickers who use pill presses to lace fake prescription drugs with fentanyl, meth and other dangerous drugs.

June 14, 2023

Mike Pence: Trump faces serious charges, national security could have been jeopardized

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he cannot defend "what is alleged" in the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump over classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, but he also pledged to clean house at the Department of Justice.

June 14, 2023

Koch-backed super PAC targets Trump in digital ads

A political network backed by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch is running ads saying that former President Donald Trump is a drag on the GOP and it's time to move on.

June 14, 2023

Student loan repayment to resume in October

The Department of Education says the three-year, pandemic-induced pause on student loan repayments will end in October.

June 14, 2023

Departing CDC chief urges Congress to help the agency restore reputation after COVID-19 failures

Rochelle Walensky told Congress on Tuesday she is leaving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with a "great sense of accomplishment" but said the public health agency still has work to do in restoring its reputation after the COVID-19 crisis.

June 13, 2023

Eight in 10 Republicans say Trump indictment is politically motivated, poll finds

Roughly 8 in 10 Republicans say the federal charges against former President Donald Trump are politically motivated, according to a new poll that finds Mr. Trump maintaining his double-digit lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

June 13, 2023

Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is sad about Trump indictment ‘as an American’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he was saddened as an American to see the federal charges against former President Donald Trump and offered unusual praise for the ex-president for his handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

June 13, 2023

Trump indictment alleges careless retention and showing off of gov’t secrets, plot to conceal docs

A 49-page indictment unsealed Friday by federal prosecutors in Miami paints a damning portrait of how former President Donald Trump allegedly retained batches of classified documents and enlisted a key aide, Walt Nauta, to move them around.

June 9, 2023