(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a week dogged by self-damaging rhetoric, leaving him to defend the state of his health and scramble to rework his position on abortion after facing dissent from within his own campaign.But on Monday, he had something to celebrate: the…
(WASHINGTON) -- A bipartisan group of senators, led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, on Wednesday unveiled a "roadmap" for lawmakers aimed at guiding Congress on regulating artificial intelligence.They said the recommendations are a critical step as Congress considers legislation to increase innovation and safeguard against negative uses of the rapidly-evolving…
(NEW YORK) -- A jury was selected and sworn in Wednesday for the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez.Federal prosecutors in New York have alleged that the New Jersey Democrat accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, mortgage payments and a luxury…
(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans are pushing ahead with a bill to condemn President Joe Biden's approach to Israel and force him to send arms shipments, even after the administration notified Congress about a new $1 billion weapons deal to the U.S. ally.The developments come amid continued fallout from Biden's pause…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, are set to face off in an ABC News presidential debate in September.Trump and Biden said they have both agreed to a prime-time debate at ABC News studios on Sept. 10.Before that, they will participate in a CNN…
(WASHINGTON) -- More than 100 years after the nation's deadliest race massacre, the Senate is considering a bipartisan bill to grant national monument status to Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as "Black Wall Street."In 1921, Black Wall Street was burned to ashes by white mobs who attacked the then-thriving and predominantly…
(WASHINGTON) -- Voters headed to the polls in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday to set up several key down-ballot races.Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic nomination in Maryland's marquee Senate race, while Republicans in West Virginia appointed candidates likely to take over one of the…
(WASHINGTON) -- Voters headed to the polls in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday to set up several key down-ballot races.Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic nomination in Maryland's marquee Senate race, while Republicans in West Virginia appointed candidates likely to take over one of the…
(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Tuesday, promised the U.S. will quickly deliver badly needed arms, touting Washington and the West's alliances with Kyiv.Blinken is the first senior U.S. official to visit since Congress, after months of dispute, in April passed…
(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump's entourage continued to grow when more high-profile politicians attended his New York hush money criminal trial on Tuesday -- including House Speaker Mike Johnson.Johnson, the highest-ranking Republican in Congress, was in criminal court with Trump on Tuesday morning. After commuting with Trump in…
