News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign
Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a ''rich tradition'' that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976.
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Lawmakers are still debating whether to legalize sports betting and how to fine-tune the state's recreational marijuana law, among other things.
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Proposed medical aid in dying legislation promises to be an ongoing issue in Minnesota, where some in the disability community fear being devalued or coerced.
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Trump will return to court after first day of hush money criminal trial ends with no jurors picked
Donald Trump will return to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign.
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Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows
The first criminal trial facing former President Donald Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed a crime, a new AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds.
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Several gun bills inspired by mass shooting are headed for final passage in Maine
A series of gun safety bills introduced after the deadliest shooting in Maine history appears to be headed toward final passage as the state Legislature races to wrap up its session this week.
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Biden returns to his Scranton roots to pitch tax plan
President Joe Biden returns to his childhood hometown of Scranton on Tuesday to open three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania, capitalizing on the opportunity to work the battleground state while Donald Trump spends the week in a New York City courtroom for his first criminal trial.
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Voters to decide primary runoffs in Alabama's new 2nd Congressional District
Alabama voters are set to cast their ballots Tuesday to decide party nominees for the state's 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court to boost the voting power of Black residents.
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Democrats seek to seize control of deadlocked Michigan House in special elections
Democratic lawmakers are hoping to win back a majority in the deadlocked Michigan House and regain control of the state government in two special elections on Tuesday.
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House to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that the Homeland Security secretary has ''willfully and systematically'' refused to enforce existing immigration laws. But the proceedings may not last long.
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Indiana limits abortion data for privacy under near-total ban, but some GOP candidates push back
Indiana allows so few abortions that health officials stopped releasing individual reports to protect patient privacy — a move some Republicans are now fighting to reverse.
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Charges against Trump and Jan. 6 rioters at stake as Supreme Court hears debate over obstruction law
The Supreme Court on Tuesday is taking up the first of two cases that could affect the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020. Hundreds of charges stemming from the Capitol riot also are at stake.
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Donald Trump brings his campaign to the courthouse as his criminal hush money trial begins
Former President Donald Trump began his day as a criminal defendant lashing out at the judge and prosecutors, casting himself as a victim and angrily posting on social media.
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Trump trial: Why can't Americans see or hear what is going on inside the courtroom?
It's a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal charges in an American courtroom. Yet only a handful of observers are able to see or even hear what is going on.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes towards a vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to squeeze through the House's political divides on foreign policy.
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White House rejects long-shot House Republican effort to get President Joe Biden to testify
The White House on Monday rejected a long-shot effort from House Republicans to get President Joe Biden to testify before lawmakers in the GOP's stalled impeachment inquiry.
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Audit says Arkansas governor's office potentially violated laws with $19,000 lectern purchase
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ' office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and government records when it purchased a $19,000 lectern for the Republican governor that's prompted nationwide attention, an audit requested by lawmakers said Monday.
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New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion
Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions — along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to finalized federal regulations published Monday.
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Hochul announces budget outline as lawmakers continue to hash out details
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to drive new housing construction, address the influx of migrants and crack down on illegal marijuana shops.
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Trump's historic hush money trial gets underway; 1st day ends without any jurors being picked
The historic hush money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life.
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Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor
Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority Legislature.
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New Orleans shooting that killed 1, injured 11 renews calls for changes to new concealed carry law
A shooting outside a New Orleans nightclub that left one woman dead and 11 other people wounded prompted renewed calls Monday for changes to a pending Louisiana law allowing concealed carry of a handgun without a permit.
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California officials sue Huntington Beach over voter ID law passed at polls
California officials on Monday sued Huntington Beach over a new law that lets the city require voters to provide identification to cast ballots at the polls starting in 2026.
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