WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — House Republicans huddled in West Virginia on Thursday for a strategy-planning retreat designed to unify the often-fractious conference as they head into the final months before the November election…… Read more
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Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said…… Read more
West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country’s strictest child vaccination laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country. The bill was approved despite the objections of Republican Senate Health and Human…… Read more
State of the Union: What to watch as Biden addresses the nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. It’s rooted in a simple requirement in the U.S. Constitution that directs the president to “give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he…… Read more
Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign and leave Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination. Three people with direct knowledge who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized…… Read more
Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia, notching her first victory of the 2024 campaign. Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races.…… Read more
As Biden prepares to address the nation, more than 6 in 10 US adults doubt his mental capability
WASHINGTON (AP) — A poll finds that a growing share of U.S. adults doubt that 81-year-old President Joe Biden has the memory and acuity for the job, turning his coming State of the Union address into something of a real-time audition for a second term. Roughly 6 in 10 say they’re not very or not at all confident in…… Read more
Abortion rights could complicate Republican Larry Hogan’s Senate bid in deep blue Maryland
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan addresses supporters at the Maryland statehouse, Jan. 10, 2023 in Annapolis, Md. Republicans hoping to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat in deep blue Maryland have the most competitive candidate they’ve had in decades. But Hogan will need more than GOP support at a time when Democrats’ outrage remains high…… Read more
Proposed TikTok ban for kids fails in Virginia’s Legislature
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A GOP legislative effort to prevent Virginia children from using the popular video-sharing app TikTok — an idea backed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin — died this week in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. The bill, sponsored by Republican Del. Jay Leftwich of Chesapeake, was left in a House of Delegates committee after…… Read more
Senate passes a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in the House is uncertain
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he comes to the Capitol in Washington to issue a plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued wartime funding for Ukraine, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)…… Read more
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House Republicans are seeking unity at an idyllic West Virginia retreat. Many didn’t bother to come
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — House Republicans huddled in West Virginia on Thursday for a strategy-planning retreat designed to unify the often-fractious conference as they head into the final months before the November election…… Continue Reading
Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said…… Continue Reading
West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country’s strictest child vaccination laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country. The bill was approved despite the objections of Republican Senate Health and Human…… Continue Reading
State of the Union: What to watch as Biden addresses the nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. It’s rooted in a simple requirement in the U.S. Constitution that directs the president to “give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he…… Continue Reading
Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign and leave Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination. Three people with direct knowledge who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized…… Continue Reading
Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia, notching her first victory of the 2024 campaign. Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races.…… Continue Reading
As Biden prepares to address the nation, more than 6 in 10 US adults doubt his mental capability
WASHINGTON (AP) — A poll finds that a growing share of U.S. adults doubt that 81-year-old President Joe Biden has the memory and acuity for the job, turning his coming State of the Union address into something of a real-time audition for a second term. Roughly 6 in 10 say they’re not very or not at all confident in…… Continue Reading
Abortion rights could complicate Republican Larry Hogan’s Senate bid in deep blue Maryland
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan addresses supporters at the Maryland statehouse, Jan. 10, 2023 in Annapolis, Md. Republicans hoping to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat in deep blue Maryland have the most competitive candidate they’ve had in decades. But Hogan will need more than GOP support at a time when Democrats’ outrage remains high…… Continue Reading
Proposed TikTok ban for kids fails in Virginia’s Legislature
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A GOP legislative effort to prevent Virginia children from using the popular video-sharing app TikTok — an idea backed by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin — died this week in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. The bill, sponsored by Republican Del. Jay Leftwich of Chesapeake, was left in a House of Delegates committee after…… Continue Reading
Senate passes a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, but fate in the House is uncertain
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he comes to the Capitol in Washington to issue a plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued wartime funding for Ukraine, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)…… Continue Reading