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Trump faces warning signs that his fundraising prowess may have limits in 2024 campaign
Donald Trump’s legendary ability to raise massive sums of political cash may be on a collision course with a new and unpleasant reality. Campaign finance reports released this week flashed...

Trump’s campaign finances are strained as legal peril mounts
Donald Trump’s political operation enters the second half of the year in a strained financial position. Its bank account is drained by tens of millions of dollars that were directed...

Justices teach when the Supreme Court isnāt in session. It can double as an all-expenses-paid trip
Documents obtained by The Associated Press through public records requests reveal that some all-expenses-paid trips ā to Italy, Iceland and Hawaii, among others ā are light on classroom instruction, with...

Facebook removes GOP Senate candidateās “RINO hunting” video
Facebook on Monday removed a campaign video by Republican Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens that shows him brandishing a shotgun and declaring that he's hunting RINOs, or Republicans In...

Crypto comes to Washington. Will the millions buy influence?
Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious, well-financed group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race.

Democrats switch strategy on voting bill as Biden pushes action
Senate Democrats are trying to force a public showdown over their sweeping elections legislation, aiming to launch debate on a key party priority even though there's no assurance the bill...

Invoking Jan. 6, Democrats pivot to fight for voting legislation
Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation, arguing dark forces unleashed by Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the...

Congress sends Biden $2.5T debt limit hike, avoiding default
Congress averted a catastrophic debt default early Wednesday morning after Democratic majorities in both chambers voted to send a $2.5 trillion increase in the nation's borrowing authority to President Joe...

Progressive Democrats pressure Pelosi to discipline Lauren Boebert
A group of progressive Democrats on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to punish firebrand conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, whose recent comments likening a Muslim member...

Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72
WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the...