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Pence calls for his 2024 rivals to back a 15-week federal abortion ban on eve of Dobbs anniversary
Speaking at a gathering of evangelical Christians, former Vice President Mike Pence urged his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination to support a 15-week federal abortion ban at minimum.

Trump charged with 34 felony counts in hush money scheme
A stone-faced Donald Trump has been confronted with a 34-count felony indictment accusing him in a scheme to bury allegations of extramarital affairs that arose during his first White House...

Republicans win back control of House with narrow majority
Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe Biden’s agenda and spur a flurry...

Biden visits key swing states as midterm crunch time begins
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden hit the campaign trail to boost Democrats as crunch time ahead of the midterm elections kicked off, visiting the swing states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania...

White House tries to make Bidenās COVID a “teachable moment”
For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds. When he finally did test positive, the White House was ready. It...

Mexico agrees to invest $1.5B in ‘smart’ border technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed to spend $1.5 billion over the next two years to improve “smart” border technology during meetings Tuesday with President Joe...

Biden sees chance of “rational” Republican approach on guns
President Joe Biden said Monday that the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that, after the Texas elementary school shooting, there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on...

Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at White House Correspondentsā Association dinner
The White House press corpsā annual gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: President Joe Biden.

Correspondentsā gala offers political normalcy despite COVID
Much of Washington is ready to party like it's 2019, before the coronavirus, when the biggest risk at the annual White House press corps gala was more likely to be...

Biden’s election year challenge: Blame GOP for nation’s woes
President Joe Biden has an election-year message for frustrated voters: At least he's trying.