Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under new plan from Biden
President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. It comes after his own aggressive crackdown at the border earlier this month that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers.
The anti-abortion movement is making a big play to thwart citizen initiatives on reproductive rights
Anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using a range of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives that are intended to protect reproductive rights or prevent voters from having a say in the fall.
Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid
Hollywoodโs A-list is turning out for President Joe Bidenโs campaign at a glitzy fundraiser headlined by George Clooney and Julia Roberts that features former President Barack Obama as well.
Florida races set for August primaries; Democrats field candidate in every state race
Qualifying wrapped up Friday for the August and November elections, and while some state legislature candidates won with no opposition, most voters will find contested races on the ballot for Florida Senate and House.
Reacting to Supreme Court ruling, governor wrongly says Buffalo supermarket killer used bump stock
Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot as fast as a machine gun.
The RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust
The Republican National Committee is launching a battleground state initiative to mobilize some 100,000 polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as โelection integrityโ watchdogs in November.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia's primary runoffs
A southwest Georgia Republican who went to prison for his actions inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, may come a step closer to serving in Congress when the state holds primary runoff elections in some U.S. House and state legislative races.
New Jersey's top federal prosecutor testifies for government in Sen. Bob Menendez prosecution
New Jersey's top federal prosecutor says Sen. Bob Menendez sought to discuss the prosecution of a New Jersey real estate developer with him before recommending him to be nominated as U.S. attorney after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
Presidential election a prime target for foreign disinformation, intelligence officials say
U.S. officials who track disinformation campaigns say they're issuing more warnings to political candidates, government officials and others targeted by foreign groups as Americaโs adversaries seek to influence the 2024 election.
Donald Trump's lawyers press judge to lift gag order in wake of ex-president's felony conviction
Donald Trumpโs lawyers are amplifying their calls to end the gag order that bars the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the Manhattan criminal trial that ended in his conviction last month for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.
House moves to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio
The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Bidenโs interview in his classified documents case.
US Coast Guard boss says she is not trying to hide the branchโs failure to handle sex assault cases
The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has tried to assure frustrated senators she is not attempting to cover up the branchโs failure to adequately handle cases of sexual assault and harassment at the service academy in Connecticut.
Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol
House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump as the former president returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by his supporters trying to overturn President Joe Bidenโs election.
Two weeks after hush money verdict, Trump to meet with Senate Republicans
Former President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Thursday, speaking to the group just two weeks after he was convicted on 34 charges in his hush money trial and as GOP senators have increasingly rallied around him.
Tense race for Florida Senate seat in Flagler, Volusia counties attracts former sheriff
In what could be one of this yearโs highest-profile legislative primary elections, former St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar has opened a campaign account to run for a seat that will be vacated by term-limited Sen. Travis Hutson, R-St. Augustine, according to News 6's partners at WJXT in Jacksonville.