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Biden in first TV interview since debate denies medical condition: ‘It was a...
President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” co-anchor and “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos in Wisconsin on the campaign trail on July 5, 2024. (Photo used...
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Congressional Dems urge a more robust Biden on the campaign trail, but few...
Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, departs the Capitol on July 8, 2024 in Washington, D.C. A handful of congressional Democrats have urged President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid following a...
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U.S. Senate GOP blocks bill proclaiming congressional support for abortion...
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, while justices hear oral arguments about whether federal law protects emergency abortion care. (Sofia Resnick/States...
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Republican National Convention launches Monday amid some grumbling over...
A worker helps prepare the Fiserv Forum for the start of the Republican National Convention on July 11, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Republican National Convention will be held in Milwaukee from...
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Biden says ‘no place for this kind of violence in America’ after shooting at...
President Joe Biden gives brief remarks from Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Saturday, July 13, 2024, on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania. (Screenshot from White House...
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GOP convention to go on as planned in Milwaukee, with Trump in attendance
Workers prepare the stage for the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 13, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The convention will be held in Milwaukee from July 15-18. (Photo by Scott...
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Trump picks Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President...
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Gun rights advocates at convention spell out plans if GOP gains control in...
From left: Wisconsin Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt and Florida Rep. Kat Cammack speak during an event hosted by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee,...
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Biden tests positive for COVID, will return home to Delaware
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. In this photo, he holds a news conference at the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin...
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If a presidential nominee drops out, what happens to states’ ballots?
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) This special report was written with contributions from States Newsroom’s 39 state news outlets. WASHINGTON — The Electoral College could help Democrats avoid a...
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Ohio’s J.D. Vance pitches for swing-state votes in accepting nod as Trump VP
Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee,...
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Trump describes assassination attempt in speech accepting GOP presidential...
Former first lady Melania Trump joins Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump on stage after he officially accepted the nomination on the fourth day of the Republican National...
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DNC panel to meet in public to set ‘transparent, fair’ framework to pick...
President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff view a Fourth of July fireworks display over the National Mall from the Blue Room Balcony,...
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‘Pass the torch’: Biden addresses nation on why he won’t seek a second term
President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The president addressed reasons for abruptly ending his run for a second term after initially...
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Kamala Harris will be the Democratic presidential nominee, DNC announces
On Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, the Democratic National Committee announced Vice President Kamala Harris received enough votes in a virtual roll call to be the party’s presidential nominee. In this photo,...
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Congress limps toward the end of a disappointing session, with just 78 laws...
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson...
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More than 1 million veterans receiving benefits via PACT Act ahead of...
Family members hold up images of deceased loved ones during the ceremony where U.S. President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 10, 2022 in Washington, D.C....
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USDA to take ‘additional step’ in testing beef from former dairy cattle for...
(Dusty Pixel photography/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next month that will test samples for evidence of highly pathogenic...
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Struggle for control of Congress intensifies as presidential contest shifts
In this year’s battle for control of Congress, Republicans aim to increase their slim majority in the House of Representatives and flip the Senate, while Democrats are hoping to hang onto their...
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‘I’m entitled to personal attacks’ against Harris, Trump asserts
The Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, holds a news conference outside the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on Aug. 15, 2024 in Bedminster, New Jersey. The food items...
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Additional security will be in place for Jan. 6, 2025 certification of...
A protester holds a Trump flag inside the U.S. Capitol Building near the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection. Federal officials are taking steps to prevent a repeat of...
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Trump, Harris campaigns move quickly past apparent assassination attempt on...
The South Portico of the White House (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)WASHINGTON — The presidential campaigns are rushing ahead this week without missing a beat, despite numerous law...
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In vitro fertilization bills from both Democrats and GOP blocked in U.S. Senate
Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks about access to in vitro fertilization on the steps of the Capitol building on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, along with other Senate Democrats holding photos...
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Government shutdown deadline nearing as U.S. House stumbles on stopgap...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, walks back to his office following a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Congress...
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Racing toward Election Day, control of U.S. Senate and House up for grabs
The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as protective fencing is erected around construction for the 2025 inauguration platform on the West Front on Capitol Hill on Sept. 17, 2024 in...
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Harris presses Trump to debate again, and Democrats launch ‘chicken’ billboards
The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during an event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty...
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New stopgap bill in Congress would postpone shutdown deadline to December
The U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Congress is on track to approve legislation this week that will give lawmakers until mid-December to broker...
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GOP senator blocks resolution stating the right to emergency care includes...
Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol about border policy negotiations on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON —...
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Congress poised to race out of D.C. after dodging shutdown
The U.S. Capitol Building (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Congress overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending bill Wednesday that will keep the federal government running through...
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Postal chief insists to Congress that mail-in ballots will get delivered in time
An employee adds a stack of mail-in ballots to a machine that automatically places the ballots in envelopes at Runbeck Election Services on Sept. 25, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. The company prints...
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Biden pledges federal help for states in the Southeast stricken by...
OLD FORT, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 30: Men on a four wheeler pass a storm damaged house along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina....
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Hundreds missing in Southeast states after Hurricane Helene, federal...
Ron Grindstaff, right, comforts his wife, Marie, as they remove belongings from their home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. According to reports, at...
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How long will it take for Washington to act on emergency aid for Helene victims?
The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28, 2024, in Lake Lure, North Carolina....
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Tim Walz and J.D. Vance tangle in wonky, largely cordial vice presidential...
The Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and the Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speak after their debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on...
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Special counsel Jack Smith reveals new evidence against Trump in 2020...
Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on Aug. 1, 2023 in...
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Harris on ‘60 Minutes’ says Congress would work with her as president if...
Vice President Kamala Harris was interviewed on the CBS news show “60 Minutes” that aired Monday night. In this photo, she speaks at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th National Convention on...
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FEMA chief decries rumors, disinformation about hurricane recovery as worst ever
The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28, 2024, in Lake Lure, North Carolina....
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Republican women falling behind when it comes to running for Congress,...
Republican women are falling behind in candidacies, nominations and primary contest success when it comes to running for Congress, political experts said Tuesday. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States...
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How do you vote amid the hurricane damage? States are learning as they go.
Ron Grindstaff, right, comforts his wife, Marie, as they remove belongings from their home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue...
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Biden slams Trump as ‘damn un-American,’ urges Congress to speed up hurricane...
President Joe Biden speaks about the federal government’s response and recovery efforts to hurricane season in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 10,...
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Reproductive rights: Where do Trump and Harris stand?
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which was issued electronically, is seen on June 24, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The court’s decision overturned the...
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Trump vows to levy ‘horrible’ tariffs on imports, rejecting fears of...
The Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, spoke to the Economic Club of Chicago. In this photo, he speaks to attendees during a campaign rally at the...
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Social Security and Medicare: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
How to address projected shortfalls for both the Social Security and Medicare trust funds will become an increasingly important topic for the president and Congress during the next decade. (Photo by...
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Law enforcement officials prepare for possible post-election violence in D.C.
Donald Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The threat of...
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Beyoncé takes the stage in Texas with Harris to underline support of...
Beyoncé takes part in a campaign rally focused on reproductive rights with the Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, at Shell Energy Stadium on Oct. 25, 2024 in Houston,...
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Worries grow about disinformation, false claims and even violence as election...
A man participates in exit polling after voting in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary at Dreher High School on Feb. 24, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty...
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Rallying on the Ellipse, Harris calls on voters to reject Trump’s ‘chaos and...
Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks at a rally on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON —...
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As presidential campaign rockets toward end, 7 big things that happened this...
Maya Rudolph and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appear on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 2, 2024 in New York City. With only days to go until Election Day, Vice...
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Democrats in final voting push roll out mobile billboards in swing state...
(Getty images photo illustration)WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee is rounding out its $7 million in spending on the “I Will Vote” campaign by putting mobile billboards in nearly a dozen...
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Republicans take majority control of U.S. Senate after Ohio, West Virginia...
(Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republicans flipped control of the U.S. Senate after picking up seats in Ohio and West Virginia according to projections by The Associated Press,...
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