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6 House races to watch in this year's election

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Resources are pouring into the few truly competitive congressional races expected to help determine the balance of power in Washington next year.

WATCH: 'The Election' — the 2024 Hutchins Forum

By News Desk

Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. will host the 2024 Hutchins Forum, focused on the 2024 election.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as lawmakers ask leaders to keep military out of election politics

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. CQ Brown, lawmakers asked the defense leaders to reaffirm that U.S. law prohibits forces from being used for civilian law enforcement and that they should not carry out unlawful orders.

WATCH: Trump hits Harris on inflation and economics in speech at his New Jersey golf club

By Jill Colvin, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump invited reporters to his New Jersey golf club Thursday for his second news conference in as many weeks as he adjusts to a newly energized Democratic ticket ahead of next week's Democratic National Convention.

Trump asks judge to delay his hush money sentencing until after November election

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Trump lawyer Todd Blanche sent the letter to Judge Juan Merchan on Wednesday after the judge rejected the defense’s latest request that he step aside from the case.

Vance and Walz agree to a vice presidential debate on Oct. 1 moderated by CBS News

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

Whether or not Walz and Vance would debate before the Nov. 5 general election had been in question.

WATCH: Biden and Harris announce deal to cut Medicare prices of popular drugs

By Amanda Seitz, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

“I've been waiting for this moment for a long long time," President Joe Biden said Thursday, during his first policy-oriented appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris since leaving the presidential race. “We pay more for prescription drugs, it’s not hyperbole,…

WATCH: State Department holds briefing as new round of Israel-Hamas talks begin

By Abby Sewell, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

On Thursday, U.S. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said the broader framework of the cease-fire deal laid out by President Joe Biden in May has generally been accepted and that the negotiation was a process.

Trump gives economic speech in North Carolina as more polls show Harris gaining ground

By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Winston Wilde, Mekhi Hill

The top issue for many voters, the economy, took center stage as former President Trump returned to campaign in a battleground state for the first time this month. His North Carolina rally followed a scattershot news conference at his Mar-a-Lago…

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Voter pamphlet on Arizona abortion measure can refer to fetus as 'unborn human being,' court rules

By Sejal Govindarao, Associated Press

The proposed amendment would allow abortions until a fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks, with exceptions to save the mother’s life or to protect her physical or mental health.