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Read the Supreme Court ruling keeping Trump on the 2024 presidential ballot

By Dan Cooney

The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots.

Harris to meet with Benny Gantz, Netanyahu's centrist political rival

By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

The meeting comes as Biden, Harris and other senior administration officials have become increasingly blunt about their dissatisfaction with the mounting death toll in Gaza and suffering of innocent Palestinians as the war nears the five-month mark.

Growing share of U.S. adults doubt Biden's mental capability to serve as president, AP poll finds

By Josh Boak, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press

Nearly 6 in 10 also say they lack confidence in the mental capability of former President Donald Trump.

Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury

By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press

Weisselberg surrendered to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office earlier Monday and entered state court in handcuffs before pleading guilty to five counts of perjury. He was sentenced to five months in jail.

Nikki Haley wins District of Columbia's GOP primary, her 1st victory in 2024 race

By Meg Kinnard, Will Wessert, Associated Press

Nikki Haley's victory in D.C. on Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is likely to pick up several hundred more delegates in this week’s Super Tuesday races.

Supreme Court decision on barring Trump from the 2024 ballot could come on Monday

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot over his efforts to undo his defeat in the 2020 election.

House and Senate leaders reach deal on 6 spending bills in push to avoid partial shutdown

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Congressional leaders on Sunday came out with a package of six bills setting full-year spending levels for some federal agencies, a step forward in a long overdue funding process beset by sharp political divisions between the two parties as well…

News Wrap: Haley rebuffs RNC pledge to back Republican presidential nominee

In our news wrap Sunday, Haley said she does not feel bound to back the GOP’s eventual presidential nominee, Congressional leaders reached a deal on six spending bills needed to avoid a partial government shutdown, Israel’s military and Gaza health…

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WATCH: Harris marks 59th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris is among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day Alabama law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.