Jan 12 Manchin says Super Tuesday will offer clarity on need for a 3rd-party candidate By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Manchin is visiting New Hampshire on Friday, days before the Jan. 23 primary, but insists he's only there to promote his new Americans Together organization, aimed at championing moderates and fostering compromise in public policy. Continue reading
Jan 12 Texas is blocking U.S. border agents from patrolling, Biden administration tells Supreme Court By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press The request Friday sets up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. Continue reading
Jan 12 Why does Iowa launch the presidential campaign? By Will Weissert, Steve Peoples, Associated Press The state's voters propelled little-known one-time peanut farmer Jimmy Carter's bid for the White House in 1976. Continue reading
Jan 12 Worried about losing in 2024, Iowa's Republican voters are less interested in talking about abortion By Steve Peoples, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Republican presidential candidates these days are barely discussing abortion in Iowa just days away from the state's caucuses. That's a remarkable change in a state whose Republicans have long supported religious conservative priorities. Continue reading
Jan 12 WATCH: Israel makes arguments defending itself from genocide accusation in United Nation's top court By Associated Press Making Israel’s closing statement, attorney Gilad Noam said South Africa’s case against Israel made the nation look like a state “singularly consumed with destroying an entire population. That is patently false.”… Continue reading
Jan 12 WATCH: South Africa tells top UN court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in landmark case By Mike Corder, Raf Casert, Associated Press South African attorneys pleaded Thursday with the United Nations' top court to order a halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza. Continue reading
Jan 11 Biden says strikes in Yemen show U.S., allies 'will not tolerate' Houthi attacks on shipping By Associated Press Biden said the U.S. and its allies only made the move after attempts at diplomatic negotiations and careful deliberation. Continue reading
Jan 11 Russian pro-war activist and Putin critic detained over alleged terrorism offenses, his lawyer says By Associated Press The lawyer of a Russian pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin says her client has been remanded into custody over alleged terrorism offenses. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 4:37 What happened in the courtroom during closing arguments in Trump's civil fraud trial By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz One of Donald Trump’s trials came to an end in New York City on Thursday. A judge will now determine whether the former president committed fraud by inflating the value of his real estate assets. Trump and his attorneys argue… Continue watching
Jan 11 Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted By Andrew DeMillo, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Advocates for transgender rights say most of the states inclined to pass gender-affirming care bans have done so. They now expect those states to build upon those restrictions and expand them to adults. Continue reading