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Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of the race

Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the most prominent elected Democrat to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race.

EPA moves ahead with civil rights complaint over toxic chemicals inhaled from trash incinerator

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it will move forward with a civil rights complaint from a South Baltimore community related to the Baltimore Refuse Energy Systems Company's (BRESCO) trash incinerator on Russell Street.

Minnesota couple living with disabilities builds accessible orphanage and clinic in Liberia

A Twin Cities couple emptied what little savings they had to start a mission and a movement that is saving hundreds of abandoned children.

The iconic Mirage in Las Vegas is closing today after 34 years

The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip is closing Wednesday, ending 34 years in business.

Takeaways from Biden’s interview with NBC News

President Joe Biden sat for an interview with NBC on Monday, his first interview since the attempted assassination of his political rival former President Donald Trump.

Trump shares vaccine skepticism on call with RFK Jr. in since-deleted video

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, Bobby Kennedy III, posted a video of a phone call between Kennedy and former President Donald Trump in which the former president appeared to endorse false theories about the safety of vaccines.

Takeaways from the second night of the Republican National Convention

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in her speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, cheered America’s “incredible ability to self-correct.”

Secret Service ‘solely responsible’ for implementation and execution of security at the Trump rally site, director tells CNN

The US Secret Service was “solely responsible” for the implementation and execution of security at the site of Saturday’s rally for former President Donald Trump’s campaign, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told CNN in an interview Tuesday evening.

Usha Vance is the 4th person of South Asian descent to be part of the 2024 presidential campaign. Why that matters

Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar was filled with pride Monday night as Donald Trump made his highly anticipated announcement of who would be his running mate in the 2024 election.

Police from Ohio assisting with security at Republican National Convention fatally shoot man

Ohio police officers who were in Milwaukee to help with security at the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man Tuesday who local authorities said had knives in both hands and was trying to attack another man – an …

When Silence is Cowardice: Simply Telling the Truth is Not a Call to Violence. It Never Has Been.

When the stakes are high … when there is a real threat … should staying silent even be an option?

President Biden's Enhanced Disaster Relief for Harris County

President a significant move to bolster the recovery efforts following the devastating impact of Hurricane Beryl, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has amended the Major Disaster Declaration for Texas. This amendment, signed on July 12, 2024, authorizes additional federal assistance …

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty in federal corruption trial; Chuck Schumer calls on him to resign

A jury on Tuesday found Sen. Bob Menendez guilty on all counts in his federal corruption trial, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly called on his Democratic colleague to resign.

JD Vance, Trump’s VP pick, once called him a ‘moral disaster,’ and possibly ‘America’s Hitler’

Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick Ohio Sen. JD Vance was once a fervent critic of the former president. In private messages, he wondered ahead of Trump’s election whether he was “America’s Hitler” and in 2017 said the then-president was a …

Minnesota ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining handgun permits is unconstitutional, federal appeals court says

Minnesota’s ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining a permit to publicly carry a handgun violates the US Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.