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February 5, 2024

GOP senators rally against bipartisan border deal, citing Biden’s power to suspend ‘emergency’ bill

GOP senators strongly oppose the bipartisan border bill, citing concerns about Biden and Secretary Mayorkas' authority to suspend the law under a national emergency.

February 5, 2024

Biden blasted for promoting official who oversaw disastrous evacuation of Afghanistan allies

Tracey Jacobson faces an uphill battle to be confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, with Republicans pointing to her failed leadership in Afghanistan.

February 5, 2024

Indiana Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz to run for re-election, reversing 2023 decision

Rep. Victoria Spartz reversed her decision to retire from Congress on Monday, announcing in a statement that she will run for re-election come November.

February 5, 2024

Biden support from Black voters plummeting as Democrats blame ‘disinformation’

The Black voting base that saved President Biden's candidacy in 2020 has shrunk dramatically in 2024, but Democrats say voters only need to be educated.

February 5, 2024

Migrants who fled after allegedly beating NYC police use stolen phones to buy cars, pools back home: report

The illegal migrants who allegedly assaulted two police officers in Times Square are part of a ring of pickpockets making purchases in their home countries.

February 5, 2024

GOP senators demand ‘adequate time’ to review border security bill

GOP senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are requesting a full legislative process for the border policy changes in the supplemental package.

February 5, 2024

Biden says Americans will be living in a ‘nightmare’ if Trump wins re-election

President Biden exchanged blows with former President Trump's campaign, with both arguing the other would present a "nightmare" scenario for Americans.

February 4, 2024

Senate releases long-awaited border legislation, major asylum changes

Senate negotiators have released the text of the border deal that lawmakers have been hashing out with White House officials since December.

February 4, 2024

Trump seeks to run out the clock as delays push trials closer to Election Day: legal experts

Timing could benefit former President Trump as he faces criminal trials with Election Day 2024 creeping closer, legal experts say.

February 4, 2024

British lawmaker calls for allowing citizens to change their gender after death

A U.K. lawmaker is pushing legislation that would allow transgender people to have their gender posthumously changed to match their gender identity.