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President Joe Biden laughs as host Colin Jost speaks at the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington.

Have you heard the one about Trump? Biden tries humor on the campaign trail

President Joe Biden laughs as host Colin Jost speaks at the White House Correspondents&rsquo; Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington.

April 29, 2024, 8:15am Politics

President Joe Biden is out to win votes by scoring some laughs at the expense of Donald Trump, unleashing mockery with the goal of getting under the former president’s thin skin and reminding the country of his blunders. Read story

From Left, Boeing Quality Engineer Sam Salehpour; Ed Pierson, Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a Former Boeing Engineer; Joe Jacobsen, Aerospace Engineer and Technical Advisor to the Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former FAA Engineer; and Shawn Pruchnicki, Ph.D, Professional Practice Assistant Professor for Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University are sworn in before they testify at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Subcommittee on Investigations hearing to examine Boeing&rsquo;s broken safety culture on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington.

Congress has a lot to say about Boeing’s troubles. But what will it do?

From Left, Boeing Quality Engineer Sam Salehpour; Ed Pierson, Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a Former Boeing Engineer; Joe Jacobsen, Aerospace Engineer and Technical Advisor to the Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former FAA Engineer; and Shawn Pruchnicki, Ph.D, Professional Practice Assistant Professor for Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University are sworn in before they testify at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Subcommittee on Investigations hearing to examine Boeing&rsquo;s broken safety culture on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington.

April 29, 2024, 7:45am Business

Dueling Senate hearings earlier this month focused on Boeing’s safety culture, with whistleblower testimony that lawmakers called troubling as they pledged to further address the company’s problems. Read story

Reid Saaris, left, and Chris Reykdal, right, are campaigning to run the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

In WA education chief race, upstart candidate raises twice as much as incumbent

Reid Saaris, left, and Chris Reykdal, right, are campaigning to run the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

April 29, 2024, 6:02am Editor's Choice

In the race to lead Washington’s public school system, Reid Saaris, a teacher and founder of an education nonprofit, has raised twice as much as the incumbent, Chris Reykdal. Read story

A Republican has not occupied a Maryland U.S. Senate seat since the year that the hit movie &ldquo;The Empire Strikes Back&rdquo; was released. That was 1980.

Are these streaks meant to be broken? Republicans hoping to reverse years of losses

A Republican has not occupied a Maryland U.S. Senate seat since the year that the hit movie &ldquo;The Empire Strikes Back&rdquo; was released. That was 1980.

April 29, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Not only are Republicans trying to regain control of the Senate, but they’re also trying to break a couple of decades-long losing streaks along the way. Read story

FILE - Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden&#039;s administration has delayed a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid angering Black voters ahead of November elections.

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

FILE - Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden&#039;s administration has delayed a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid angering Black voters ahead of November elections.

April 28, 2024, 3:35pm Business

President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. Read story

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he departs for Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, April 28, 2024.

Top diplomat Blinken will visit the Mideast again this coming week. What can he achieve this time?

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he departs for Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, April 28, 2024.

April 28, 2024, 2:34pm Nation & World

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began more than six months ago, the State Department said Saturday. Read story

Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

April 28, 2024, 2:33pm Nation & World

The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Joe Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday but went all but unmentioned by participants inside, with Biden instead using the annual White House correspondents’ dinner to make both jokes and grim warnings about Republican rival Donald Trump’s… Read story

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#039;s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Biden and Netanyahu speak as pressure grows on Israel and Hamas to reach a cease-fire deal

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#039;s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 27, 2024.

April 28, 2024, 12:13pm Latest News

The White House on Sunday said President Joe Biden had again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a cease-fire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza. Read story