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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Bear, Del. Biden on Thursday is heading to Belvidere, Ill., to celebrate an auto plant that has reopened as part of the resolution of a targeted strike by the United Auto Workers union.

Joe Biden wants to complete his goals on civil rights, taxes, and social services if he’s reelected

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Bear, Del. Biden on Thursday is heading to Belvidere, Ill., to celebrate an auto plant that has reopened as part of the resolution of a targeted strike by the United Auto Workers union.

November 12, 2023, 5:21pm Politics

President Joe Biden has a simple reelection pitch to voters — let him “finish the job.” Read story

FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S.

U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on U.S. troops

FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S.

November 12, 2023, 4:24pm Nation & World

The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, hitting a training location and a weapons facility, according to the Pentagon and U.S. officials. It marks the third time in a bit more than two weeks that the U.S. has retaliated against the militants for… Read story

FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.  Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown. (AP Photo/J.

House Republicans look to pass two-step package to avoid partial government shutdown

FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.  Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown. (AP Photo/J.

November 12, 2023, 12:21pm Latest News

House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his proposal on Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2. Read story

Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, right, Rich McCormick, R-Ga., left, and Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., leave the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

House GOP eyes trans care as newest battleground issue

Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, right, Rich McCormick, R-Ga., left, and Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., leave the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

November 12, 2023, 6:00am Politics

House Republicans who waged fierce political battles over Obamacare and abortion after that have found a new focus as the lead-up to the 2024 elections: gender-affirming care for transgender Americans. Read story

FILE - A police officer stands beside an entrance to the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse, Aug. 15, 2023, in Fort Pierce, Fla. A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned prosecutors Wednesday about whether starting the trial in May as scheduled is feasible.

Federal judge declines to push back Trump’s classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines

FILE - A police officer stands beside an entrance to the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse, Aug. 15, 2023, in Fort Pierce, Fla. A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned prosecutors Wednesday about whether starting the trial in May as scheduled is feasible.

November 10, 2023, 7:56am Latest News

A federal judge in Florida declined for now to postpone former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial but did push back several pre-trial deadlines in the case. Read story

This image from House Television video shows House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., announcing Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, the vote total as the House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.

House Speaker Johnson is running out of time to avoid shutdown

This image from House Television video shows House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., announcing Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, the vote total as the House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.

November 9, 2023, 1:47pm Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson, the little-known Louisiana congressman who emerged from a hardliner revolt as House Republicans’ new leader, is short on both time and experience to avert a US government shutdown. Read story

Democrats postpone a subpoena vote in the Supreme Court ethics probe after a blowup with Republicans

November 9, 2023, 12:59pm Politics

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned a meeting on Thursday without holding an expected vote on subpoenas for two conservatives who have helped arrange luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices. Read story

Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders &mdash; including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl &mdash; while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday&rsquo;s election.

Suspicious letter sent to Tacoma elections office was postmarked from Portland

Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders &mdash; including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl &mdash; while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday&rsquo;s election.

November 9, 2023, 12:30pm Latest News

Authorities on Thursday were trying to determine who sent suspicious letters, including some containing fentanyl or other substances, to local election offices, an attack that appears to have targeted multiple states in the latest instance of threats faced by election workers around the country. Read story

FBI head cites a ‘potential conflict of interest’ in the selection process for a new headquarters

November 9, 2023, 11:16am Politics

The contentious debate over a new FBI headquarters intensified further Thursday as the director said he was concerned about a “potential conflict of interest" in the site selection and the White House defended the process as “fair and transparent.” But a senator said there a clear need for a federal… Read story

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.

Israel agrees to 4-hour daily pauses in Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee, White House says

Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip along Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.

November 9, 2023, 8:09am Latest News

Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza starting on Thursday, the White House said, as President Joe Biden pressed Israelis for a multi-day stoppage in the fighting in a bid to release hostages held by the militant group. Read story