Derek White/Getty Images for DNC (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is not considering stepping down, the White House said Wednesday as it furiously did damage control amid Democrats’ mounting concerns about the 2024 election and Biden’s ability to carry out his campaign after his shaky debate performance. Facing rapid-fire questionsRead More →
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that Kentucky’s then-law requiring that a copy of the Ten Commandments be posted in public classrooms “had no secular legislative purpose” and was “plainly religious in nature.” Nearly twenty years before that, the Supreme Court ruled that school-sponsoredRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some of the Democratic governors meeting with President Joe Biden Wednesday evening at the White House are saying beforehand they hope to hear candidly from him about the path forward for his reelection campaign, and to get a sense of how he plans to speakRead More →
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two Union soldiers who 162 years ago took part in one of America’s first special operations will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Wednesday. Descendants of Pvt. George Wilson and Pvt. Shadrach received a long-awaited call from the WhiteRead More →
President of the United States Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on June 27, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — At a campaign fundraiser in McLean, Virginia, on Tuesday evening, President Joe Biden — forRead More →
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and former U.S. President Donald Trump during the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Democratic donors remain torn as the Biden campaign continues to try to calm worries from supporters and partyRead More →
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a long-awaited decision, the United States Supreme Court found that former President Donald Trump has some executive immunity for official acts committed as president, leaving experts concerned that the decision has drastically expanded presidential powers and dealt a blow to checks and balances.Read More →
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case delayed until September following Tuesday’s decision by Judge Juan Merchan, the judge now faces the task of applying the Supreme Court’s new test for the limits of presidential immunity to the former president’s criminalRead More →
Law enforcement members watch as the Thompson fire burns over Lake Oroville in Oroville, California on July 2, 2024. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Three firefighters sustained heat-related injuries while battling the Thompson Fire in Butte County, California, as red flag conditions persist in the area, accordingRead More →
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (LAFAYETTE, Wis.) — A house in Lafayette, Wisconsin exploded Tuesday afternoon, officials said. One man who was in the home at the time was taken to the hospital by helicopter, according to Elkhorn Fire Chief Trent Eichmann. It took 30 to 40 minutes for firefighters to getRead More →
