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Gun violence, presidential debate, election, Trump, Biden, Russia, Olympics, NBA Draft: Daily Briefing

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The U.S. Surgeon General demanded an approach to gun violence that involves warning labels on firearms. Progressives fight a precarious battle in ...

Court rulings leave student loan borrowers waiting for Biden relief

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The White House on Tuesday vowed to appeal two court rulings that have paused parts of a major repayment program affecting the ...

Wells Fargo employees fired after fake work, keyboard simulator probe

Business
Jessica Roberts

More than a dozen Wells Fargo employees were fired last month following an investigation about the bankers “fake working,” Bloomberg reported.  The ...

Many Senate Republicans were done with Trump after Jan. 6. Now they want him back in the White House

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years ago, Donald Trump had few friends left in the Senate. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared in ...

Why Senate Democrats Are Outperforming Biden in Key States

Politics
Amanda Smith

RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. — It was a Pride Weekend in Wisconsin, a natural time for the state’s pathbreaking, openly gay senator to ...

Milei’s radical overhaul advances in Argentina’s Senate as protesters clash with police

World
David Turner

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate began what’s likely to be an all-night voting marathon on the details of President Javier ...

Biden to secure 200th judicial confirmation as election looms

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is set to secure U.S. Senate confirmation of his 200th appointment to the federal ...

Kentucky primary election results are in. Takeaways after voting

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Primary races decided Tuesday night around Kentucky have set the table for the general election in November. While no U.S. congressional incumbents ...

Maryland Democrats battle for party’s future — and control of the Senate

Politics
Amanda Smith

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Maryland’s Senate race was supposed to be a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. Instead, it’s ...

Ex-GOP Gov. Hogan is popular with some Maryland Democrats, but not enough to put him in the Senate

Politics
Amanda Smith

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Some Maryland Democrats have a soft spot for Larry Hogan, their former two-term Republican governor in a heavily ...