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(CHICAGO) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is on the defensive after all seven members of the Chicago Board of Education announced their resignations Friday, an unprecedented moment in the city's history, in protest of a $300 million loan Johnson proposed to fund teachers' contracts and pensions.The Chicago City Council called…

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice presidential nominees Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz will campaign in Arizona on Wednesday as early voting begins in a state that could decide the presidential race and control of the Senate.Both Vance and Walz will hold rallies in Tucson on Wednesday. Vance will also participate…

(WASHINGTON) -- There is roughly a month left to go in the 2024 presidential race, yet Donald Trump has been ramping up his rhetoric to possibly challenge the outcome.For months, he's accused Democrats of cheating, threatened to prosecute election workers and falsely claimed noncitizens are being allowed in the country…

(NEW YORK) -- Vice President Kamala Harris went after Donald Trump for his false claims about FEMA in the wake of devastating storms in the Southeast during an appearance on ABC's "The View" on Tuesday."It's profound and it is the height of irresponsibility and, frankly, callousness," Harris said of Trump's…

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump has been spreading false claims about the Biden-Harris administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, including the baseless claim that the administration is using Federal Emergency Management Agency money to house illegal migrants. Some of Trump’s allies, including Elon Musk, have been amplifying those claims.Those claims…

(WASHINGTON) -- Election officials in Georgia and North Carolina said Monday that voting from their states in the presidential election in November will not be derailed by the damage left by Hurricane Helene even as crews continue to search for victims.Though parts of the two states were devastated by the…

(WASHINGTON) -- As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both taking a break from campaigning in battleground states on Monday to memorialize the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.Harris, alongside second gentleman Doug Emhoff, marked the…

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris indicated in a "60 Minutes" interview out Monday that she could get her economic policies through a Republican-controlled Congress, despite the potential for opposition from Republican lawmakers to her proposed tax breaks that drive up the federal deficit.In a clip of the interview released…

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris indicated in a "60 Minutes" interview out Monday that she could get her economic policies through a Republican-controlled Congress, despite the potential for opposition from Republican lawmakers to her proposed tax breaks that drive up the federal deficit.In a clip of the interview released…

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris, in an appearance on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, slammed Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently suggesting the presidential candidate isn't humble because she doesn't have biological children.Speaking to "Call Her Daddy" host Alex Cooper, who asked about Huckabee Sanders' remark, "My kids keep…