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Biden travels to battleground Wisconsin after clinching Democratic nomination
(MILWAUKEE) -- President Joe Biden is continuing his campaign ramp-up with a visit to battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday, a day after he clinched the Democratic nomination.Biden's first stop will be an official event to talk infrastructure at a Boys & Girls Club. He's going to tout millions in funding for…
House passes bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don’t sell the popular app
(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the U.S.If enacted, the bill would give ByteDance six months to divest from TikTok before app stores would start prohibiting access.The final…
After Orban says Trump won’t fund Ukraine, Trump campaign says Europe should pay more of war costs
(WASHINGTON) -- After Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed in a recent interview that former President Donald Trump told him he would suspend U.S. military aid to Ukraine to end its conflict with Russia, the Trump campaign is doubling down on Trump's previous comments that other countries should pay more…
Threats to ‘high-profile’ officials at their homes are on the rise: DHS
(WASHINGTON) -- Threats to high-profile officials are on the rise, and would-be attackers seeking to cause harm or fear are increasingly trying to hit them where they live -- literally -- according to a new federal intelligence bulletin.A concerning "recent uptick" in personal residences targeted has left well-known people in…
Criminal referrals emerge as possible ‘exit strategy’ of struggling Biden impeachment inquiry, sources say
(WASHINGTON) -- Last week, one of the Republican congressman who has been spearheading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden floated a new path forward for his embattled probe: issuing "criminal referrals," recommending prosecution, to the Department of Justice."At the end of the day, what does accountability look like? It…
Biden and Trump become 2024’s presumptive nominees as rematch kicks off
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respectively, after another round of voting on Tuesday, ABC News projects based on the ABC News delegate estimate.That officially begins a nearly eight-month-long general election battle that has, in some ways, already…
RFK Jr. wants Aaron Rodgers or Jesse Ventura to be his running mate
(NEW YORK) -- New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura top the list of Robert F. Kennedy's potential running mates -- though the independent candidate has not made a formal offer to either man.In a text, Kennedy himself confirmed the news, which was first reported…
‘Uncommitted’ voters in Washington primary hope to keep pressuring Biden on Israel’s war in Gaza
(OLYMPIA, Wash.) -- Organizers in Washington state have been leading an effort to encourage Democratic voters to cast their ballots for the "uncommitted" option on Tuesday, in the latest example of a protest movement against President Joe Biden's stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.The push to choose the uncommitted…
VA to expand IVF policies to include single, same-sex married veterans
(WASHINGTON) -- The department of Veterans Affairs will soon provide in vitro fertilization to eligible veterans who are single or in same-sex marriages -- coming after criticism of the agency's lack of reproductive benefits for some veterans.The VA announced Monday that it will also provide IVF to veterans using donated…
White House announces $300 million military aid package for Ukraine
(WASHINGTON) -- With new aid for Ukraine stalled in Congress since December, the White House on Tuesday announced it had cobbled together another $300 million in military assistance to use as a stopgap measure."The package includes munitions and rounds to help Ukraine hold the line against Russia's brutal attacks for…