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(NEW YORK) -- As former President Donald Trump's new running mate, JD Vance, faces renewed scrutiny over his previous comments criticizing childless individuals, an unearthed 2021 interview shows the Ohio senator advocating for higher taxes on Americans without children.The comments came in a 2021 episode of The Charlie Kirk Show…

(WASHINGTON) -- A Fox News interview from 2021, in which Sen. JD Vance smeared Vice President Kamala Harris as a "childless cat lady," has resurfaced since he became the Republican vice presidential nominee, sparking widespread anger.In the clip, Vance questioned Democrats -- including Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S.…

(WASHINGTON) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Joe Biden at the White House Thursday to discuss the U.S.-Israeli relationship amid tensions over the ongoing conflict in Gaza and a changing political landscape in the U.S."Welcome back, Mr. Prime Minister. We got a lot to talk about," Biden…

(WASHINGTON) -- Project 2025, a 922-page playbook of controversial policy proposals intended to guide the next conservative administration, is gaining attention as the presidential election campaigns heat up.Project 2025 has been authored by at least two dozen members of Donald Trump's administration and allies, organized by conservative think tank The…

(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson will make a trip out West late Thursday to visit the southern border shared with California and Mexico -- an effort to take criticisms of the Biden administration's border policies outside Washington, D.C.The visit will include a press conference along a border fence called "Whiskey…

(WASHINGTON) -- A group of prominent Black Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled Project FREEDOM, a new plan aimed at countering Project 2025, a controversial 922-page plan to overhaul the federal government led by a conservative Washington think tank and other politically aligned organizations.President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris…

(NEW YORK) -- The New York judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial on Thursday denied an attempt to kick him off the case.Trump had tried to get Judge Arthur Engoron kicked off the case, alleging violations of the rules governing how judges are supposed to behave.Trump's…

(LAS VEGAS) -- A Nevada man has been arrested after he threatened several government officials, including the New York judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial and the prosecutor who brought the case, according to an indictment unsealed in Las Vegas.Spencer Gear, 32, allegedly made phone…

(WASHINGTON) -- A Justice Department watchdog on Thursday found that former Attorney General Bill Barr and a Trump-appointed former U.S. Attorney ran afoul of Justice Department policy in their "unusual" handling of a criminal investigation of mail-in ballots during the 2020 election.Trump later amplified the investigation to support his baseless…

(WASHINGTON) -- After more than three years supporting President Joe Biden's policy agenda as his deputy, Vice President Kamala Harris must articulate her own agenda for her presidential campaign -- and the first term that could follow.Since Biden announced on Sunday that he was leaving the 2024 race, Harris has…