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When it comes to actually creating wealth through the stock market, it's hard to do better than President Joe Biden. Not only has the market’s performance under Biden outpaced Trump, but all three major indexes hit new record highs on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Dow Jones Index cracked the 40,000 barrier for the first time. 

Most voters know who killed Roe. The ones who don't could still matter

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The House Judiciary Committee met on Thursday to discuss whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. The charge? That the Department of Justice has refused to hand over the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The DOJ has already turned over a transcript of the interview.

Democrats may be in the minority in the Missouri Senate, but you wouldn't know it after they staged an epic filibuster that just forced Republicans to abandon a cynical ploy to undermine direct democracy and thwart abortion rights.

At a Wisconsin rally last month, Donald Trump bragged that he would debate President Joe Biden "anytime, anyplace."

The legislation deletes more than 50 lines of previous state statutes dealing with climate change.

Michael Cohen will face cross-examination on Thursday at Donald Trump’s trial for falsifying documents to protect his campaign in the 2016 election. 

It’s official: Visiting Donald Trump at his criminal trial in New York is the thing to do in the Republican Party.

A scary time of year is approaching as the Atlantic hurricane season is usually predicted to take place from June 1 through Nov. 30, and National Hurricane Preparedness Week took place last week here in the U.S. from May 5 to 11. I have frequently criticized our media for paying too little attention to Caribbean weather events. News organizations tend to focus on storms that may wind up hitting Florida or the Gulf Coast, ignoring mitigation efforts and the impact on island nations that sit on the front lines. Читать дальше...

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The New York Times posted a seemingly eye-catching headline Wednesday about its recent Siena battleground state poll, claiming that 17% of voters blame President Joe Biden for the end of Roe v. Wade.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.

During the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Jim Jordan invited several witnesses to testify, including former Trump attorney James Trusty, Trump ally Robert Costello, and the executive director of right-wing activist group America First Legal, Gene Hamilton.