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Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd (R) said on CNN's "New Day" on Monday that the U.S. “can do better” than having two “octogenarians” face off in the next presidential election, referring to President Biden, 79, and former President Trump, 76. “Well, the fact that we're talking about potentially two octogenarians as our choice in 2024,...

Democrats’ campaign arms in the House and Senate have outpaced that of their Republican counterparts for the month of July, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.  While the House Republicans’ campaign arm said in filings last week that it had raised $9.8 million last month, its Democratic counterpart said it had raised $13.5 million...

Elon Musk is calling for the dismissal of a Twitter shareholder lawsuit over his terminating his multibillion-dollar buyout deal — and subpoenaing the social media company’s former CEO as he fights a lawsuit from Twitter itself seeking to make him complete the takeover. The moves follow Musk’s unexpected announcement in July that he’d walk away...

A federal judge on Monday set a series of deadlines for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney as she considers whether Graham must testify before a grand jury probing whether former President Trump and his allies attempted to interfere with the 2020 election. A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily...

Story at a glance Discrimination charges have been filed against Walmart by a customer who said they were denied service because they are transgender. Skyler Hyatt, 36, in a complaint filed with the Illinois Human Rights Department this month, said Walmart employees at two stores last year refused to cash a money order because he...

The use of marijuana and hallucinogens reached an all-time high among young adults in 2021, according to the results of a new study released by the National Institute of Health (NIH). The latest results from the NIH's Monitoring the Future (MTF) panel, which has been ongoing since 1975, found the rate of marijuana use among...

Today, at least 38 developing countries have climate adaptation plans to help unify national preparation efforts for current and future impacts — but not the United States.

Story at a glance New details from the United States Department of Agriculture's Organic Transition Initiative were announced Monday. The program infuses federal dollars into initiatives aimed at helping farmers navigate the process. Part of the funding is provided by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Monday announced details...

Educators in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday evening voted to go on strike days before students are set to return to classrooms in the state’s largest public school system. The Columbus Education Association (CEA), which represents roughly 4,000 employees, said 94 percent of its members voted to reject the school board’s latest offer, leading to the...

Story at a glance Few Americans currently have flood insurance, while many private companies are hesitant to offer coverage due to the devastating costs of flooding. This means many individuals receive coverage through the Federal Emergency Management System’s National Flood Insurance Program. But a restructuring of this program in 2021 saw rates rise for households,...

The implications are profound for law enforcement and compliance departments throughout the private sector.

Threats to democracy clocked in as the most important issue facing the country for a plurality of registered voters, according to an NBC News poll. The poll found that 21 percent of respondents ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue, followed by 16 percent who indicated the cost of living and 14 percent...

The Idaho law makes it a felony offense, with a mandatory minimum prison sentence of two years, for anyone to perform or assist with an abortion.

The percentage of Americans classified as suffering rose to a record high in July, according to a Gallup survey released Monday. The new poll found that 5.6 percent of Americans rate their lives poorly enough to be categorized as suffering. Gallup measures the life quality index of Americans as "thriving," "struggling" or "suffering" based on...

Correction: An earlier version misidentified the Republican State Leadership Committee. Republican enthusiasm about Hispanic voters and candidates tilting their way is extending into targeted activities in down-ballot state races and the battle for control of state legislatures.   The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), which supports down-ballot state legislative and state-level offices, has invested in its first...

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, leading the latest U.S. delegation to the self-governing island amid heightened tensions with China following Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) visit earlier this month. Holcomb's office said the delegation, which includes state and Purdue University officials, would meet with Taiwanese officials during a two-day trip to...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday said it would be “very difficult” for her to support Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) or Ted Cruz (R-Texas) after they objected to Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021. Cheney told ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl that both Ivy League-educated senators "know better." “Both of whom know exactly...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was charged under Pakistan’s antiterrorism law on Sunday, after delivering a speech on Saturday threatening senior police officers and a judge, according to multiple reports. The New York Times reported Khan, who was ousted in April through a no-confidence vote, railed during a rally in Islamabad against officials involved...

Three Arkansas police officers have been placed on leave after they were caught on camera beating an individual in the town of Mulberry, authorities said on Sunday. A video posted by KARK 4 News’s Mitchell McCoy shows two officers repeatedly punching and kicking the individual’s head and body as a third officer kept the person...

CNN anchor Jim Acosta clashed with former acting Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf on Sunday over his claims of election fraud. The exchange quickly became heated as Acosta pushed Wolf, who served under former President Trump, to say whether President Biden justly won the last election. "Who won the 2020 election?" Acosta asked after...

Former President Trump on Saturday called his former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao “crazy” and accused her and her family of working to “get rich on China.”  Trump’s attack came in a TruthSocial post knocking Chao’s husband, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), for saying the GOP might face a tight race to flip the Senate,...

Terrorism experts, law enforcement officials, U.S. military officials and dog breeders will gather next week in a Durham, N.C., hotel ballroom to try and reverse a dangerous national security deficit: the shortage of high-quality U.S.-bred detection dogs. On the agenda are sessions like, “Federal Procurement of Detection Dogs,” “National Standards & Certification for Explosives Detection...

Pennsylvania Democrats are holding onto slim leads in the state’s closely watched gubernatorial and Senate races, according to new polling.  A Trafalgar Group poll found that Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who is running against celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz for Senate, and Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is facing Doug Mastiano in the race for governor,...

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) leads her challenger by 7 points in the closely watched Nevada Senate race, according to a new Suffolk University-Reno Gazette-Journal poll. Forty-five percent of respondents indicated support for Cortez Masto, compared to 38 percent support for former state Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R). Twelve percent said they were undecided, while...

President Biden is finally set to take his show on the road. Biden and administration officials are set to tour the country to promote the sweeping climate, tax and health care bill that the president and Democrats hope will bolster their standing ahead of November’s crucial midterm elections. But the tour comes in the shadow...