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Fifty-five percent of people said in a new survey said that pregnant women should be allowed to obtain a legal abortion if they want one for any reason, marking one of the highest shows of support on the issue since the 1970s.  The new Wall Street Journal-NORC at the University of Chicago poll found 77 percent of...

More than a third of Americans say they are worried that they or one of their family members will contract a seasonal respiratory virus like the flu, COVID-19 or RSV in the coming months, though vaccine enthusiasm appears to be middling at best. The survey was conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called out Democratic strategist Donna Brazile on Sunday, maintaining she "intentionally mispronounced" his name during a TV appearance. The presidential candidate responded to a clip from "Real Time with Bill Maher" in which Brazile, the former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), questioned how to pronounce Ramaswamy's name....

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A Senate committee on Monday subpoenaed the CEOs of Big Tech companies to testify before Congress about efforts to protect children online. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the ranking member of the committee, announced they issued subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap and X,...

A federal appeals court issued a ruling on Monday deeming only the U.S. government, not private citizens and civil rights groups, can sue under the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would deal a major blow to the anti-discriminatory protections included in the landmark law. The ruling, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Democratic Rep. Tony Cárdenas (Calif.) will not run for reelection in 2024 after nearly three decades in public service, according to the congressman's office. A staffer with Cárdenas's office confirmed a Los Angeles Times report on Monday about the California Democrat's decision. Cárdenas told the Times it will be the first time in 28 years...

President Biden will celebrate his 81st birthday with his family on Nantucket, with a side of coconut cake, the White House says. The president and first lady Jill Biden will travel to the Massachusetts island on Tuesday, the day after his birthday, and remain there through the Thanksgiving holiday. Joe Biden spent his birthday on Monday...

Since taking office during the peak of the global COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden has steered America through one of the most tumultuous global economic upheavals in modern history. While some economists doubtedBiden and the Democrats’ approach to economic recovery, the long sought-after “soft landing” is within arm’s reach. And yet, after the passage of multiple landmark bills...

A Texas state senator is seeking to block a wave of local anti-abortion measures — in particular, a rising number of bans that seek to bar women seeking an out-of-state procedure from traveling through specific counties. State Sen. Nate Johnson (D) introduced a bill that would prohibit such bans Monday on the heels of a Republican-led...

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights group, on Monday released its annual report on fatal violence against transgender and gender-nonconforming people in the U.S., describing the past year as an “epidemic of violence” targeting the community. At least 33 transgender and gender-nonconforming people were killed in the past 12 months,...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. currently leads the pack of 2024 presidential candidates with a high favorability rating among respondents in a Harvard CAPS-Harris survey. The poll, published Monday and shared with The Hill, found that 52 percent of respondents said they have a favorable opinion of Kennedy, while 27 percent of respondents...

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Steele said in an interview that former President Trump deserves to be jailed for his consistent attacks on judges and court officials, often in violation of court order. “It's enormously dangerous,” he said Saturday on MSNBC. “I'm just shocked that we've allowed this to get this far.” Steele...

A three-judge appeals court panel expressed skepticism of former President Trump’s attempt to throw out the gag order in his federal 2020 election subversion case, but the judges Monday did seem open to narrowing the order’s scope. Trump’s legal team contends the gag order, which bars Trump from targeting key figures in his case —...

Three out of five respondents believe President Biden knew of his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, a new survey conducted by Harvard’s Center for American Political Studies, Harris X and The Harris Poll found. Sixty percent of respondents think that Biden “helped and participated in Hunter Biden’s business,” while 40 percent said they think the...

The November economic report showed that inflation slowed again last month — and that’s a good sign for working families this holiday season. This is an expensive time of year for a lot of folks, and too many are still struggling to make ends meet. It’s so important that Democrats passed laws to cap the...

The Biden campaign Monday laid out the stakes of the 2024 election when it comes to gun violence, warning that a second term for former President Trump would “cost more American lives.” In a memo shared first with The Hill titled “Trump’s America in 2025: More Guns, More Shootings, More Deaths,” the Biden campaign cited...

Texas State University has been selected as the host for the first 2024 general election White House debate, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday. Scheduled for Sept. 16, the first of four planned debates is set to be held at the San Marcos school, though it is unclear if the general election events will...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says he believes that his Republican colleagues will soon reach a deal with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) to clear the Alabama senator’s holds on more than 350 military promotions, averting the possibility that Democrats will advance a resolution to effectively change the Senate’s rules.  Cruz acknowledged in an interview with conservative...

He can and should use the weapons and money that the U.S. gives Israel as persuasive levers.

Those hosting Thanksgiving and living in the Northeast might suffer the biggest hit to their wallet this year. In the most expensive food region, the Thanksgiving haul will set you back an average of $64.38.  Trailing slightly behind are the households in the West, which will pay $63.89, noticeably more than those in the South,...

The Biden administration is offering a second round of free COVID-19 tests through the mail ahead of a potential winter increase in cases. The website Covidtests.gov opened for new orders Monday. Households will be able to order up to four tests, though anyone who did not order a batch of four tests in September will be...

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Monday — happy Thanksgiving week! I’m thankful for all of you who come here every day for me to break down the news, politics, pop culture and quirky online references. I truly have so much fun writing it and appreciate you all! It’s a pretty quiet week in Washington, D.C., but...

President Biden made a few jokes about his age while pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House, an annual tradition that fell on his 81st birthday. He thanked the chairman of the National Turkey Federation and said when he met him and his family earlier, they sang "Happy Birthday" to the president. Then, he joked that...