Politics

(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 sperm or eggs. This […]

(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 option, which is not […]

Ryan Kang/Getty Images (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 by […]

(WASHINGTON) — Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump may well earn enough delegates to clinch the nominations for their respective parties on Tuesday, when four states and one territory will report election results. Should Trump be able to mathematically cross the Republican National delegate threshold then, the 2024 Republican race would be one of the […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck, who already announced he would not be seeking reelection, announced Tuesday he will leave Congress at the end of next week. “It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado’s 4th District in Congress for the past 9 years,” Buck said in a statement. […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump says one of his first acts if elected to a second term would be to “free” people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, whom Trump continues to claim are “wrongfully imprisoned.” He made that promise, presumably about using the presidential pardon power, […]

(WASHINGTON) — Amid a bitter election-year debate over illegal immigration, FBI Director Chris Wray told a Senate panel on Monday that dangerous individuals have entered the United States illegally at the southern border. “We have had dangerous individuals entering the United States have a variety of sources,” Wray said at the annual “Worldwide Threats” congressional […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony about what she was told of then-President Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 was contradicted, in part, by Trump’s driver that day, a new report from a Republican-led House committee claims. Hutchinson was a key witness in a previous, Democratic-led House select committee’s investigation of […]

(WASHINGTON) — As the relationship between President Joe Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has grown increasingly fraught and tense, a looming ground incursion into Gaza’s southernmost city has emerged as a new flashpoint — threatening to turn the allies even further against each other. Biden said Monday he has not had what he […]

(WASHINGTON) — A transcript of President Joe Biden’s interview with the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified information contradicts the president’s characterization of an exchange about the death of his son, Beau Biden, from brain cancer. “There’s even a reference that I don’t remember when my son died,” a visibly irate Biden told […]