Johnson to tie avoiding government shutdown to voter eligibility measure

by admin | Sep 5, 2024 | Politics

Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — When Congress returns to Washington on Monday after summer recess, lawmakers will be staring down a looming government shutdown on Sept. 30 when funding is set to run out.But before they get down to brass tacks,...

ABC News releases rules for Sept. 10 debate between Harris and Trump

by admin | Sep 5, 2024 | Politics

Henrik5000/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — With less than a week until the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hosted by ABC News, the network on Wednesday released the set of rules that will govern the...

Harris breaks with Biden on capital gains tax in plan to spur small business growth

by admin | Sep 5, 2024 | Politics

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in North Hampton, New Hampshire, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Kacey Chapman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on...

Liz Cheney says she’s voting for Kamala Harris against Trump

by admin | Sep 5, 2024 | Politics

Liz Cheney attends Liz Cheney in Conversation with David Rubenstein at The 92nd Street Y, New York, June 26, 2023. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, a staunch critic of former President Donald Trump, announced...

Ketanji Brown Jackson says Harris’s nomination ‘gives a lot of people hope’

by admin | Sep 4, 2024 | Politics

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s nomination as the first Black and Asian woman nominee for U.S. president “gives a lot of people hope” that greater equality of...

More than 30 Republicans file amicus brief against Tennessee’s transgender care ban

by admin | Sep 4, 2024 | Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A group of more than 30 current and former Republican officials filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday condemning a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming medical care for trans youth.“States have no...