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Abortion access defines key New York congressional races
Several New York Democrats acknowledged that Republicans are more aggressively counterpunching on the issue of abortion in the 2024 election cycle.
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Stormy Daniels' former attorney returning to the stand in Trump trial
An attorney who represented two women seeking payments in 2016 for their silence about alleged sexual encounters with Donald Trump will continue his testimony Thursday.
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Blinken opposes Netanyahu's plan for Rafah invasion
In a visit to Israel on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated the U.S. does not support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv.
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GOP-led Arizona Senate to vote on repealing 1864 abortion ban
A similar repeal of Arizona's 1864 abortion ban passed the GOP-controlled House last week, and Gov. Katie Hobbs has said she'd sign the measure.
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Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people
The Biden administration said it's erasing debt for people who attended the for-profit Art Institutes, which shut down in September.
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Greene says she will force vote next week on ousting speaker
Rep. Marjorie Tyalor Greene has dangled the threat of dethroning Johnson since late March after he relied on Democrats to push through a $1.2 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
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Democrats hold upstate New York U.S. Congress seat in special election
Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election for the New York congressional seat left vacant by Democrat Brian Higgins' departure from Congress.
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Searches on Americans in FBI foreign intelligence database fell in 2023
The FBI's searches, some of which were deemed to be improper in the past, were a flashpoint in a months-long fight in Congress over the reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA.
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Trump held in contempt as "hush money" trial continues
Former President Trump was held in contempt and threatened with jail time for violating the gag order in his criminal "hush money" trial. Tuesday's proceedings also heard testimony from Stormy Daniels' former lawyer. Jericka Duncan reports.
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White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees
The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians fleeing war-torn Gaza to the U.S. as refugees, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News.
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Sen. Nicole Mitchell's vote helps defeat call for her own resignation in Minnesota Senate
A motion in the Minnesota Senate to call for the resignation of bemired DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed Tuesday. This came after a GOP-led effort to strip her of voting powers failed Monday.
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DEA will move to reclassify marijuana in historic shift, sources say
The proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some other drugs.
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Congressional Black Caucus chairman on Biden's efforts to appeal to Black voters
With economic development at the forefront, the Biden campaign is tapping Vice President Kamala Harris to win over Black voters.
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Who are Trump's potential VP picks? Here are some who are in the running
Some of the names coming up most consistently have been on Trump's list for months, while other candidates seem to be sliding out of favor.
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Hakeem Jeffries says House Democrats will block effort to oust Mike Johnson
If Rep. Majorie Tayler Greene invokes the motion the vacate, "it will not succeed," House Democrats said in a statement Tuesday.
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Schemes targeting seniors account for $3.4 billion in reported losses, FBI says
Reports of elder fraud crimes increased by 14% in 2023, according to a new federal report.
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Trump held in contempt for violating gag order in "hush money" trial. Here's why.
Judge Juan Merchan said Trump violated the order nine times in recent weeks and fined him $1,000 for each violation.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik seeks probe of special counsel Jack Smith
Rep. Elise Stefanik sent a letter to the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility calling on it to open an investigation into special counsel Jack Smith.
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