President Biden criticized House Republicans on Monday for their refusal to hike the debt limit without securing spending cuts, arguing that it took 200 years to accumulate the national debt under both parties.
Former President Donald Trump on Monday bolstered his legal team with a white-collar criminal defense lawyer and traveled to Manhattan, where heavy security precautions were erected ahead of his court arraignment and booking as the first ex-president to be charged with crimes.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Monday the list of 33 competitive Republican-held or open districts nationwide that it will target in its bid to recapture the House majority in 2024.
The Florida Senate on Monday approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks, a measure supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis as the Republican prepares to launch his expected presidential candidacy.
Chicago will choose its next mayor on Tuesday, and the two candidates are making their closing pitches. Paul Vallas has been focused on crime. Brandon Johnson is making an appeal to racism.
The arrival of Donald Trump in Manhattan on Monday, followed by his arraignment in a city court on Tuesday, poses special challenges for the U.S. Secret Service.
Riley Gaines, a Division I swimmer who competed against transgender swimming celebrity Lia Thomas, went viral last week when asking a University of Pittsburgh anthropology professor a simple question: "If you were to dig up a human, two humans, 100 years from now, both man and woman, could you tell the difference, strictly off of bones?"