Senate Republicans block bill to protect Americans' access to contraception  —  Democrats expected the GOP to filibuster the legislation and brought it up to make a point to voters ahead of the 2024 election, viewing reproductive rights as a winning issue.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans …

The Two-Time Trump Voters Who Have Had Enough  —  The day after former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felonies, I sat down for a focus group with nine voters from across the country who voted for him twice and don't want to vote for him again.  They are not, however, all committed to voting for President Joe Biden instead.

Clash Over Phone Hacking Article Preceded Exit of Washington Post Editor  —  Will Lewis, the chief executive of The Washington Post, objected to coverage of a legal development involving him in a phone hacking case.  —  Weeks before the embattled executive editor of The Washington Post abruptly resigned …

Speaker Johnson appoints two Trump allies to a committee that handles classified intelligence  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee, positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn …

NYPD preparing to revoke Donald Trump's license to carry a gun after felony conviction in New York  —  The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump's license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN.  —  Trump's New York concealed carry license …

Ex-NASCAR Driver and Son Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Cops on Jan. 6  —  NEED FOR SPEED  —  Jarret Scott went on an expletive-laden rant after officers shoved Tighe Scott away from them, calling them “vaginas” and shouting, “You knocked down my father!”

Byron Donalds expresses nostalgia for the Jim Crow era, when ‘the Black family was together’  —  The Trump surrogate's comments, made during a Black voter outreach event in Philadelphia, sparked outrage from Democrats.  —  PHILADELPHIA — Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) suggested that Black families …

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Exclusive: Biden tells Muir US weapons will not be used to strike Moscow, Kremlin  —  Biden is in Normandy commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.  —  ABC News' David Muir sat down exclusively with President Joe Biden in Normandy, France, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2024.

Alito's account of the upside-down flag doesn't fully add up.  Here's why.  —  A look at the major discrepancies in Justice Samuel Alito's comments about controversial flags flown at his property and what he still has not fully answered.  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr …

D-Day's Lesson Impels Us to Deter Russia and China  —  On this day in 1944, the liberation of Western Europe began with immense sacrifice.  In a tribute delivered 40 years later from a Normandy cliff, President Ronald Reagan reminded us that “the boys of Pointe du Hoc” were “heroes who helped end a war.”

A win for the white grievance industry  —  Black women make up about 8% of the population in the United States.  But, according to a report by Project Diane, firms founded by Black women received 0.0006% of total funding from venture capitalists between 2009 and 2017.

Trade union says UK's Rwanda deportation policy makes officials break law  —  Government officials would be acting unlawfully by implementing Britain's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in breach of an order from Europe's human rights court, a civil servants' trade union told London's High Court on Thursday.

VP contenders Burgum, Vance, Rubio asked for documents from Trump team  —  The initial ask for documents reflect who tops Trump's list at this point.  —  Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D., Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.  —  Former President Donald Trump's campaign has begun …

'It's Really Shameful': House Republicans Accuse Rep. Troy Nehls of Stolen Valor Over Military Award Pin … House Republicans are accusing Rep. Troy Nehls of “stolen valor” for continuing to wear a lapel pin for infantrymen or Special Forces who fought in active combat.  —  “It matters.

Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over presidential contest  —  In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission.

Tommy Tuberville Tries to Argue Putin Has No Interest in Ukraine  —  WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...  “He doesn't want Ukraine,” Tuberville claimed.  “Hell, he's got enough land of his own.”  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin …

White dad stops daughter from shaking Black superintendent's hand - at school infamous for Nazi salute photo  —  The same high school made headlines in 2018 when a photo of students performing the Nazi salute emerged  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday

Trump: Critics saying he'd seek retribution are ‘wrong,’ but ‘I would have every right’ to go after opponents  —  Former President Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that critics claiming he'd seek retribution against political opponents are “wrong,” but he would have “every right” …