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Andrew Cuomo spars with congressional subcommittee over COVID management
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo testified before adversarial members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Tuesday afternoon.
The heated discussion revolved around the former governor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, largely regarding nursing home-related deaths at the beginning of the outbreak.
Subcommittee ...Read more
Disney's request to restore ABC for Trump-Harris debate touches off more squabbling
The Walt Disney Co.'s proposal for a partial, temporary detente as the blackout of its channels on DirecTV and U-Verse stretches into its 10th day has devolved into another round of bickering.
Early Tuesday, Disney offered to restore the ABC network to DirecTV, U-Verse and DirecTV Stream customers for tonight's highly anticipated debate between...Read more
Missouri Supreme Court keeps abortion rights measure on November ballot, ending challenge
Missouri voters will decide on Nov. 5 whether to overturn the state’s abortion ban after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared away a final effort by anti-abortion activists to block a vote on a landmark proposal enshrining a right to abortion in the state constitution.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the proposed amendment to the ...Read more
Missouri abortion rights supporters argue 'last minute' push to bar amendment is unprecedented
An attorney for a campaign to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that the amendment should stay on the Nov. 5 ballot, arguing against a Cole County judge’s ruling.
The court is weighing whether to remove the amendment, called Amendment 3, from the ballot, a major decision that will decide ...Read more
Election oversight continues to dominate, divide House Administration panel
With less than two months to go before November’s elections, Republicans on the House Administration Committee are keeping up a drumbeat: Are we ready?
That’s what they plan to ask six secretaries of state at a hearing Wednesday, including those from the battleground states of Arizona and Michigan.
Since Chairman Bryan Steil took the reins...Read more
ACLU drops suit against Michigan canvasser over election certification duties
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has resolved a recently filed lawsuit against a Republican canvasser in Kalamazoo County who said he would not certify the Nov. 5 election if it unfolded in a fashion similar to the 2020 presidential election.
The ACLU filed suit last week in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court arguing canvasser Robert ...Read more
Fracking, energy policy fight looms over Harris, Trump campaigns in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said more than a month ago that she no longer favored a ban on fracking — an issue that has dogged her campaign in the must-win battleground of Pennsylvania.
The Keystone State is the second-largest producer of natural gas in the country and a state that President Joe Biden narrowly won four years ...Read more
Michigan GOP lawmaker says Secretary of State Benson will be 'prosecuted' if Trump wins
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan state Rep. Matt Maddock, a Republican and ally of Donald Trump, says Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson "will be prosecuted and convicted" if the former president wins another term in the White House this fall.
However, Maddock, who received Trump's endorsement in 2022 for the state House, didn't identify ...Read more
DeSantis demands Republicans publicly oppose amendment to add abortion rights to Florida Constitution
Gov. Ron DeSantis is demanding that elected Florida Republicans join him in opposition to the proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution. And he wants some of their campaign money to help fund the effort to defeat Amendment 4.
DeSantis laid down the political law for Republicans on Saturday night in Broward...Read more
Mother of Rachel Morin testifies before US House committee, says border concerns are not 'some partisan thing'
WASHINGTON — The mother of Rachel Morin, whose murder in Harford County last year has become part of the national border security debate, tearfully told a U.S. House committee Tuesday that “we need to close the borders” and that her concerns are not “some partisan thing.”
Sobbing at times, Patty Morin described “the horrors that my ...Read more
Congress honors 13 servicemembers killed as US pulled out of Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — House and Senate leaders on Tuesday commemorated 13 U.S. servicemembers killed by a suicide bomber three years ago at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, pausing for an hour the ongoing partisan blame-casting over the attack.
The four leaders headlined the solemn ceremony in a packed Capitol Rotunda at which the sacrifice of each of the ...Read more
Who is Linsey Davis, the ABC News anchor moderating the presidential debate and South Jersey native?
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be in Philadelphia on Tuesday for their long-awaited presidential debate — and a South Jersey native is co-moderating the event.
Tuesday's debate at the National Constitution Center follows weeks of back-and-forth between the Harris and Trump campaigns. The ...Read more
Meet the Harris-Trump debate moderators: ABC News' David Muir and Linsey Davis
ABC News gets the spotlight Tuesday when its anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis moderate the first, and probably only, 2024 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
The event will be held at Constitution Hall in Philadelphia without an audience starting at 6 p.m. Pacific. While ABC News is ...Read more
Washington gubernatorial debate: How to watch Ferguson and Reichert square off
Today promises to be a high-stakes political spectacle as voters tune in for a doubleheader of debates.
The evening kicks off with the much-anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at 6 p.m. Pacific time, when the presidential candidates will clash over key national issues.
Immediately after the...Read more
Donald Trump and most Georgia House Republicans hold on to false election claims
PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump and most of his Republican congressional allies from Georgia still embrace allegations of a stolen election in 2020 even as GOP leaders warn the false narrative could cost them at the ballot box this year.
At least five of Georgia’s nine Republicans in the U.S. House have promoted falsehoods about widespread ...Read more
Debate night comes to Philadelphia, the new center of the political world
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphians have always known that our city is the center of the universe. For today and the next 55 days, so will everyone else.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday night for a debate that's so historic and potentially pivotal that it's nearly impossible to fit into one sentence ...Read more
Who is Linsey Davis, the ABC News anchor moderating the presidential debate and South Jersey native?
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be in Philadelphia on Tuesday for their long-awaited presidential debate — and a South Jersey native is co-moderating the event.
Tuesday's debate at the National Constitution Center follows weeks of back-and-forth between the Harris and Trump campaigns. The ...Read more
Congress has limited time to keep its word on tech legislation
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have a handful of working days left and a lot of heavy lifting to keep their promises of enacting laws to protect kids online, expand affordable high-speed internet, regulate the use of artificial intelligence in elections and campaigns, and restore authority to auction wireless spectrum.
All four issues have seen some ...Read more
Editorial: Fraud prevention or dirty tricks? Florida abortion amendment might be under attack again
With weeks before Florida voters start casting mail and early ballots in the fall elections, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has pulled an unprecedented move that appears intent to undermine a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights.
Florida’s Department of State has sent requests to supervisors of elections in four ...Read more
In Congress, Walz championed tough fiscal medicine
WASHINGTON — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz once signaled support for a controversial deficit reduction plan that would have cut entitlement programs and raised taxes across the board, a review of Walz’s record as a House lawmaker shows.
The Minnesota governor, who served in the House from 2007 through 2018, during those ...Read more
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