ATLANTA — Atlanta has been host to a vice presidential debate and multiple party primary debates, but there’s never been a general election presidential debate here.

That will change in June, when President Joe Biden joins former President Donald Trump in a forum sponsored by CNN. It will be the first televised clash between them since 2020...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other Democrats put it in no uncertain terms Wednesday: Congress must act fast to ward off threats to U.S. elections posed by deceptive artificial intelligence.

“If we’re not careful, AI has the potential to jaundice or even totally discredit our election systems,” Schumer said ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Jamaal Bowman lashed out Wednesday against a pro-Israel political action committee that has launched a $1.8 million ad campaign against him in his contentious Democratic congressional primary.

Bowman, D-N.Y., accused the United Democracy Project, which is tied to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, of spending ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a decision by two Trump-appointed judges in Louisiana and restored a state election map that may allow Black voters to elect a Democrat to Congress this fall.

The justices were acting on emergency appeals from civil rights lawyers as well as Louisiana's Republican leaders. Both supported ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials expressed confidence Wednesday about the government’s ability to safeguard U.S. elections but noted the threat landscape remains complex with the presence of foreign adversaries and generative artificial intelligence.

The officials appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a wide-...Read more

After being declared the winner in the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, state Sen. Sarah Elfreth thought about all the work that brought her to this moment — on the campaign trail and in the state Senate.

People said “they were voting for me because of the way I’ve represented my Senate district and that’s...Read more

ATLANTA — CNN has been home to plenty of bad news the past couple of years: shrinking ratings, management upheaval and key anchors losing jobs.

But the network can take a victory lap Wednesday for snagging the first presidential debate of 2024 on June 27. And in a move that should boost morale for the 1,000 or so Atlanta-based CNN employees, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who remains popular in California after winning the state's 2020 Democratic presidential primary, on Wednesday announced he is throwing his support behind two ballot measures related to rent control and restrictions on oil drilling.

"Landlords should not be allowed to raise rents to whatever they want, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday cleared legislation that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration at $105 billion over five years, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk well before a Friday deadline.

The 387-26 vote brings to a close eight months of negotiations and dissent over aviation policies that required four ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are preparing a vote this week on a bill that seeks to end President Joe Biden’s flexibility on delivering weapons to Israel as Democrats marshal their members to remain united in opposition in the closely divided chamber.

The legislation, introduced late last week, could pass with only Republican votes, but ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Three Republicans are battling it out in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District represented by Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford, who also faces one primary challenger.

Former North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee; David Flippo, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and a financial adviser in Las Vegas; and Bruce Frazey, a business owner ...Read more

President Joe Biden extended a formal offer to debate former President Donald Trump twice before the November election — though the overture came with a handful of conditions.

Trump quickly agreed to the debates, writing in a post on Truth Social, “Just tell me when, I’ll be there.” But, he strongly pushed back against two of Biden’s ...Read more

ATLANTA — Five Republican candidates and two Democrats are fighting to win their party’s nomination in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District in one of the state’s most competitive U.S. House primaries.

Yet, some of these candidates’ biggest financial supporters cannot cast a vote for them because they don’t live in the state.

Brian ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former president and current presumed GOP nominee Donald Trump will be in Lexington on Wednesday for a $25,000 minimum per-couple fundraiser.

The dinner’s timing is likely not coincidental. Trump has Wednesdays off from his ongoing criminal trial in New York, where he’s been charged with falsifying business records ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and his artificial intelligence working group on Wednesday backed a proposal for the federal government to spend at least $32 billion annually on non-defense related AI systems.

“No technology offers more promise to our modern world than artificial intelligence,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said...Read more

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for two high-profile presidential debates starting with a clash on CNN in the network’s Atlanta studios on June 27 — and former President Donald Trump quickly agreed.

“I’ll be there,” Trump told Fox News. “Look forward to being in beautiful Atlanta.”

Both candidates also ...Read more

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden said he has accepted an invitation from CNN for a June 27 debate in Atlanta against former President Donald Trump, setting the stage for a potential summer showdown in a pivotal battleground state.

“Over to you, Donald,” Biden said in a statement confirming the debate, which would be held at the cable network...Read more

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris paused briefly after telling an audience last month in Las Vegas, “So, let’s all be clear.” What followed has become a hallmark of her public campaign against states’ abortion bans.

“What we are seeing in these states that we are talking about are Trump abortion bans, and he can’t get away...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A large field of Republican contenders are battling it out in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District, represented by longtime Democratic Rep. Dina Titus.

Since 2013, Titus has represented the district stretching from Boulder City to Henderson, from Downtown Las Vegas and along the Las Vegas Strip to Seven Hills.

Titus is seeing a ...Read more

President Biden Wednesday called for two high-profile presidential debates starting with a clash on CNN in the network’s Atlanta studios on June 27 — and former President Trump quickly agreed.

“I’ll be there,” Trump told Fox News. “Look forward to being in beautiful Atlanta.”

The two rivals quickly agreed to the first debate ...Read more