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Clarence Picou, 88, right, and his daughter Jackie Andrews, 59, watch the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in the Fellowship Hall of the Stronger Hope Church in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.
President Joe Biden speaks during a presidential debate hosted by CNN with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him — for now.

President Joe Biden speaks during a presidential debate hosted by CNN with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

June 28, 2024, 9:02am Latest News

President Joe Biden strained to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as each candidate on Friday sought to expand his appeal in states he lost four years ago. Read story

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating

June 28, 2024, 9:01am Politics

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in the Middle East. Read story

Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces

June 28, 2024, 9:00am Politics

The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge used in hundreds of prosecutions and also faced by former President Donald Trump. Read story

What role will housing affordability play in 2024 election?

June 28, 2024, 8:53am Politics

ATLANTA -- Law student Aundria Towns and her partner, health care worker Hayden Herrick, have a household income of more than $100,000. Pre-pandemic, those earnings might have given the Douglas County, Georgia, couple a pick of houses. Read story

Migrants waiting to apply for asylum watch the presidential debate in a shelter for migrants, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Debate takeaways: Trump confident, even when wrong, Biden halting, even with facts on his side

Migrants waiting to apply for asylum watch the presidential debate in a shelter for migrants, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico.

June 28, 2024, 8:38am Nation & World

The presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly for one of them, President Joe Biden. Read story

The Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, aerial photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a diesel spill off the west coast of Washington state's San Juan Island after a 49-foot (15-meter) fishing vessel sank with an estimated 2,600 gallons (9,854 liters) of fuel on board. A Good Samaritan rescued all five crew members on the Aleutian Isle as the vessel was sinking near Sunset Point, the Coast Guard's 13th District Pacific Northwest district in Seattle and KIRO-TV reported. (U.S.

WA Ecology adds fine to list of liabilities for 2022 fishing boat diesel spill in Salish Sea

The Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, aerial photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a diesel spill off the west coast of Washington state's San Juan Island after a 49-foot (15-meter) fishing vessel sank with an estimated 2,600 gallons (9,854 liters) of fuel on board. A Good Samaritan rescued all five crew members on the Aleutian Isle as the vessel was sinking near Sunset Point, the Coast Guard's 13th District Pacific Northwest district in Seattle and KIRO-TV reported. (U.S.

June 28, 2024, 8:37am Northwest

A Mount Vernon man has been ordered to pay an $18,000 fine because more than 1,300 gallons of diesel fuel leaked into the Salish Sea when his 58-foot fishing boat sank two years ago off San Juan Island, in critical habitat for orcas, salmon and other wildlife. Read story

President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. On the far right is CNN moderator Dana Bash.

Fact-checking the Biden-Trump debate

President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. On the far right is CNN moderator Dana Bash.

June 28, 2024, 8:37am Nation & World

The much-anticipated first debate of 2024 between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump featured a relentless barrage of false and misleading statements from the two candidates on immigration, the economy, abortion, taxes and more. Read story