Politics

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, June 4, 2024.

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

June 26, 2024, 8:35am Politics

President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is “righting an historic wrong” to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. Read story

FILE - Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign event, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork Thursday, June 20, 2024 to get on the ballot for the November election in swing-state Pennsylvania, the state’s election office said.

Biden claims an early debate win: RFK Jr.’s absence from stage

June 26, 2024, 8:33am Politics

President Joe Biden’s campaign already sees one victory from the upcoming debate with Donald Trump — the absence of third-party challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the stage. Read story

Victims are emotional during a news conference with survivors of abused and neglected youth at residential treatment facilities (RTFs) and advocates, on the need for Congress to act to protect children and reform RTFs, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says

June 26, 2024, 8:32am Health

Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment, the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said in a report Wednesday. Read story

FILE - President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden debate during the first presidential debate Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland.

Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds

June 26, 2024, 8:31am Latest News

Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday’s presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read story

FILE - Tourists visit the Supreme Court, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court has overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. The high court on Wednesday sided with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company after prosecutors said he steered about $1 million worth of city contracts their way. Snyder has maintained his innocence, saying the money was payment for consulting work. Snyder is a Republican.

Supreme Court overturns ex-mayor’s bribery conviction, narrowing scope of public corruption law

June 26, 2024, 8:30am Politics

The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. Read story

The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states

Michelle Peterson, of Washington, protests and calls for the recusal of Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas in cases relating to Jan. 6 and former President Donald Trump, outside the Supreme Court, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Washington.

June 26, 2024, 7:46am Politics

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security. Read story