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FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Planned Parenthood, March. 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November&rsquo;s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats. It will initially target eight states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Montana, New Hampshire and New York.

Planned Parenthood announces that it will spend $40 million ahead of November’s election

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Planned Parenthood, March. 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November&rsquo;s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats. It will initially target eight states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Montana, New Hampshire and New York.

June 24, 2024, 1:40pm Nation & World

Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November’s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats, betting that voters angry at Republican-led efforts to further restrict access to abortion can be the difference in key races around the country. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump holds up Tic Tacs as he discusses inflation at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Is Trump shielded from criminal charges as an ex-president? A nation awaits word from Supreme Court

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump holds up Tic Tacs as he discusses inflation at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2024.

June 24, 2024, 1:38pm Latest News

In the coming days, the Supreme Court will confront a perfect storm mostly of its own making: a trio of decisions stemming directly from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read story

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 25, 2024, in Washington.

Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, April 25, 2024, in Washington.

June 24, 2024, 1:37pm Politics

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2024.

June 24, 2024, 1:36pm Politics

From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, an effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House. Read story

Russia summons the American ambassador over a deadly attack that Moscow says used US-made missiles

June 24, 2024, 1:35pm Nation & World

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the American ambassador on Monday to protest what it says was the use of U.S.-made advanced missiles in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-annexed Crimea that reportedly killed four people and wounded more than 150. Read story

FILE - This undated photo provided by Washington County, Ark., Detention Center shows Josh Duggar. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Josh Duggar, a former reality television star convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images. Duggar was on the TLC show &ldquo;19 Kids and Counting&rdquo; with his large family before his 2021 conviction.

Supreme Court rejects appeal from ex-reality star Josh Duggar

FILE - This undated photo provided by Washington County, Ark., Detention Center shows Josh Duggar. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Josh Duggar, a former reality television star convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images. Duggar was on the TLC show &ldquo;19 Kids and Counting&rdquo; with his large family before his 2021 conviction.

June 24, 2024, 1:35pm Politics

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Josh Duggar, a former reality television star convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images. Read story

FILE - A flag supporting LGBTQ+ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors is constitutional.

Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors

FILE - A flag supporting LGBTQ+ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors is constitutional.

June 24, 2024, 1:34pm Politics

The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. Read story

This combination of photos taken in Columbia, S.C. shows former President Donald Trump, left, on Feb. 24, 2024, and President Joe Biden on Jan. 27, 2024. The clash between Biden and Trump on Thursday, June 27, may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. Biden is desperately seeking momentum amid pervasive concerns about his age and leadership on key foreign and domestic policies. Trump will step onto the stage brimming with confidence, despite his status as the only presidential debate participant ever convicted of a felony.

Here’s what’s at stake for Biden and Trump in this week’s presidential debate

This combination of photos taken in Columbia, S.C. shows former President Donald Trump, left, on Feb. 24, 2024, and President Joe Biden on Jan. 27, 2024. The clash between Biden and Trump on Thursday, June 27, may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. Biden is desperately seeking momentum amid pervasive concerns about his age and leadership on key foreign and domestic policies. Trump will step onto the stage brimming with confidence, despite his status as the only presidential debate participant ever convicted of a felony.

June 24, 2024, 1:33pm Latest News

Rarely, if ever, has one candidate in a presidential debate had so much material to use against the other. Read story