Politics

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt at Madison College, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. Relatively few Americans say they’re fans of Biden’s work on the issue of student loans, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research conducted May 16-21. The survey found that three in 10 U.S. adults say they approve of how Biden has handled the issue of student loan debt, while 4 in 10 disapprove.

Americans are split on Biden’s student loan work, even those with debt, an AP-NORC poll finds

June 11, 2024, 1:31pm Latest News

As he campaigns for reelection, President Joe Biden frequently touts his work on student debt, pointing to the millions of people who received cancellation under his watch. Yet relatively few Americans say they’re fans of his work on the issue, even among those who have student loans. Read story

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light.

Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol

June 11, 2024, 1:11pm Politics

House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump on Thursday, as the former president who is now the party's presumptive nominee returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since his supporters attacked the building on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn President Joe Biden's election. Read story

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

3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial?

June 11, 2024, 8:31am Politics

Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days after hearing the case. Nixon resigned from office just over two weeks later. Read story

This undated image provided by Amber Sax shows Capt. John Sax, one of five U.S. Marine Corps service members killed when their MV-22B Osprey crashed in California in 2022. Over the last two years, four Osprey crashes have killed a total of 20 service members. On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the House subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs will hold an oversight hearing into the Osprey’s safety record and Pentagon management of the program.

As Congress investigates the Osprey, families balance grief with pilots’ love for the warplane

June 11, 2024, 8:26am Politics

The V-22 Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan last November has brought the aircraft’s safety record back under scrutiny — but this time without one of its most vocal defenders. Read story

FILE - Police respond to Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, Jan. 4, 2024. Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and other public places, to say nothing of the nation’s daily gun violence. Now, gun control advocates and many Democrats see additional openings created by hardline positions of the gun lobby and their most influential champion, former President Donald Trump.

Biden and gun control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRA

June 11, 2024, 8:12am Nation & World

Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and other public places, to say nothing of the nation’s daily gun violence. Read story

Biden plans to head to Camp David to prepare for June 27 debate with Trump

June 10, 2024, 4:43pm Politics

After back-to-back trips to Europe, President Joe Biden plans to head to Camp David next week to prepare for his first 2024 debate with former President Donald Trump, hunkering down at the woodsy Maryland hideaway that has hosted many similar cram sessions in the past. Read story