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Around a thousand Palestinian and pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at the corner of W. Hubbard St. and N. Armour St. near where President Joe Biden was attending a fundraising event in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Demonstrators were demanding that the President as well as national Democrats use their power to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas whose conflict has killed thousands of civilians most of whom are Palestinian.

Biden’s initial confidence on Israel gives way to the complexities and casualties of a brutal war

November 13, 2023, 8:09am Nation & World

In the early days and hours after the horrific Hamas attack on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden spoke with stark declarations and unqualified support for the longtime U.S. ally. Read story

FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S.

U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on U.S. troops

November 12, 2023, 4:24pm Nation & World

The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, hitting a training location and a weapons facility, according to the Pentagon and U.S. officials. It marks the third time in a bit more than two weeks that the U.S. has retaliated against the militants for… Read story

FILE - Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown. (AP Photo/J.

House Republicans look to pass two-step package to avoid partial government shutdown

November 12, 2023, 12:21pm Latest News

House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled his proposal on Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2. Read story

Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, right, Rich McCormick, R-Ga., left, and Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., leave the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

House GOP eyes trans care as newest battleground issue

November 12, 2023, 6:00am Politics

House Republicans who waged fierce political battles over Obamacare and abortion after that have found a new focus as the lead-up to the 2024 elections: gender-affirming care for transgender Americans. Read story

FILE - A police officer stands beside an entrance to the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse, Aug. 15, 2023, in Fort Pierce, Fla. A federal judge in Florida has indicated she may delay the start of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges that he hid classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon questioned prosecutors Wednesday about whether starting the trial in May as scheduled is feasible.

Federal judge declines to push back Trump’s classified documents trial but postpones other deadlines

November 10, 2023, 7:56am Latest News

A federal judge in Florida declined for now to postpone former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial but did push back several pre-trial deadlines in the case. Read story

This image from House Television video shows House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., announcing Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, the vote total as the House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.

House Speaker Johnson is running out of time to avoid shutdown

November 9, 2023, 1:47pm Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson, the little-known Louisiana congressman who emerged from a hardliner revolt as House Republicans’ new leader, is short on both time and experience to avert a US government shutdown. Read story

Democrats postpone a subpoena vote in the Supreme Court ethics probe after a blowup with Republicans

November 9, 2023, 12:59pm Politics

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned a meeting on Thursday without holding an expected vote on subpoenas for two conservatives who have helped arrange luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices. Read story

Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election.

Suspicious letter sent to Tacoma elections office was postmarked from Portland

November 9, 2023, 12:30pm Latest News

Authorities on Thursday were trying to determine who sent suspicious letters, including some containing fentanyl or other substances, to local election offices, an attack that appears to have targeted multiple states in the latest instance of threats faced by election workers around the country. Read story

FBI head cites a ‘potential conflict of interest’ in the selection process for a new headquarters

November 9, 2023, 11:16am Politics

The contentious debate over a new FBI headquarters intensified further Thursday as the director said he was concerned about a “potential conflict of interest" in the site selection and the White House defended the process as “fair and transparent.” But a senator said there a clear need for a federal… Read story

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