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FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 14, 2024. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, June 24, that State Department counselor Derek Chollet, one of his most senior aides, is leaving to become Austin&#039;s chief of staff.

Defense Secretary Austin says the US will provide $2.3 billion more in military aid to Ukraine

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 14, 2024. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, June 24, that State Department counselor Derek Chollet, one of his most senior aides, is leaving to become Austin&#039;s chief of staff.

July 2, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and munitions for Patriot and other air defense systems. Read story

Supreme Court sidesteps new several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban

July 2, 2024, 8:33am Latest News

The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. Read story

President Joe Biden, from left, waves as he arrives at Fort Lesley J. McNair accompanied by first lady Jill Biden and son Hunter Biden, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington, on return from Camp David.

Biden’s campaign announces a $264 million fundraising haul in 2nd quarter during post-debate anxiety

President Joe Biden, from left, waves as he arrives at Fort Lesley J. McNair accompanied by first lady Jill Biden and son Hunter Biden, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington, on return from Camp David.

July 2, 2024, 8:15am Politics

President Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee reported raising $264 million in the year’s second quarter, an impressive haul that may help them calm fears within their own party about last week’s shaky debate performance. Read story

What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling in Trump’s 2020 election interference case

July 1, 2024, 8:31pm Nation & World

The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. Read story

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor attends a panel discussion, Feb. 23, 2024 in Washington.

Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor attends a panel discussion, Feb. 23, 2024 in Washington.

July 1, 2024, 1:28pm Latest News

In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and… Read story

FILE - The main entrance for the U.S. Army Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 28, 2006, where the headquarters of the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) is located. The U.S, military has raised the security protection measures it is taking at its bases throughout Europe, asking service members to be more vigilant and keep a lower profile due to a combination of threats it&rsquo;s seeing across the region.

US military heightens the security alert at European bases due to a combination of threats

FILE - The main entrance for the U.S. Army Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 28, 2006, where the headquarters of the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) is located. The U.S, military has raised the security protection measures it is taking at its bases throughout Europe, asking service members to be more vigilant and keep a lower profile due to a combination of threats it&rsquo;s seeing across the region.

July 1, 2024, 12:45pm Nation & World

The U.S. military has raised the security protection measures it is taking at its bases throughout Europe, asking service members to be more vigilant and keep a lower profile due to a combination of threats it is seeing across the region. Read story

President Joe Biden talks on the phone as he walks to board Air Force One at McGuire Air Force Base, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Burlington County, N.J. From left, Natalie Biden, Biden, Finnegan Biden, and first lady Jill Biden.

Biden campaign’s reset after disastrous debate looks a lot like business as usual

President Joe Biden talks on the phone as he walks to board Air Force One at McGuire Air Force Base, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Burlington County, N.J. From left, Natalie Biden, Biden, Finnegan Biden, and first lady Jill Biden.

July 1, 2024, 12:05pm Politics

President Joe Biden’s family used a gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions. Read story

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The Justice Department has charged nearly 200 people in a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud schemes nationwide with false claims topping $2.7 billion.

House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland over access to Biden special counsel interview audio

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The Justice Department has charged nearly 200 people in a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud schemes nationwide with false claims topping $2.7 billion.

July 1, 2024, 10:14am Politics

House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden's interview with a special counsel in his classified documents case, asking the courts to enforce their subpoena and reject the White House's effort to withhold the materials from Congress. Read story

FILE - Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023. Trump ally Steve Bannon has asked the Supreme Court to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on U.S. Capitol. The request from Republican former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s longtime ally comes after a federal appeals court panel rejected his bid to avoid reporting to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence.

Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges

FILE - Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023. Trump ally Steve Bannon has asked the Supreme Court to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on U.S. Capitol. The request from Republican former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s longtime ally comes after a federal appeals court panel rejected his bid to avoid reporting to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence.

July 1, 2024, 9:30am Politics

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is scheduled to report to a federal prison in Connecticut on Monday to serve a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack. Read story

This combination photo shows Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, in Atlanta, June 27, 2024, from left, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in Miami, Nov. 6, 2022, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., June 13, 2024, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Nov. 8, 2023, in Miami. It&rsquo;s not unheard of for a running mate to move beyond past disagreements with a presidential candidate. But the shift is more striking for Donald Trump&rsquo;s potential vice presidential contenders, in some cases requiring them to abandon long-held policy positions and recant vehement criticism.

The Republicans who want to be Trump’s VP were once harsh critics with key policy differences

This combination photo shows Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, in Atlanta, June 27, 2024, from left, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in Miami, Nov. 6, 2022, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., June 13, 2024, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Nov. 8, 2023, in Miami. It&rsquo;s not unheard of for a running mate to move beyond past disagreements with a presidential candidate. But the shift is more striking for Donald Trump&rsquo;s potential vice presidential contenders, in some cases requiring them to abandon long-held policy positions and recant vehement criticism.

July 1, 2024, 8:50am Politics

It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become the person they choose to help lead the country. Read story