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FILE - Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022, after the Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year&rsquo;s presidential election, a new survey out Thursday from health policy research firm KFF finds.

More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds

FILE - Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022, after the Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years. More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year&rsquo;s presidential election, a new survey out Thursday from health policy research firm KFF finds.

March 7, 2024, 1:39pm Politics

More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year’s presidential election, a poll out Thursday from health policy research firm KFF reveals. Read story

FILE - Palestinians wounded in an Israeli strike while waiting for humanitarian aid on the beach in Gaza City are treated in Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Feb. 29, 2024. More of President Joe Biden&#039;s top Senate allies are demanding that the U.S. act directly to ease Palestinian civilian suffering in Gaza and are joining calls to cut military aid if Israel refuses to change course.

Biden will announce a plan for a temporary port on Gaza’s coast to increase flow of humanitarian aid

FILE - Palestinians wounded in an Israeli strike while waiting for humanitarian aid on the beach in Gaza City are treated in Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Feb. 29, 2024. More of President Joe Biden&#039;s top Senate allies are demanding that the U.S. act directly to ease Palestinian civilian suffering in Gaza and are joining calls to cut military aid if Israel refuses to change course.

March 7, 2024, 11:22am Latest News

President Joe Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address Thursday for the U.S. military to help establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast, increasing the flow of humanitarian aid for the beleaguered territory during the Israel-Hamas war, according to administration officials. Read story

FILE - This frame grab image from video shows upper floor windows blown out after a bomb explosion inside a mosque that had all the hallmarks of a deadly Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan, Province, in Mazar-e-Sharif province, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 21, 2022. The top U.S. commander for the Mideast told a Senate committee Thursday, March 7, 2024, that exploding violence in the Middle East, fueled by Iran, presents the most likely threat to the U.S. homeland, and the risk of an attack by violent extremists in Afghanistan on American and Western interests abroad is increasing.

Violence in the Mideast, rising threats from Islamic State group in Afghanistan pressure US, allies

FILE - This frame grab image from video shows upper floor windows blown out after a bomb explosion inside a mosque that had all the hallmarks of a deadly Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan, Province, in Mazar-e-Sharif province, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 21, 2022. The top U.S. commander for the Mideast told a Senate committee Thursday, March 7, 2024, that exploding violence in the Middle East, fueled by Iran, presents the most likely threat to the U.S. homeland, and the risk of an attack by violent extremists in Afghanistan on American and Western interests abroad is increasing.

March 7, 2024, 11:21am Politics

Exploding violence in the Middle East, fueled by Iran, presents the most likely threat to the U.S. homeland, and the risk of an attack by violent extremists in Afghanistan on American and Western interests abroad is increasing, the top U.S. commander for the region told a Senate committee Thursday. Read story

FILE - A man buys a cool drink from a roadside vendor on a sunny day in Mahawewa, a village north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 29, 2024. Earth has exceeded global heat records in February, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus.

Global hot streak continues. February, winter, world’s oceans all break high temperature marks.

FILE - A man buys a cool drink from a roadside vendor on a sunny day in Mahawewa, a village north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 29, 2024. Earth has exceeded global heat records in February, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus.

March 7, 2024, 8:36am Nation & World

For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the world’s oceans setting new high-temperature marks, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. Biden is set to use his State of the Union address to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate that questions whether he&rsquo;s up to the job and to warn that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative.

Biden will try to use State of the Union address to convince voters he deserves a second term

FILE - President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. Biden is set to use his State of the Union address to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate that questions whether he&rsquo;s up to the job and to warn that GOP frontrunner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative.

March 7, 2024, 8:34am Latest News

President Joe Biden is set to use his State of the Union address Thursday to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate that questions whether he's up to the job and to warn that GOP front-runner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative. Read story

Betty Ford forever postage stamp is unveiled at the White House

March 6, 2024, 7:59pm Nation & World

A new forever postage stamp bearing the portrait of former first lady Betty Ford was unveiled Wednesday afternoon in the East Room of the White House. Read story

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by fellow Republicans, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The House is expected to vote to keep money flowing to scores of federal agencies before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. A significant number of House Republicans oppose the measure, forcing Johnson to use an expedited process to bring the bill up for a vote. That process requires two-thirds of the House to vote for the measure for it to pass. (AP Photo/J.

House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by fellow Republicans, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The House is expected to vote to keep money flowing to scores of federal agencies before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. A significant number of House Republicans oppose the measure, forcing Johnson to use an expedited process to bring the bill up for a vote. That process requires two-thirds of the House to vote for the measure for it to pass. (AP Photo/J.

March 6, 2024, 3:50pm Latest News

The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills Wednesday that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. Read story

The Capitol is seen ahead of President Joe Biden&#039;s State of the Union address, in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Few Americans want US more involved in current wars in Ukraine and Gaza, AP-NORC poll finds

The Capitol is seen ahead of President Joe Biden&#039;s State of the Union address, in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

March 6, 2024, 2:37pm Latest News

As the U.S. navigates involvement in the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, few Americans want the country to take a more active role in solving the world's problems, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read story

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan waits for a speech by President Joe Biden about supply chain issues in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington, Nov. 27, 2023. The EPA said Feb. 29, 2024, it is delaying planned rules for existing natural gas plants that emit harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming.

Nearly half of US states join GOP lawsuit challenging new EPA rule on deadly soot pollution

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan waits for a speech by President Joe Biden about supply chain issues in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington, Nov. 27, 2023. The EPA said Feb. 29, 2024, it is delaying planned rules for existing natural gas plants that emit harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming.

March 6, 2024, 1:59pm Politics

Twenty-four Republican-led states filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule that sets tougher standards for deadly soot pollution. Read story

Democratic presidential candidate Jason Palmer speaks during an interview at a Washington hotel in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Palmer, an unknown candidate, won the Democratic primary in American Samoa.

Who is Jason Palmer? A previously unknown Democrat beats Biden in American Samoa’s Democratic caucus

Democratic presidential candidate Jason Palmer speaks during an interview at a Washington hotel in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Palmer, an unknown candidate, won the Democratic primary in American Samoa.

March 6, 2024, 1:20pm Politics

President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday — except for American Samoa. Read story