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Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to board Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on July 24, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AP)

Volunteers and donations surge into Democratic campaigns with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the ticket

July 26, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.

Congressional Democrats in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and beyond are seeing an outpouring of volunteers to help Vice President Kamala Harris.

President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 17, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Democrats hail Biden’s decision to not seek reelection as selfless. Republicans urge him to resign

July 21, 2024 at 3:27 p.m.

Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden’s historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to...

The Butler Farm Show, site of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, is seen Monday July 15, 2024 in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt

July 17, 2024 at 3:24 p.m.

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general says it has opened up an investigation into the U.S. Secret Service’s handling of security for former President Donald Trump on the day...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks to the podium at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Trump is proposing to make tips tax-free. What would that mean for workers?

June 21, 2024 at 9:42 p.m.

Here's a look at what Trump's proposing and the possible political and economic ramifications.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., whom she has vowed to remove from his leadership post, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office

May 8, 2024 at 7:40 p.m.

Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday calling for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers quickly rejected it.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats say they will save Speaker Mike Johnson’s job if Republicans try to oust him

April 30, 2024 at 5:16 p.m.

House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after lawmakers pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage, at the Capitol in Washington, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ukraine and Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

April 19, 2024 at 1:57 p.m.

With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Ukraine and Israel aid package gains President Biden’s support as Speaker Mike Johnson fights to keep his job

April 17, 2024 at 7:08 p.m.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown

March 25, 2024 at 1:16 a.m.

The Senate has passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills that pushes any new threats of a government shutdown into the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters as lawmakers work to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congressional leaders sell $1.2 trillion spending package to members before shutdown deadline

March 20, 2024 at 5:18 p.m.

Congressional leaders from both parties looked to put a positive light on a $1.2 trillion spending package that lawmakers are working to approve before funding expires at midnight Friday for...

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