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The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by POLITICO.
โWe hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,โ? Alito writes.
"They didnโt care about [Hillary Clintonโs] emailsโฆbecause if they did, theyโd be up in arms right now as the Chinese are listening to the presidentโs iPhone that he leaves in his golf cart," Barack Obama said at a campaign event, slamming GOP politicians and conservative media
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America's newest branch of the military is celebrating the end of its first year, and now its members will have something to call each other.
Say hello to the Space Force Guardians ๐
During the 2008 campaign, a woman said she couldn't trust Obama because โheโs an Arab.โ? John McCain shook his head. โNo maโam. Heโs a decent family man and citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and thatโs what this campaignโs about.โ?
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Every state has now been called. Joe Biden officially won Georgia, while Trump took North Carolina.
The final electoral vote count: Biden 306, Trump 232. politico.com/presidency
Spotted: Robert Mueller and Donald Trump Jr. both waiting for their flights this morning at the 35X gate at DCA. And yes, there is a photo. politi.co/2AhoBfd
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โYesterday dozens of senators and congressmen walked down our lines taking photos, shaking our hands and thanking us for our service. Within 24 hours, they had no further use for us and banished us to the corner of a parking garage ...โ? one Guardsman said politi.co/3sJETEF
The latest CNN poll found that Bernie Sanders has the highest net favorability rating of any Democratic presidential candidate
Today, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified a Russian intelligence assessment that was previously rejected by Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee as having no factual basis
Opinion: Stephen Miller is an immigration hypocrite. I know because Iโm his uncle.
The chair of the House Republican Conference became the latest high-profile Republican to publicly urge Trump to accept the results of the presidential election.
BREAKING: Kamala Harris is out
All 50 states and D.C. have been called. The final electoral count for the 2020 election: Biden 306, Trump 232. politico.com/presidency
Trump rejected a suggestion that sexism grounded Elizabeth Warren's campaign: "I think lack of talent was her problem. She had a tremendous lack of talent... she is a very mean person and people don't like her... they like a person like me that's not mean" politi.co/2PUCGED
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Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has won New York's 14th Congressional district.
At age 29, she's now the the youngest woman to be elected to Congress.
No woman has ever been elected to Congress in her 20s. Live results: politico.com/election-resul
GOP Rep. Jim Jordan says he will move to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her role as House Republican Conference Chair after she announced she will vote to impeach President Trump
The former dean of Yale Law School: Kavanaugh's โvery presence will undermine the courtโs claim to legitimacy; it will damage the nationโs commitment to the rule of law. It will be an American tragedy.โ?
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โI believe that Florida and its rich diversity are going to be looking for a governor whoโs going to bring us together. Not divide us. Not misogynists. Not racists,โ? Andrew Gillum said after Ron DeSantis warned Floridians not to โmonkey this upโ? by voting for his black opponent.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said health care is now guaranteed to every New York City residentโregardless of their ability to pay or immigration status.
The programโNYC Careโincludes primary and specialty care, as well as maternity and pediatric care and mental health services
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The former dean of Yale Law School: Kavanaugh's โvery presence will undermine the courtโs claim to legitimacy; it will damage the nationโs commitment to the rule of law. It will be an American tragedy.โ?
Manafortโs plea deal says that if his convictions are wiped out for any reason, (for example, a pardon from Trump) prosecutors can charge him with any other crimes he committed or confessed to during his plea negotiations
When John McCain conceded in 2008, he congratulated Barack Obama โ and asked his supporters to stop booing. โIn a contest as long as difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance," McCain said.
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Joe Biden just took Michigan โ bumping him up to 264 electoral votes. One more state wins him the presidency.
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BREAKING: An Iowa Democratic Party audit found that DNC meddling, combined with missteps by the state Democratic Party, were the primary drivers of the chaos that torpedoed the Iowa caucuses earlier this year
More than 30 former staffers from Mitt Romneyโs presidential campaign are signing onto an effort to elect Joe Biden โ the same man they worked to defeat during the 2012 campaign
Joe Biden is planning a regular shadow briefing on coronavirus to start as early as Monday to show how he would handle the crisis and address what he calls the lies and failures of President Trump
BREAKING: A federal appeals court says a lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution by accepting foreign government money through his luxury Washington hotel can proceed to fact-gathering about Trump's profits
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis broke his silence on the conduct of President Trump today, blasting him and top military leaders and saying he is โangry and appalledโ? with the events of the past week
Breaking: Sen. Ed Markey has defeated Rep. Joe Kennedy in the Democratic Senate primary in Massachusetts, notching a big win for progressives who made Markey's campaign a national cause this summer politi.co/3bqaUtm
Trump told supporters that Queen Elizabeth II kept him waiting during his visit to Britain. Video shows the 92-year-old queen waiting on him for 12 minutes, occasionally glancing at her watch.
Republicans have flipped a House seat in the closely watched #CA25 race, reclaiming the seat vacated by former Rep. Katie Hill, who resigned last year. Democrat Christy Smith conceded defeat to Republican Mike Garcia this afternoon.
When Ruth Bader Ginsburg wanted to be Supreme Court clerk in 1960, she was rejected because of her gender. More than 30 years later she made it to the high court bench herself.
Hereโs a look back Ginsburgโs life and legacy. ๐
A new anti-Trump ad from the super PAC launched by George Conway has apparently infuriated the president
Singer and songwriter John Legend visited his home state of Ohio this weekend to play a few songs for Dayton residents still recovering from the mass shooting.
He slammed the NRA in a press conference as Mayor Nan Whaley called on President Trump to act on gun reform
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Florida Rep. Val Demings is planning to run for the U.S. Senate against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio
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This was the moment Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman corrected Nunes after improperly addressing the military officer:
Nunes: โMr. Vindman, you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistleblower.โ?
Vindman: โIt's Lt. Col Vindman, please" politi.co/343XzCn
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Spotted at #SOTU: Jerry Nadler and his pocket constitution. (๐ท: Pool via AP)
Follow the address live: politi.co/3b9QPqx
BREAKING: John Lewis, who went from being the youngest leader of the 1963 March on Washington to a long-serving congressman from Georgia and icon of the civil rights movement, has died. He was 80
BREAKING: Sen. Tim Scott will oppose Thomas Farr to be a District Court judge, effectively killing the nomination on the Senate floor
The House Ethics Committee's investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz revealed that the Panhandle Republican went to Fox News star Sean Hannity for advice. The House report includes this text exchange between Gaetz and Hannity that happened in February 2019 politi.co/3gmKnh9
In Lansing, you cannot find anyone, Republican or Democrat, on the record or off, who does not admire the skills of the stateโs 49th governor. Moreover, just about everyone likes her. She is genuine, secure, quick to give a hug or share a dirty joke. politi.co/2JV2xZN
Trumpโs shoutout to the white supremacist group Proud Boys is energizing black voters to turn out against him in the must-win state of Florida
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The House passed the #EqualityAct today, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment, credit, and federally funded programs, among other areas politi.co/2EgXnET
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White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found: Law enforcement official
Andrew Yang no longer identifies as a Democrat and is planning to launch a third party next month, sources tell us
BREAKING: The White House budget office violated the law when it froze U.S. military aid to Ukraine, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a new report
The president's financial dealings with the state-owned Bank of China are complicating his attacks on Joe Biden
Poll: Majority of Americans now believe President Trump should be removed from office
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey on Saturday said President Donald Trump has โcommitted impeachable offensesโ?
More than 50 former senior intelligence officials have signed on to a letter outlining their belief that the recent disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Joe Bidenโs son โhas all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.โ?
The percentage of American families with kids who report not having enough to eat fell dramatically after the first child tax credit payments were distributed last month
Exclusive: Emails show a Trump appointee is trying to stop Dr. Fauci from talking about the risks coronavirus poses to kids
A 1993 video has surfaced that appears to show the mother of Tara Reade, the former aide to Joe Biden who has accused him of sexual assault, talking about "problems" her daughter faced on CNNโs "Larry King Live."
Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scaliseโs decision to stand by President Trump after he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol is fueling a bitter divide in the GOP conference at a perilous moment for the party
Conservative attorney George Conway, the husband of counselor to the president Kellyanne, is encouraging Donald Trumpโs closest aides in the West Wing to resign
A town hall crowd gave Rep. Justin Amash a standing ovation for standing up to Trump
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More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world
Michigan Rep. Justin Amash became the first Republican lawmaker to declare that President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses
BREAKING: Members of the House Intelligence Committee will begin reviewing a report Monday on the panel's investigation of President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his Democratic adversaries
House Democrats rejected an offer from the GSA for a briefing from its deputy administrator next week. They have instead indicated they want a briefing from GSA Administrator Emily Murphy tomorrow.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is floating an income tax rate as high as 60 to 70 percent on the highest-earning Americans to combat carbon emissions politi.co/2F9SWNm
Former President Jimmy Carter questioned the legitimacy of Trump's presidency on Thursday, saying he would likely not be in the White House if the Russians did not interfere in the 2016 presidential elections politi.co/2IWJsXr
Sen. Bernie Sanders wants federally owned utilities to build massive amounts of wind and solar to compete with private generators.
Thousands of National Guardsmen were forced to vacate congressional grounds today and are now taking their rest breaks outside and in nearby parking garages, after two weeks of sleepless nights protecting the nationโs capital
Susan Collinsโ 24 years in the Senate is now in serious danger of being washed away under a flood of ads and rising anti-Trump fervor. And if she goes down, the Senate Republican majority may go with her.
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The 57-43 vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to secure a conviction and marks the second time in 13 months that Trump has been acquitted by the Senate on impeachment charges brought by the House. politi.co/3rR5cYg
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) will announce that he's seeking an injunction in federal court designed to stop a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh, asserting an obstruction of his constitutional duty to advise and consent on nominees
Elijah Cummings will become the first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol, an honor bestowed to only a few dozen statesmen, presidents and military leaders throughout U.S. history bit.ly/2oXKCed
Former first lady Michelle Obama made her โclosing argumentโ? today on behalf of Joe Biden, imploring Americans to vote while condemning President Trumpโs management of the coronavirus pandemic and his stoking of cultural divisions politi.co/2I3FgHp
The FEC chair clobbered Trump for claiming Dems cheated the 2016 election:
"Academics have studied this.
Lawyers have studied this.
The government has studied this.
Democrats have studied this.
Republicans have studied this.
No one can find any evidence of rampant voter fraud"
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"Speaking only for myself, I can tell you that if me being gay was a choice, it was a choice that was made far, far above my pay grade. And that's the thing I wish the Mike Pences of the world would understand," Pete Buttigieg told LGBTQ political action committee Victory Fund
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren disclosed the details of her promise to cancel approximately $640 billion of student loan debt, targeted at lower and middle-income earners
Kerry Donovan, the top Democrat lining up against Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), raised more than $614,000 in just 55 days for her 2022 campaign. Thatโs a massive haul for a challenger in the first quarter of the off-year. politi.co/3sHhWkZ
In his closing statement, Andrew Yang called the debate a reality TV show, something says his fans are going to love politi.co/2OwHC4q
Sen. Chris Murphy slammed Congress in an impassioned speech after the Texas elementary school shooting that left at least 14 children and one adult are dead.
โ?What are we doing? ... This isnโt inevitable. These kids werenโt unlucky. This only happens in this country," he said.
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Andrew Yang on why you need both male and female leaders in government.
Follow tonight's #DemDebate live: politico.com/2020debates
Children must be taught that America is โan exceptional, free and just nation, worth defending, preserving and protecting,โ? Donald Trump said
John Roberts has communicated to senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblowerโs name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out the official, a move thatโs effectively blocked Sen. Rand Paul from asking a question
Joe Biden has won the White House, toppling Donald Trump after four years of upheaval and making him the first one-term president in more than 25 years politi.co/2Iet8U8
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In Jan. 2009, President George W. Bush, acting on a suggestion from President-elect Barack Obama, invited George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for lunch. It was the first time since 1981 that all living presidents were together at the White House.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is under investigation for potentially violating the Hatch Act after she slammed Joe Biden in a Fox News interview and her agency promoted it through official channels
"I made trouble for him with Central Park. I made trouble with him for birtherism. I'm going to keep making trouble for bigots." Sharpton said of Trump's attacks on him.
"If he really thought I was a 'con man' he'd be nominating me for his cabinet politi.co/2LNBdiW
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Kamala Harris demanded today that Lindsey Graham bring in AG Bill Barr to testify about the DOJ's handling of the sentencing of former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is under investigation for using private email accounts to conduct official business
It was a startling spectacle in the heart of Trump country: At least a dozen supporters of the president โ some wearing MAGA stickers โ nodding their heads, at times even clapping, for liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren
Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair calls Laura Ingraham "a white supremacist" on Twitter politi.co/2NwfPka
More than 30 lawmakers are now asking Capitol security officials for details about which lawmakers or staffers allowed visitors into the Capitol on Jan. 5.
They say they witnessed "suspicious" visits and even reported them the day before the violence. politi.co/2N1U1wU
