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WASHINGTON (AP) — More adults claim they are financially vulnerable amid high inflation — a political risk for President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats one month before the midterm elections. About 46 percent of people now call their personal financial situation poor, up from 37 percent in March, according to a new poll by [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Denny Dalliance had long worried about what would happen if he fathered a child because his job as a truck driver keeps him away from home most of the week, but after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, the 31-year-old Independence, Mo., man decided it was [...]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — While preparing to march in a Saturday morning parade through this fast-growing city's westside, Democratic congressional candidate Hillary Scholten warned her staff that the area was traditionally very conservative and they should brace for possible booing. The crowd lining Fulton Street to mark the region's Polish pride, however, was friendly. [...]
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Supreme Court this week ordered a Democratic state legislative candidate to be listed on November ballots, after a tie had been broken against her by the state's Republican elections chief. In its 4-3 ruling, the high court found Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose and the two GOP members of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents suing after being separated from their children at the United States-Mexico border are pushing back against a Justice Department effort to require additional psychological evaluations to measure how much the American policy traumatized them, court documents show. The effect of the policy that was maligned as inhumane by political and religious [...]
WASHINGTON — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration's efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans — the latest legal challenge to the program. The suit, filed by the Job Creators Network Foundation, argues the Biden administration violated federal procedures by failing [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans expect the nation’s relations with foreign adversaries like Russia and North Korea to grow more hostile, according to a new poll, a major shift in public opinion from four years ago under President Donald Trump. Two years into the Biden administration, 60 percent of adults say relations with [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to reassuring Americans about an economy that’s an election-year challenge for his party, President Joe Biden is telling the country to hold on. It’s a message of patience as voters are buffeted by persistent inflation, fears of a recession and the prospect of rising energy prices in the closing [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — At a recent White House ceremony honoring Hispanic heritage in the United States, President Joe Biden spoke of how immigration has defined the nation and should be celebrated. "We say it all the time, but that's who we are," Biden said. "That's the nation. We are a nation of immigrants." Biden pledged [...]
COLUMBUS — Ohio's Republican elections chief last week announced a new public integrity unit in response to what he called Americans' "crisis of confidence" in the electoral process even while acknowledging the state's reputation for secure voting. The unit, taking effect next week, will consolidate and highlight the Ohio secretary of state's investigative work and [...]