The former vice president is dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
Amber Carter
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AP sources: Auto workers and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal that follows model set by Ford
The deal, which still has to be ratified by members, leaves only General Motors without a contract with the union.
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Richard Moll, who found fame as a bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80
Moll played ‘Bull’ Shannon on NBC’s ‘Night Court’ from 1984 to 1992 alongside stars Harry Anderson and John Larroquette.
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Christian conservatives cheer as Mike Johnson assumes Congress’ most powerful seat
The 2023 House speaker drama has been in some ways an intra-church affair starring Southern Baptists – including Johnson himself, speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Matt Gaetz.
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UN General Assembly set to vote on nonbinding resolution calling for a ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza
The assembly’s emergency special session on Israeli actions, which began Wednesday, continued Friday with U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield echoing Israel’s envoy in calling the resolution to be voted on.
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Rep. Dean Phillips announces primary challenge to Biden. He says Democrats need to focus on future
Phillips, one of Congress’ wealthiest members, has been effusive in his praise for Biden but also says their party needs younger voices to avoid a nightmare scenario where Donald Trump is reelected next fall.
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General Motors and Stellantis in talks with United Auto Workers to reach deals that mirror Ford’s
GM is likely to be the next company to settle because it has agreed to pull new electric vehicle battery factories into the UAW’s national contract, which essentially unionizes them.
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Biden calls on Congress to act, as U.S. officials, gun safety advocates respond to Lewiston shootings
Political leaders from around the nation take to social media following the shootings in Lewiston to express sympathy for the victims, and once again call for action on gun safety.
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As world roils, U.S. and China seek to ease strained ties and prepare for possible Biden-Xi summit
Still, both sides have expressed a willingness to talk with each other since Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled a planned visit to China in February after the shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon over the U.S., which marked a low point in recent relations.
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Food insecurity shot up last year with inflation and the end of pandemic-era aid, a new report says
Analysts and food security professionals point to the dual impact last year of high inflation and the gradual expiration of multiple pandemic-era government assistance measures.