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FILE – President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, July 16, 2024. Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for Biden to reconsider his election bid. Former President Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about Biden’s candidacy. And Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control in the House if he didn’t step away from the race. Biden says he’s not dropping out believing he’s best to beat the Republican Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden’s campaign faces critical moment, as Democrats encourage him to consider exiting 2024 race

July 19, 2024 at 8:37 a.m.

Critical days ahead, President Joe Biden is facing the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to consider how stepping aside from the 2024 election to...

President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Biden is returning to his home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., to self-isolate after testing positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Biden is isolated at home as Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats push for him to reconsider 2024 race

July 18, 2024 at 7:44 p.m.

Former president Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to...

A campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty and littered with debris Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Authorities hunt for clues, but motive of man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump remains elusive

July 15, 2024 at 8:41 a.m.

The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement’s attention at Saturday’s rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event....

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surround by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive, security in assassination attempt

July 15, 2024 at 9:57 a.m.

Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said.

A bloodied Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on July, 13, 2024. The former president was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots rang out. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Authorities hunt for clues, but motive of man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump remains elusive

July 14, 2024 at 7:15 p.m.

The FBI early Sunday named Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The agency said the investigation...

Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say

March 28, 2024 at 8:32 p.m.

Two law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press that two properties belonging to music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by federal Homeland Security...

In this image taken from video, police are deployed outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, after an active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force was critically injured after setting himself ablaze outside the diplomatic compound. (WJLA via AP)

US airman dies after setting himself ablaze outside Israeli Embassy in Israel-Hamas war protest

February 26, 2024 at 9:06 p.m.

An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after he set himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be...

Rahm Emanuel appears with Sara Fagen on ABC News on election night, Nov. 3, 2020.

AP source says Rahm Emanuel’s prospects for spot in Biden Cabinet are not looking good

December 10, 2020 at 11:49 a.m.

Rahm Emanuel's chances of landing a top Cabinet post in Joe Biden's administration appear increasingly unlikely after the former Chicago mayor emerged as a source of controversy for the president-elect, who had...

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings considers whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt on June 12, 2019, for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

House Oversight Committee votes to hold Attorney General Barr, Commerce Secretary Ross in contempt

August 22, 2019 at 11:13 a.m.

A House committee voted Wednesday to hold two top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas for documents related to a decision adding a...

The National Enquirer on sale at a convenience store on Feb. 8, 2019, in New York City. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is pictured bottom right.

How much legal trouble is the National Enquirer in for the Bezos affair? Could be a lot.

August 22, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

The National Enquirer's alleged attempts to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid's parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble and reopen them...

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