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Joe Biden to GOP senators: Don’t jam through Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
The extraordinary televised plea from the Democratic presidential candidate to Republican senators reflected the ferocious maneuvering that has followed Ginsburg's death.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her...
US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the election.
Joe Biden courts Latino voters in 1st trip to Florida as...
Biden opened the visit in Tampa holding a roundtable with veterans in which he tore into President Donald Trump for reported remarks criticizing the military.
Joe Biden assembles legal team ahead of divisive 2020 election
Biden's presidential campaign says the legal war room will work to ensure that elections are properly administered and votes correctly counted.
For Joe Biden, long path to a potentially crucial presidency
Biden has a record that mixes partisan street-fighting with bipartisan deal-making and bonhomie, and a personal journey of middle-class mores, individual struggle and family heartbreak.
Barack Obama, in scathing Donald Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the...
Even in the heat of campaigns, former presidents are typically more restrained than other politicians in their criticisms of a sitting president.
Democrats pound their message: To oust Donald Trump, you must vote
Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night.
Democrats tap array of faith leaders to speak at convention
Religious leaders tapped to speak at the convention come from Christian, Jewish, and Islamic organizations.
In virus talks, Nancy Pelosi holds firm; Steven Mnuchin wants a...
There are limits, and legal pitfalls, in trying to make an end run around the legislative branch.