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Bill responding to drone sightings is blocked in the Senate

Dec. 18, 2024 14:36 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was blocked Wednesday from quickly advancing a bill that would allow local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones, ensuring Congress won't act this year on the mysterious drone sightings that have bewildered residents of New Jersey...

Some Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son Hunter

Dec. 02, 2024 16:25 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded...

Today in History: December 1, Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat

Dec. 01, 2024 00:07 AM EST

Today is Sunday, Dec. 1, the 336th day of 2024. There are 30 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident...

The FBI and DHS leaders won't testify publicly about national security threats before the Senate

Nov. 21, 2024 13:22 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate committee hearing Thursday on global threats to national security, a break from standard protocol of open testimony before the panel. “Their choice...

A Michigan Senate candidate aims to achieve what no Republican has done in three decades

Oct. 07, 2024 14:39 PM EDT

ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — As canvassers for U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers navigate the manicured lawns and gated communities of some of Detroit's wealthiest suburbs, they walk a fine line in their efforts to convince Republicans disillusioned with Donald Trump to back other GOP candidates next...

Senate Democrats are making a late push in red-leaning states as they try to hold majority

Sep. 26, 2024 17:59 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats looking to preserve their Senate majority in the face of a difficult election cycle announced Thursday they were making a “multi-million dollar investment” in television advertising in Texas and Florida races with the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign...