No Labels has ended its 2024 presidential bid

No Labels has ended its 2024 presidential bid

NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “No Labels has always said we would only offer our … Read more

Thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest error

Thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest error

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications. A vendor working … Read more

Blinken underscores ‘ironclad’ support for the Philippines as it clashes with China in disputed sea

Blinken underscores ‘ironclad’ support for the Philippines as it clashes with China in disputed sea

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” Tuesday to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces after clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken, the latest high-level official to visit the United … Read more

Gridiron dinner: Biden says that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. ‘The other’s me’

Gridiron dinner: Biden says that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. ‘The other’s me’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party’s nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. “The other’s me,” Biden quipped. The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from … Read more

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It’s home prices

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It’s home prices

WASHINGTON – Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential election. Shelton, 67, drives an Uber to help pay rent in Aurora, Colorado. An advance on her pay covered her apartment’s … Read more

Judge for Georgia election case dismisses some charges against Trump

Judge for Georgia election case dismisses some charges against Trump

ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others, but the rest of the sweeping racketeering indictment remains intact. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Trump, the presumptive … Read more

Biden hot mic moment shows growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza crisis

Biden hot mic moment shows growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza crisis

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s growing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to mount, with the Democrat captured on a hot mic saying that he and the Israeli leader will need to have a “come to Jesus meeting.” The comments by Biden came as he spoke with Sen. Michael … Read more

Biden in a hot mic moment shows his growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza humanitarian crisis

Biden in a hot mic moment shows his growing frustration with Netanyahu over Gaza humanitarian crisis

President Joe Biden is expressing growing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press March 8, 2024, 11:45 AM ET • 2 min read WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s growing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to mount, with the Democrat captured on a hot … Read more

Third-party group No Labels is expected to move forward with a 2024 campaign, AP sources say

Third-party group No Labels is expected to move forward with a 2024 campaign, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The third-party presidential movement No Labels is planning to move toward fielding a presidential candidate in the November election, even as high-profile contenders for the ticket have decided not to run, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. After months of leaving open whether the group would offer a ticket, No … Read more

Nikki Haley suspends campaign, leaving Trump as last major Republican candidate

Nikki Haley suspends campaign, leaving Trump as last major Republican candidate

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination. Haley didn’t endorse the former president in a speech in Charleston, South Carolina. Instead, she challenged him to win … Read more