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Before becoming the Trump-backed Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state, Kristina Karamo said that abortion is "child sacrifice" and a "satanic practice."
CNN's KFile discovered troubling comments Michigan's Trump-backed secretary of state nominee Kristina Karamo made about abortions, comparing them to "child sacrifice" in her podcast. CNN reached out to her campaign to get a response and has not heard back.
Rarely have Americans been so divided on what their country stands for as on the 246th anniversary of independence.
An examination of the bullet that killed Al Jazeera correspondent and Palestinian-American citizen Shireen Abu Akleh "could not reach a definitive conclusion" regarding its origin, due to the condition of the bullet, but the US Security Coordinator has "concluded that gunfire from [Israel Defense Forces] positions was likely responsible" for her death, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement Monday.
Until the 1880s, abortions were morally acceptable and legal, with even the Catholic Church approving of the procedure before 'quickening.' Historians say the desire to ban the procedure had more to do with business than women's health.
WNBA star Brittney Griner, in a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, said she fears she will be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded with the President not to forget about her and other American detainees.
WNBA star Brittney Griner, in a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden, said she fears she will be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded with the President not to forget about her and other American detainees.
The Supreme Court's majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade has led states to implement their own abortion policies. The ruling has already resulted in a patchwork system across the country -- as was anticipated -- in which access to the procedure is, for many people, determined largely by whether a state is controlled by Republicans or Democrats.
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, whose campaign has doled out over $450K for private security, is on the board of directors for a radical foundation that wants to abolish police.
Democratic Sen. Hassan of New Hampshire charges in a Fox News interview that her Republican challengers in the crucial battleground state are ‘extreme opponents’
A GOP group working to elect Republicans at a state level insist economic woes will be the main focus for voters in the upcoming midterm elections.
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to travel to Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, following a weekend of deadly shootings across the city.
Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, a Democrat, bashed America's Founding Fathers while decrying America's history as "a colonial, slave holding, sexist past."
President Biden says America's best days still lie ahead, tweeting on July 4th that Independence Day is a "sacred day" when we celebrate America's unique origin.
Following a deadly shooting in Denmark, where strict gun laws are in place, conservatives in America conclude that gun control does not prevent mass shootings
A Capitol Fourth, the annual Independence Day concert in the nation's capital, is slated to allow in-person crowds for the first time in two years.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is a rising GOP star, and in a new memoir she tells how farming background led to a career in politics — which might one day include a run for president
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes (D) was filmed on video telling an audience the founding of America was awful and terrible.
Little is going President Joe Biden’s way as the summer lull sets in before the crush of midterm elections. Gas prices are up; his approval rating is down.
When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted for the most significant gun violence prevention bill in nearly three decades, he offered a candid
House Jan. 6 committee members said Sunday that they may make criminal referrals to federal prosecutors involving former President Donald Trump and his efforts
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold was in a constant state of motion Tuesday night as she awaited the primary election results that would determine her
Thousands of nonviolent federal prisoners eligible for early release under a promising Trump-era law remain locked up nearly four years later due to inadequate implementation, prisoner advocacy groups say.
Gail Curley, the Supreme Court’s marshal, has written to the governors of Maryland and Virginia and local officials in suburban Washington, D.C., asking them
The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that had allowed clinics in the state to continue performing abortions even after the U.S.
A Supreme Court case that will decide the power state legislatures wield over congressional and presidential elections could have far-reaching implications for
The Biden administration proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Alaska coast over the next five years.
Two Arizona state lawmakers who promoted Donald Trump's stolen election falsehoods have been issued subpoenas by the Justice Department in its Jan. 6 probe.
Manhunt underway after mass shooting at July 4 parade; Meet the TikTok generation's favorite baseball team
In a handwritten letter delivered to the White House, WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded with President Biden not to forget her after she's spent months in a Russian prison. Catherine Herridge reports.
Trump has told allies and aides in recent days that he is seriously considering announcing a 2024 presidential run as early as this summer, three people close to him said.
Committee members say new information is coming to light following Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is running for reelection in California, but his latest television ad is airing in Florida.
Williams, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and the last living medal of honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday at 98 years old.
Missed the second half of the show? Germany's Olaf Scholz on his handling of aid to Ukraine, Debora Patta and the global food crisis in South Sudan and Dr. Henning Tiemeier discusses maternal mortality in the U.S.
"We have said repeatedly and we continue to warn people not to take the dangerous journey," he said.
The following is a transcript of an interview with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that aired Sunday, June 26, 2022, on "Face the Nation."
With Independence Day upon us, the presidential historian says truth-tellers are what guard our Constitution, as demonstrated by January 6 Committee vice chair Liz Cheney, and former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, whose testimony this week speaking out against fellow Republicans' actions during the insurrection is helping protect our nation from the enemies of democracy.
At least six die and more than two dozen are injured in mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Ill.
Capital punishment is immoral, advocates say, and disproportionately affects minorities. Should it be levied against a white supremacist who massacred Black people in Buffalo?
In live testimony, Cassidy Hutchinson used vivid detail to recount scenes involving President Donald Trump and some of his closest associates.
While being known for his own false and misleading emails, Trump faces armies of unaffiliated fundraisers who ape his message and sometimes threaten Republicans in Trump’s name.
The order comes days before Biden is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia, a trip that has prompted accusations of Biden reversing his promise to make the country a "pariah" after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
“What kind of man knows that a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol and further incites that mob when his own vice president is under threat?" Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said on ABC's "This Week."
The ruling created a new rallying cry for Democrats, but also revealed some divergences in the party and unsettled questions about the path forward.
For many of those opposed to the decision, the rolling back of the constitutional right to an abortion was another example of how American democracy is broken.
The data privacy risks associated with abortion aren’t hypothetical. Cases around the world show how a digital trail can become evidence.
State Sen. Jim Abeler told the Star Tribune that he hadn’t realized the bill broadly legalized products containing THC.
President Biden and Democrats face political peril as costs keep rising and midterm elections loom.
Worried about inflation and dissatisfied with President Biden, many moderate women have been drifting away from Democrats. Now the party hopes the fight for abortion rights will drive them back.
With challenges in meeting clean energy goals and new electricity demands, politicians in both parties seek to prolong and even expand reactor use.
He was the first Black secretary of the Army — just one of many jobs, both high- and low-profile, that he held over nearly 20 years in government.
Former President Donald J. Trump has weathered scandals by keeping his intentions under wraps, but recent testimony paints a stark portrait of a man willing to do almost anything to hang onto power.
Even before the wave of abortion bans, medical treatment and advice for pregnancy has largely focused on fetal safety over the mother’s.
The names “embody the best of the United States Army and America,” a commission established by Congress wrote in announcing its choices.
Special Operations veterans are training Ukrainians near the front lines in the fight against Russia, despite warnings from the Pentagon.
Top officials at the department met with prosecutors and the local police in Philadelphia in an effort to help cities prepare for a hot-weather crime wave marked by the Fourth of July.
One official criticized the request, saying that the federal government was primarily responsible for ensuring the safety of justices and their families.
The U.S. has had more mass shootings in the past weekend than Denmark has had in a decade.
"It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year," the WNBA star wrote.
"The only reason you’re celebrating Independence Day is because citizens were armed," the NRA tweeted. Unless you've been killed by an armed citizen.
Information about Donald Trump's state of mind leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection could be critical if any charges are filed against him.
"A classic example of denial comes from Donald Trump: 'I won in a landslide,'" the senator noted, quoting the former president.
It's not at all clear what the former president was referring to in a furious series of Fourth of July messages.
State legislatures will be in the spotlight as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving the power to regulate abortion to the states.
The Republican governor defended the law in South Dakota that bans all abortions except when the mother's life is at risk.
“I’m not sure what" voters "think that we did wrong," said one official who's quitting. "And they’re very nasty. The accusations and the threats are nasty.”
“What are they doing over there? They have a much greater opportunity to enforce their subpoenas than our legislative committee does," said the Jan. 6 panel member.
The suspected shooter who opened fire on a July 4 Parade in Highland Park, Illinois, and killed at least six and wounded 24 more, has been arrested by Chicago law enforcement.
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said Sunday on NBC News' "Meet the Press" that he is "concerned" that the January 6th Select Committee may have "overreached" with an alleged incident involving former President Donald Trump inside a vehicle.
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) called for stricter gun control laws and said, “there are too many guns on our streets,” in a statement after a gunman murdered at least six and injured 24 more at a July 4 parade in Chicago’s Highland Park neighborhood.
The president delivered a speech to the American people from the White House, as part of a barbecue with military service members.
Hollywood celebrities rejected any sense of patriotism this July 4 and used the Independence Day holiday weekend to trash the United States as an oppressive country where women can't get abortions, racism is rampant, and former President Donald Trump is still a free man and on the loose.
A red flag law, a waiting period for gun purchases, licensing requirements, and numerous other gun controls did not prevent the July 4, 2022, Highland Park attack.
Joe Biden continues to deflect blame from his own energy policies for the high prices Americans are paying for gas, including by claiming gas station owners are price gouging.
Representative Mondaire Jones (D-NY) said Monday on MSNBC's "Deadline" that if the Democrats win two more Senate seats in the upcoming midterm election, they will get rid of the filibuster to pass gun legislation.
President Joe Biden renewed his gun control push following the July 4, 2022, attack on a parade in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago.
A political comeback by Donald Trump would render America's "denial, deceit, and distrust" "incurable," Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) argued on July 4.