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Biden to sign new bipartisan law targeting child 'sextortion' online

Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old who died by suicide in 2022, is one of a growing number of teens targeted by financial sextortion. His mother hopes the new law will help other parents.
Joe Biden delivers remarks
Joe Biden delivers remarks
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Before Mike Johnson and Kevin McCarthy, there was ‘Uncle Joe,’ a Speaker who fought his own GOP rebels

Then-House Speaker Joseph Cannon, who ruled the House from 1903 to 1911, faced his detractors head-on and survived a vote to oust him.
Joseph G. Cannon poses for a photograph with a cigar.
Joseph G. Cannon poses for a photograph with a cigar.

A rising Republican lost her seat in the Trump era. Now she's trying a comeback.

Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte narrowly lost her seat in 2016. Now, she’s running for governor of New Hampshire after a lucrative detour into the corporate board circuit.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte
Sen. Kelly Ayotte

Biden's general election strategy: Less is more

The president’s aides are seeking to tighten his pitch to voters, with shorter, crisper speeches.
Joe Biden
Joe Biden

GOP group cancels Kristi Noem fundraiser due to 'death threats' amid backlash over her memoir

Jefferson County Republican Party Chair Nancy Pallozzi said in a statement that the group’s fundraising dinner featuring South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was being cancelled “due to safety concerns.”
Kristi Noem at the Conservative Political Action Conference
Kristi Noem at the Conservative Political Action Conference
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Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife indicted in $600,000 foreign bribery scheme

DOJ charges that the Democratic congressman used his office to influence U.S. policy for Azerbaijan. He and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, are also accused of money laundering.
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar

Prosecutors grill Hope Hicks about infamous 'Access Hollywood' tape

Taking the stand in Trump's criminal trial, the ex-White House aide was reunited with her former boss, whom she said she hadn't seen in almost two years.
Image: Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media
Image: Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media

Ex-government employee charged with submitting false tips alleging coworkers' involvement in Capitol riot

Miguel Zapata was arrested Thursday in connection with providing materially false statements to law enforcement, according to an arrest warrant.
Trump supporters riot on the steps of the Capitol.
Trump supporters riot on the steps of the Capitol.

Trump’s VP search is off to a slow start: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Hope Hicks takes the stand in the Trump trial and the Israel-Hamas war negotiations are plagued by wishful thinking.
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak to reporters at the ends of today's proceedings in his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City, on May 3, 2024.
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak to reporters at the ends of today's proceedings in his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City, on May 3, 2024.

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