Biden mulls 2024 plans as Democrats weigh generational shift
President Biden plans to use some time over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays to decide whether he wants to run for reelection, surrounding himself with family as he assesses his political future while giving himself a deadline of early next year to officially announce. Biden, who just turned 80, remains in many Democrats' minds the party's best shot at retaining the White House in 2024. Still, he's weighing his next steps at a time when several contemporaries in the party have stepped down from top roles to make room for a new generation of leaders. For Biden, com
Read MoreJust two House races remain undeclared, and Republicans lead in both
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Read MoreBiden says he will try to move on gun control during lame-duck session
President Biden on Thursday said he would try to pass a bill banning assault rifles during the lame-duck session before the next Congress forms, despite long odds due to Republican opposition. Biden spoke to reporters Thanksgiving morning, coming after a week that saw three mass shootings in the U.S. Biden said it was "ridiculous" that red flag laws — in which law enforcement officers can seize firearms from individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others — were not being enforced across the country. "No. 2, the idea ... we still allow semi-automatic weap
Read MoreArizona becomes epicenter of GOP challenges to 2022 election
Arizona is now ground zero for GOP efforts to challenge the 2022 midterm results as the party seizes on allegations of voter disenfranchisement. On Tuesday, Republican attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh took the latest step by filing a lawsuit challenging the results of his race, in which his Democratic rival leads by 510 votes out of more than 2.5 million ballots ahead of an expected recount. That comes after two GOP-led counties in the Grand Canyon State voted to delay certifying the election results. Meanwhile, a battle is growing in the most populous jurisd
Read MoreThese are the states where Thanksgiving dinner will be most and least expensive this year
If you are hosting Thanksgiving in Kansas, rejoice: There’s nowhere cheaper to buy a turkey and trimmings in 2022. A new Thanksgiving meal dashboard assembled by researchers at Purdue University finds Kansas the most affordable state in the union to procure ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal this year. A 12-person spread costs $70.89, on average, in the Sunflower State. Inflation has pushed the average cost of a 12-person Than
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