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Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questions Columbia University president Nemat Shafik during a House committee hearing on antisemitism in higher education last month.

In Knesset speech, GOP's Elise Stefanik calls for unrestricted U.S. war aid to Israel

8:37pm May 19, 2024

by Brian Mann

Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth."

President Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Atlanta.

At Morehouse, Biden says dissent should be heard because democracy is 'still the way'

8:33pm May 19, 2024

Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address focused on his view of the importance - and future of - democracy.

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Why some young male voters are moving to Trump

5:19pm May 19, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Polls show young male voters who once supported Biden moving to Trump. We ask why that is and what the Democrats can do to turn the trend around.

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Politics chat: Biden and Trump pin their hopes on debate to give them an edge

7:59am May 19, 2024

The contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump looks tight and each candidate hopes upcoming debates will shift the campaign in their favor.

Biden will address the commencement ceremony at Morehouse College. Protests are expected

7:59am May 19, 2024

President Biden makes an address today during commencement ceremonies at Morehouse College in Atlanta at a time when protests over his handling of the war in Gaza are rocking U.S. college campuses.

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Trump's trials update

5:26pm May 18, 2024

The prosecution just about wrapped up its case in Trump's hush money trial. But did they effectively present their case? Scott Detrow and Ximena Bustillo discuss with law professor Jed Shugerman.

Republican primary challenger for Rep. Richard Pombo's seat, former Rep. Pete McCloskey, is shown at his law office in Redwood City, Calif., March 16, 2006. Former California Rep. McCloskey, who ran as a Republican challenging President Richard Nixon in 1972, died on May 8 at age 96.

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Pete McCloskey's life reminds us how politics long in the past live on in the present

1:24pm May 18, 2024

by Ron Elving

McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but the issues he had been willing to champion are as salient as ever.

Pedestrians pass through The Ohio State University's student union.

Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

9:06am May 18, 2024

by Sarah Donaldson

Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

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Democratic campaigners in Georgia are skeptical of Biden's chances in 2024

8:44am May 18, 2024

by Asma Khalid

A group of people involved in past Democratic campaigns talks about skepticism that President Biden can win the state again in 2024.

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Week in politics: An upside-down flag and an early debate

8:02am May 18, 2024

A flag flap for a Supreme Court justice, and both major presidential campaigns agree to debates, albeit earlier than is traditional, with some rule changes.