The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

Black community leaders call on CPS to fix achievement gap

A couple dozen Black leaders attended Thursday’s Board of Education meeting to ask for a committee that would develop a strategy to help Black students academically.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2023

Biden warns voters a second Trump presidency will threaten democracy

Faced with stagnant approval ratings, president ups ante in what may become a central theme of his re-election campaign

The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2023

California county abuzz after far-right figure appointed for mosquito control

Store owner in Shasta county who has elevated conspiracy theories about mosquitoes and vaccines gets seat on local board

The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2023

Trump says he will not try to have his Georgia election interference case moved to federal court

Former president and 18 other defendants have all pleaded not guilty in sprawling Fulton County Rico case

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

California Governor says Taylor Swift’s influence on US election will be ‘profoundly powerful’

Swift’s recent call to action drove record numbers of new voter registrations

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Before senior aide to Pennsylvania governor resigned, coworker accused adviser of sexual harassment

A senior adviser to Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro who abruptly resigned this week was accused earlier in the year of sexual harassment by a former coworker

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Trump won't try to move Georgia case to federal court after judge rejected similar bid by Meadows

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to state court

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

The Biden impeachment hearing was a fishing expedition – no one took the bait

With no evidence and their own witnesses admitting to no firsthand knowledge of wrongdoing, GOP members tried to take a commonsense question too far

The Guardian - US · Sep 28, 2023

Teachers will have ‘strong demands’ in contract talks — even with one of their own on other side of bargaining table

“The driving force has always been inequity and injustice that Black and Brown students and their families experience in this city,” CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said. “And that injustice did not roll away on April 4. We just got another gladiator in a place of power.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 28, 2023

US House Republicans hold first formal Biden impeachment hearing

House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptical Senate.

France 24 · Sep 28, 2023