Republican presidential candidatesare finally tackling abortion politics head-on, recognizing — for the first time in the post-Roe era — that ceding the debate to Democrats could be a recipe for defeat in 2024.
Why it matters: Sanders, who challenged Biden during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, said he would not run for president in 2024. He added he will "do what I can to make sure that the president is reelected."
The Biden administration is taking aim at rural and Midwestern Republicans in its efforts to kill House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) bill to raise debt ceiling and cut spending.
Why it matters: At least eight House Republicans plan to vote against the measure unless cuts to ethanol tax credits are removed, Axios' Juliegrace Brufke reported.
Driving the news: As Biden, 80, announces his re-election campaign, America’s youngest Democrats want the octogenarian's platform to align with their priorities.
President Biden's re-election launch video opens with grainy footage of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, with Biden warning that "MAGA extremists" want to take away American's basic freedoms — and then promising to protect them.
Why it matters: Biden's friends think he might've retired if he thought Vice President Harris could beat former President Trump. But Biden sees Trump as a lethal threat to America — the reason to run and the issue to build his campaign around.
A fight over ethanol is putting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the unhappy position of accepting revisions to his debt ceiling bill — or offering future promises to members who privately don’t trust him.
Why it matters: A bloc of at least eight corn belt Republicans are a hard “no” on the bill unless it’s revised to remove cuts to ethanol tax credits, Axios has learned.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is demanding that Secretary of State Antony Blinken make public a sensitive, 87-page review of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Why it matters: The rapid fall of Kabul to the Taliban was one of the toughest moments of Biden's presidency. Republicans are turning up the heat — demanding an internal review be made public and reviewing next steps to obtain a subpoenaed dissent cable.
Latino workers are crucial to the oil and gas industry but remain vulnerable to pollution andthe future transition to renewable energy jobs, lawmakers and business leaders say.
Driving the news: U.S. Reps. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), both from major oil and gas-producing states, said during an Axios Latino event last week that advocates and industry leaders need to do more to engage Latinos, especially workers, on climate change.
The White House on Tuesday made clear that President Biden will veto the GOP's debt ceiling bill if it were to pass in both chambers of Congress.
Why it matters: It's the latest sign the Biden administration is firm on its refusal to negotiate with McCarthy on anything except a "clean" debt limit increase.
The Republican National Committee responded to President Biden’s re-election announcement Tuesday with an AI-generated video depicting a dystopian version of the future if he is re-elected.
The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party, followed by a series of imagined reports about international and domestic crises that the ad suggests would follow a Biden victory in 2024.
Why it matters: AI-generated images are disrupting art, journalism, and now politics. The 2024 election is poised to be the first election with ads full ofimages generated by modern Artificial Intelligence software that are meant to look and feel real to voters.
The U.S. Senate will vote on a resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment this week — 100 years after the measure was introduced, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Monday.
The big picture: The proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution would guarantee equal rights legally, regardless of sex.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at six weeks of pregnancy.
The big picture: The bill that officials said takes effect immediately only allows for exceptions in cases of rape or incest up until six weeks' gestation is one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S.
