Former Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday that he is ending his 2024 presidential campaign.
Why it matters: The announcement comes after the former vice president struggled to gain traction in the crowded Republican primary, and less than two weeks before the third GOP debate.
Investigators have found the body of the person suspected of perpetrating dual mass shootings that left 18 dead and more than a dozen injured in Maine, officials confirmed Friday night.
The latest: Police found Robert Card, 40, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 7:45 pm Friday, officials said. The discovery ended a two-day manhunt that followed the deadliest U.S. mass shooting so far this year.
New data from the U.S. Census shows that around 820,000 people moved out of California and 550,000 out of New York in 2022. They join more than 8 million Americans who moved states in 2022.
Why it matters: The rising cost of living is pushing people out of expensive coastal areas, and the trend doesn't look likely to change in coming years: four in ten Californians and and three in ten New Yorkers say they're considering moving out of state.
President Biden's re-election campaign responded with a shrug Friday as Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips jumped into the presidential race.
Why it matters: Polls indicate most Democrats prefer that Biden not run again — but the president's campaign is so confident he'll be the party's nominee that it's essentially ignoring Phillips and focusing onswing states likely to decide the 2024 election.
Nearly nine of 10 Americans oppose banning books that include depictions of slavery from being taught in public schools, but a majority feel public schools should offer Christian Bible courses as electives, a new survey finds.
Why it matters: The data indicates that public attitudes are defying a movement that beganthree years ago by conservative-led organizations to remove books discussing racism across the nation.
Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who testified to the Jan. 6 select committee about his experience during the Capitol riot, is considering a run for Congress.
Driving the news: Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) announced Thursday he will not run for a 10th term, opening up his safely Democratic district in the central Maryland suburbs for the first time in nearly two decades.
First lady Jill Biden slimes fifth-grade students in Philadelphia Friday for the debut of "Well Versed." Photo: Sara Fischer/Axios
First lady Jill Biden helped Nickelodeon and ATTN: debut a new TV show called "Well Versed" focused on teaching kids civics — a modern take on "Schoolhouse Rock."
Why it matters: The animated show, announced on National Civics Day, debuts at a trying time for American democracy.
Why it matters: The ruling means that Ivanka Trump will likely have to take the stand and give testimony about members of her family and their business empire.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges from a superseding indictment released earlier this month, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert set a trial date for Santos for Sept. 9, 2024, according to the attorney's office.
New York City has started offering migrants airplane tickets to destinations of their choosing in response to an increase of asylum seekers arriving in the city.
Why it matters: More than 130,600 people seeking refuge from humanitarian crises around the world have arrived in New York City since 2022. Mayor Eric Adams (D) has warned that the city is running out of space and resources to house them.
Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder ended his 2024 bid on Thursday, becoming the fourth major GOP presidential candidate to end his campaign.
The big picture: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and businessman Perry Johnson previously dropped out of the Republican primary.
New House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Fox News' Sean Hannity in his first interview as speaker that now is not the time to discuss legislation to address the scourge of mass shootings, adding: "The problem is the human heart, not guns."
Why it matters: President Biden and Democrats in Congress are urging action in the wake of the shooting in Lewiston, Maine that left 18 people dead. Johnson argued that it was inappropriate to discuss gun control "in the middle of the crisis," and that he believes, "it's not the weapon, it's the underlying problem."
U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by groups linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at President Biden's direction, the Pentagon announced late Thursday.
The big picture: The "precision self-defense strikes" were in "response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria" by Iran-backed groups that began on Oct. 17, per a Pentagon statement. A U.S. defense official told reporters late Thursday Iran was responsible for the attacks against American bases in Syria.
