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President Joe Biden, right, and White House Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall, left, speak with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, on screen at center right, and Administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Deanne Criswell, onscreen at center left, about the Biden administration's efforts to aid in recovery from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Biden to survey Carolinas’ storm damage Wednesday

President Biden will travel to North and South Carolina on Wednesday to scan damage from Hurricane Helene and greet first responders. Published October 1, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks outside the Chez What furniture store as he visits Valdosta, Ga., a town impacted by Hurricane Helene, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A GoFundMe page authorized by former President Donald Trump to help victims of Hurricane Helene had raised more than 1.7millionasofearlyTuesday,eclipsingitsgoalof1.7 million as of early Tuesday, eclipsing its goal of 1.7millionasofearlyTuesday,eclipsingitsgoalof1 million. Published October 1, 2024

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Hurricane Helene at a rally on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Harris leans into Obamacare wars in new ads

Vice President Kamala Harris is running ads targeting former President Donald Trump's threat to replace Obamacare while having only "concepts" of a plan. Published October 1, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump walks outside the Chez What furniture store as he visits Valdosta, Ga., a town impacted by Hurricane Helene, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Harris, Trump turn focus to Hurricane Helene relief efforts

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shifted their attention Monday away from standard campaigning to focus on the emergency response to the fallout from Hurricane Helene, which devastated a region that includes the election battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia. Published September 30, 2024

President Joe Biden speaks about the federal response efforts for Hurricane Helene, from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden says federal government will help Southeast U.S. recover from Helene ‘until the job is done’

President Biden told southern governors the federal government will do everything it can, for as long as it takes, to help the Southeast and Appalachia recover from a "history-making" storm that claimed more than 100 people and upwards of 600 missing as of Monday. Published September 30, 2024

New York City mayor Eric Adams appears outside Manhattan federal court in New York after an appearance Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hinting that he became a political "target" for the feds because he criticized President Biden's border and immigration policies. The comments even drew sympathy from former President Donald Trump. Published September 30, 2024

New York City mayor Eric Adams arrives at Manhattan federal court, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams: ‘I am not guilty, your honor’

New York Mayor Eric Adams is pleading not guilty to bribery and wire fraud charges in an indictment alleging he solicited foreign donations in return for official favors. Published September 27, 2024

Incumbent candidate New York's 12th Congressional District, Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., presides over a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington on June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senior House Dem Nadler of NYC says Mayor Adams must resign

Rep. Jerrold Nadler called on his fellow New York Democrat, Eric Adams, to step down, saying the mayor can't do the job right while battling an indictment alleging he solicited foreign campaign donations in exchange for official favors. Published September 27, 2024

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, left, exits Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the mayor, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYC confronts uncertain future amid Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption charges

New York City hurtled into uncharted territory Thursday as prosecutors accused Mayor Eric Adams of a decadelong scheme of soliciting foreign campaign donations through straw donors in exchange for official favors. Published September 26, 2024

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference outside Gracie Mansion, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams funneled foreign donations to campaign, offered favors: Prosecutors

New York Mayor Eric Adams funneled foreign campaign donations through straw donors in the U.S. to circumvent federal election laws, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Thursday, a historic development in America's largest city. Published September 26, 2024

A NYPD officer stands outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Thursday, Sep. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams vows to fight on as agents search home, calls mount for him to resign

Federal agents searched the home of New York City Mayor Eric Adams early Thursday before authorities were expected to detail charges against the Democrat. Published September 26, 2024

Insurance agent Maria Collado, center right, works with clients at a shopping mall kiosk run by Las Madrinas de los Seguros, Spanish for "The Godmothers of Insurance," at a shopping center in Miami, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Democrats use campaign season to push for extension of generous Obamacare subsidies

Senior Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday to permanently extend Obamacare subsidies that were increased by President Biden's signature tax-and-climate bill but will expire at the end of 2025. Published September 25, 2024

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the CHIPS and Science Act at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Biden will sign bill to speed chip projects, breaking with some Dems, environmental groups

President Biden plans to sign a recently passed bill that exempts some semiconductor projects from federal environmental reviews, despite an outcry from a trickle of Democrats saying the legislation undercuts protection in a decades-old law. Published September 25, 2024

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reacts following an assassination attempt at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

Trump thanks Congress for bipartisan effort to increase protection

Former President Donald Trump thanked Congress on Wednesday for extending presidential-level protection to major presidential and vice presidential candidates, saying it is "nice to see Republicans and Democrats get together on something." Published September 25, 2024

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to members of the press at a news conference in New York, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Hounded by federal probes, NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he’s not stepping down: ‘I have a city to run’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he is forging ahead and will not resign despite a swirl of federal investigations into his administration. Published September 24, 2024

The injectable drug Ozempic, by Novo Nordisk, is shown on Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Sen. Bernie Sanders: U.S. is ‘cash cow’ for maker of blockbuster weight-loss drugs

Sen. Bernard Sanders scolded a Danish drugmaker Tuesday for charging Americans at least six times what other nations pay for "game-changing" weight-loss drugs, saying millions of people with obesity or diabetes would manage their conditions better if the cost came down. Published September 24, 2024

Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha is shown in the Legislative Chamber in Lincoln, Neb., Friday, March 1, 2019. McDonnell is expected to be a key vote for a bill being debated Thursday, April 27, 2023, that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Key Nebraska legislator says no to ‘winner-take-all’ Electoral College proposal, bucks Trump allies

A pivotal state senator on Monday doomed GOP hopes to convert Nebraska into a winner-take-all state in the Electoral College. Published September 23, 2024

The BYD Qin L Dmi is unveiled during Auto China 2024 in Beijing, April 25, 2024. Chinese automaker BYD inaugurated its first electric vehicle plant in Thailand on Thursday, July 4, part of the company’s effort to expand into Southeast Asia while also tackling wealthier markets in the U.S. and Europe. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Biden administration proposes ban on cars with Chinese and Russian ‘smart’ tech

The Biden administration proposed rules Monday prohibiting the sale or import of "smart" cars that have certain technology from China or Russia, citing national security concerns. Published September 23, 2024

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as she joins Oprah Winfrey at Oprah's Unite for America Live Streaming event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Harris campaign hits Trump with ‘chicken’ label over no third debate

The Democratic National Committee plans to greet former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Monday with billboards declaring him a "chicken" for declining to debate Vice President Kamala Harris a second time. Published September 23, 2024

First lady Jill Biden, third from left, speaks during a cabinet meeting presided over by President Joe Biden, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden yields spotlight to first lady in long-awaited Cabinet meeting

President Biden held his first Cabinet meeting in almost a year and immediately turned the session over to a special guest -- his wife, first lady Jill Biden. Published September 20, 2024