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2024 Elections

Super PACs keep testing the limits of campaign finance law

Advocates say lack of enforcement of campaign finance laws means groups can push the envelope with little fear of reprecussions.

Energy & Environment

Solar eclipse offers test for a renewable-heavy grid

U.S. power system operators are planning for a drop in solar generation Monday as darkness covers a swath of the United States.

By Jason Plautz

Big-dollar fundraisers are back

Biden and Trump say they’re raising tens of millions of dollars from big, in-person events.

Kaine, Sanders push Biden to get tougher with Israel

The Virginia Democrat delivered a more tempered rebuke than the Vermont independent, who pressed the president days after appearing alongside him at the White House.

Biden promises to rebuild Key Bridge

President Joe Biden took an aerial tour of the wreckage and was briefed on the recovery efforts.

California criminal justice battle intensifies with reformers’ counteroffensive

Groups that have fought to downgrade drug and property sentences are defending those changes.

Built fjord tough: Why one American ally is surging defense spending

The country unveiled a 12-year, $152 billion military spending plan on Friday.