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Using cartoonish accents, JFK’s grandson insults and mocks Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In a series of Instagram posts, the grandson suggested he was using steroids, said he was “lying to us” and portrayed him as a Russian stooge and a stalking horse for Donald Trump.

Senator Bernie Sanders smiles as he addresses Unite Here Local 11 workers holding a rally in Los Angeles.

Senator Bernie Sanders launches reelection campaign

“It is absolutely critical that we have his voice in the Senate, and I’m really grateful that I’m going to have more time to serve alongside him on all the issues that he and I both care deeply about,” said Representative Becca Balint, a Democrat from Vermont.

An election worker prepares mail-in ballots at the Clark County Election Department in Las Vegas.

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

The lawsuit comes after Republicans sued to overturn laws permitting the tallying of ballots received after Election Day in Mississippi and North Dakota, and it’s the 83rd election-related suit filed by the party six months before Election Day.

Republican Senator Steve Daines, said, “We’re advising our candidates first of all to take a position on abortion that best matches the state they represent."

Republicans have a good shot at taking the Senate — if they can walk a fine line on abortion

Senate Republican candidates are on shifting terrain as they try to navigate an issue that will dominate the election cycle.

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Jack Schlossberg spoke at the Solomon Islands in 2023.

‘Using the tools at my disposal’: JFK’s grandson explains anti-RFK Jr. Instagram posts

Jan. 6, classified documents, hush money: Tracking the investigations into Donald Trump

Former president Donald Trump waited for the start of proceedings in Manhattan criminal court on April 23.

Tracker: Who has testified in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, and what did they say?

Pro-Palestinian protesters, barred from entering the campus, rallied outside Columbia University in upper Manhattan on April 30.

As campus protests put Israel-Hamas conflict on center stage, Democrats urge Biden to listen to young voters

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Former president Donald Trump returns to court after a break in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York.

Trump says he’ll use National Guard to deport migrants, doubling down on anti-immigration rhetoric

During Trump’s first term, the Department of Homeland Security considered using National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants but the plans ultimately never came to fruition. 5:30 p.m.

Former president Donald Trump in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York.

Trump says he won’t intervene in state abortion policy decisions

Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that he would not intervene in state decisions on abortion policy, including in situations where states seek to monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans. 3:36 p.m.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former president Donald Trump.

Trump and DeSantis meet to make peace and discuss fundraising for the former president’s campaign

Former president Donald Trump met privately with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over the weekend, marking a detente between the former rivals after a brutal primary contest marked by insults and bruised egos. 12:05 p.m.

South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem attends an event at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D.

South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new book about killing her dog

In her book, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem tells the story of Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer she was training for pheasant hunting. 11:36 a.m.

President Biden delivers remarks during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington.

Have you heard the one about Trump? Biden tries humor on the campaign trail.

President Biden is out to win votes by scoring some laughs at the expense of Donald Trump, unleashing mockery with the goal of getting under the former president’s thin skin and reminding the country of his blunders. 11:23 a.m.

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In a poll of 500 Massachusetts voters, 45 percent deemed the local economy "excellent" or "good."

Among Mass. independent voters, the economy is a high hurdle for Biden

Independents are less likely to share Democrats’ rosy take on the state’s economy, but they are nowhere near as gloomy as Republicans, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll. 11:55 a.m.

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm spoke at an electric vehicle battery plant in March. In an interview with the Globe, the secretary emphasized the need to deploy renewable energy technology but acknowledged the “duality” of the administration allowing, and in some cases encouraging, the continued production of fossil fuels.

‘It’s a transition’: Energy Secretary Granholm defends Biden against calls to block fossil fuel infrastructure

Granholm defended the Biden administration from criticism that it has continued to allow — and in some cases encouraged — fossil fuel infrastructure despite aggressive climate goals. 1:11 p.m.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on reproductive rights at Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry Campus in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Biden condemned a six-week abortion ban that will soon take effect in Florida — and blamed former President Donald Trump for its enactment — during the speech on Tuesday in Tampa.

Has changed abortion landscape altered the political reality of deep-red Florida? The president thinks so.

This fall, voters in Florida will have the chance to return expanded abortion access to the state through a ballot initiative, which Democrats hope they can leverage to make gains. 7:07 p.m.