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President Joe Biden marked Transgender Day of Remembrance in a statement Saturday, paying tribute to "those we lost in the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans."

It's nothing new to say that members of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party don't see eye to eye. After all, there's a reason they belong to different political parties.

Here's how politicians game the system: The same group of people can vote on the same Election Day with very different results.

Sirius XM radio host Joe Madison, who is engaged in a hunger strike over what he has called a "politically and morally wrong" attack on voting rights, told CNN on Friday that he wants lawmakers to put voting rights "on the front burner" when they return from their Thanksgiving recess.

Republicans in Wisconsin are engaging in a multi-pronged attack on the state's bipartisan election commission -- in one of the latest efforts to relitigate the 2020 election in a key presidential battleground state.

President Joe Biden said Friday he stands by the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, saying the jury system of trial in the United States works and must be respected.

President Joe Biden is set to undergo his routine annual physical Friday at Walter Reed Medical Center -- his first physical in office as the oldest first-term president in US history.

A report detailing the findings of an impeachment investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to be released to the public in the coming days, according to two members of the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee.

Ohio's crowded Republican Senate primary has become a battle over who most can align themselves with former President Donald Trump.

A federal judge suggested Friday that former President Donald Trump had some responsibility for the January 6 attack on the Capitol and that rioters were pawns provoked into action.

Construction has been halted on a secret development inside of a Chinese shipping port near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates after intense US pressure, at least for now, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN -- but multiple officials cautioned that the security concerns over the Chinese presence in the country are far from resolved.

President Joe Biden is participating in his first presidential turkey pardon on Friday, a time-honored White House tradition ahead of Thanksgiving.

There is another moment of truth for American justice as three trials near their end, and one case closes a long chapter.

President Joe Biden's long-awaited plan to dramatically expand the social safety net could pass the House as soon as Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

With less than one month until the Army's deadline to vaccinate its active-duty force, the service will begin barring soldiers who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 without an exemption from reenlistment, promotions, and other "favorable personnel actions."

President Joe Biden on Friday will temporarily transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he is under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that the war in Tigray has put Ethiopia on a "path to destruction" that could reverberate throughout east Africa, telling CNN that the country's leader, Abiy Ahmed, must fulfill "his responsibility" and end violence in the region.

House Democrats are planning to pass President Joe Biden's sweeping $1.9 trillion social safety net expansion legislation on Friday morning after House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy stalled an effort to vote Thursday evening by delivering a record-breaking marathon floor speech overnight.

House Democrats are on the cusp of passing President Joe Biden's sweeping social spending and climate change bill after months of feuding. But the likely win on Friday will only pose new questions over whether the $1.9 trillion measure can survive the Senate and then offer the short-term jolt of political energy Biden's wobbling presidency needs.

After months of negotiations, the House passed the Democrats' sweeping $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package on Friday.