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In a wide-ranging series of interviews with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired Sunday, President Trump suggested he had unchecked executive power under Article II of the Constitution, railed against his chosen leader of the Federal Reserve, and asserted that no president, including Abraham Lincoln, was treated as “badly” by the media. ABC released a short clip from the interview

WASHINGTON — Virginians will elect members of the House of Delegates this year using a map seen as favorable to Democrats, according to a ruling Monday by the US Supreme Court. The political boundaries are important because Republicans currently control the House by a 51-49 margin. Only four states are having legislative elections this year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man who they say set off a fire extinguisher while at a building where Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has one of her district offices. The New York Police Department says officers responded to a call of a trespasser shortly before 5 p.m.

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is seeking to become the first openly gay president of the United States, said in an interview that aired Sunday that it is statistically ‘‘almost certain’’ that the country has had previous gay presidents. ‘‘I would imagine we’ve probably had excellent presidents who are gay, we just didn’t know which ones,’’ Buttigieg said during an interview on ‘‘Axios on HBO.’’ Host Mike Allen pressed Buttigieg, 37, on whether being young, liberal and gay would be liabilities if he becomes the Democratic nominee against Presiden

President Trump said he'll be rolling out a new health care plan in a couple of months, saying it will be a key focus in his 2020 reelection campaign.  "We're going to produce phenomenal health care, and we already have the concept of the plan," Trump told ABC News in an interview aired Sunday night.  "We'll be announcing that in two months, maybe less," he added, when prompted for specifics.  Trump said "we almost had health care done," adding that ObamaCare "is a disaster," but "we've made it serviceable."  Health care w

A Fox News poll released early Sunday shows MORE, by as many as 10 points. The poll, conducted June 9 to June 12, shows Biden ahead of Trump, 49 percent to 39 percent. It also shows Sen. MORE (I-Vt.) topping the president, 49 percent to 40 percent. Three other candidates also polled ahead of Trump, albeit within the survey's margin of error. Sen.

Anticipation is growing for the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions of the year. With just two weeks left in the month of June, the justices have yet to issue rulings in 24 cases, including high-profile decisions that will affect the census citizenship question and partisan gerrymandering. The final stretch may also signal how the new conservative majority will rule on other major cases down the line, providing a glimpse of some of the issues the justices could take up when their next term starts in October. Justice MORE suggested in remarks delivered earlier this month

It’s only June, but MORE’s laserlike focus on immigration and desire for a border wall are making GOP lawmakers nervous that lagging talks on a budget deal could further bog down and lead to another government shutdown. Trump is demanding $5 billion in border wall funding as part of a deal that would put limits on federal spending and raise the debt ceiling. A senior administration official on Friday said the Senate should put together appropriations bills that fund the president’s border wall request.

Days before Father’s Day, Odette retold the story of Chrishia’s death in a podcast with the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Odette says that despite years passing, there has been no charges or conviction of the illegal alien who hit and killed 13-year-old Chrishia in a car crash on September 12, 2014. “There has been no real justice for my daughter,” Odette said. Listen: Odette said on the night of his daughter’s death, Chrishia asked him to spend the night at a friend’s house but that he initially told her no.