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NY swing district Democrats breathe a sigh of relief

Joe Biden’s withdrawal was welcome news for members of his party in competitive districts.

  • Austin C. Jefferson

Opinion: With Biden out, Kamala Harris can make history with her own VP pick

By picking a woman as her running mate, the current vice president and potential Democratic presidential nominee should pick Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for a truly ceiling-shattering ticket.

  • Tom Allon

Kathy Hochul stuck with Biden until the very end.

The New York governor refused to entertain the idea that Biden should step aside. Now that he has, she says she’s “proud to stand beside” Kamala Harris.

  • Rebecca C. Lewis
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Pennsylvania politicians react to President Biden campaign exit

The decision by the president shakes the battleground state’s political landscape and denizens.

  • Greg Salisbury

New York politicians react to Biden dropping out

Democrats thank the president, while Republicans question his ability to continue doing the job.

  • Sahalie Donaldson, Annie McDonough, Rebecca C. Lewis and Eric Holmberg

Opinion: The Democrats should now double down on women

A Kamala Harris-Gretchen Whitmer ticket would highlight Democrats’ commitment to women’s rights.

  • Tom Allon
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Biden ends his 2024 presidential reelection bid, endorses Kamala Harris

After weeks of pressure from the Democratic party and others, President Joe Biden has decided to stop pursuing a second term and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who said on Sunday that she would "earn and win" the nomination.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse

More bad news for Boeing defense on the horizon

The company is still “fighting through challenges” building new Air Force One planes, defense chief says.

  • Audrey Decker

Ukraine’s cheap sensors are helping troops fight off waves of Russian drones

Sub-$500 rig helps save expensive air-defense missiles for bigger threats.

  • Audrey Decker

Commentary: When a nonprofit should – or shouldn’t grow

What can be learned from the failed expansion of Benefits Data Trust and how New York organizations are looking to make an impact without taking on the same risks.

  • John MacIntosh

Lockheed won’t get paid in full yet for upgraded F-35s, even as deliveries resume

The jets are being shipped with incomplete software, so the Pentagon is withholding part of its payment.

  • Audrey Decker

Air Force brought in hard-nosed negotiator to close E-7 deal with Boeing

The service was struggling to reach an agreement for its new radar plane.

  • Audrey Decker
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Stigma is hindering treatment of opioid addictions. States can change that.

The health care workforce is key to treating patients' opioid use disorders, but experts say stigma toward drug use and treatment among medical professionals remains a barrier to treatment access and positive outcomes.

  • Kaitlyn Levinson

Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements have brought high costs, low enrollment

The state’s experience so far stands in stark contrast with that of North Carolina, where half a million people have signed up for Medicaid coverage in the first seven months of its expansion.

  • Daniel C. Vock

Burgos abruptly announces resignation, effective immediately

The Bronx Democratic Party is already lining up a successor to the South Bronx lawmaker.

  • Rebecca C. Lewis

In reversal, AT&T says most FirstNet customers impacted in data breach disclosed last week

“We now believe the proportion of FirstNet numbers included in the data is similar to that of our broader customer base,” the company said in a statement.

  • David DiMolfetta

Federal agencies are ramping up efforts to prepare for a presidential transition

The White House and agency councils are meeting to prepare for a potential transfer of power, though Trump has yet to name a transition director.

  • Eric Katz

A guide to Pennsylvania’s attorney general race

Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican David Sunday face off in the race for the state’s top legal office

  • Harrison Cann

Mitigating AI risks requires global cooperation, officials say

The U.S. is looking “to try and build international consensus around a set of norms” for countries’ uses of AI, a State Department official said on Thursday.

  • Edward Graham

Data can be a double-edged sword in generative AI, agency experts say

Though there are myriad federal use cases for generative AI applications, usability hinges on clean, organized input data.

  • Alexandra Kelley

Lockheed resumes F-35 deliveries after year-long pause

But the tech-development problems that halted deliveries of the TR-3 version of the jet persist.

  • Audrey Decker