Biden Remains ‘Intensely Focused’ on Next Six Months, Blinken Says

The secretary of state spoke to members of the media at the White House on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that President Joe Biden is intensely focused on the work that remains in the next six months, including bringing peace to the Middle East and dealing with the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

Judge Blocks Ohio Election Law That Limited Who Could Return Disabled Voters’ Absentee Ballots

‘This is a win for democracy,’ ACLU’s Freda Levenson said. A federal judge in Ohio has struck down an election law that made it illegal for nearly anyone other than a relatively narrow group of close relatives to return an absentee ballot on behalf of someone with a disability. Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan of the

Secret Service Director Cheatle Resigns in Disgrace Following Disastrous Congressional Testimony

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday in disgrace following her agency’s failure to prevent the near-assassination of Republican nominee Donald Trump and her disastrous congressional testimony on Monday. “I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” Cheatle wrote in an email to her staff on Tuesday. “In light of recent events, it is with