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Senate hopefuls are beginning to announce their 2024 run. Some states, like California, are already seeing multiple candidates trying to get ahead of the competition.

Early jockeying for Senate seats foreshadows competitive 2024 elections

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season.

Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Biden's nominee to be the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision speaks during her confirmation hearing at the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 3. Sen. Joe Manchin said on Monday he will oppose her nomination, likely dooming her chances.

Sen. Joe Manchin says he'll oppose Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to a key Fed role

The opposition of Manchin, the Democratic senator from West Virginia, likely dooms Raskin's chances to be confirmed.

Semi-automatic rifles are displayed at Coastal Trading and Pawn, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Auburn, Maine.

Emboldened Biden, Dems pushing semi-automatic weapons ban

The tough talk reflects the steady progress that gun control advocates have made.

Washington Commanders' Dan Snyder poses for photos during an event to unveil the NFL football team's new identity, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. Snyder and his organization are the subject of multiple ongoing investigations over workplace misconduct and potential financial improprieties.

NFL's Washington Commanders are among those sued by D.C., accused of deceiving fans

Owner Dan Snyder and the NFL were among those sued by the District of Columbia, accused of lying about an inquiry into sexual misconduct and a persistently hostile work environment within the team.

The former site of the Hill Top Women’s Reproductive Clinic, an abortion provider in El Paso, Texas, sits empty and for sale. The clinic closed in March 2020, as Texas tightened its abortion laws. The state has now banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.

After Dobbs, troops seeking abortions may face long drives, career risks, privacy concerns

More than 100 military installations are in states where abortion is now banned.

Shoppers at Apple Tree Supermarket in Chula Vista on April 20, 2022.

Black households hit harder by inflation, UC San Diego study finds

Black families experience higher and more volatile inflation, impacting prices on groceries and household essentials, according to a report published Monday with research from UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the current chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, who's shown here in 2018, has introduced a bill to try to protect the 2030 census and other future head counts from political interference.

A new bill could help protect the census after Trump-era interference

After years of census meddling by former President Donald Trump's administration, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill that could help protect future counts from interference.

Congress President Jose Williams gives thumbs up after lawmakers verbally voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Peru's Congress voted to remove Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him.

Peru swears in a new president amid constitutional crisis

Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.

Martin Shkreli leaves after appearance on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Committee, Feb. 4, 2016.

'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli has been released from prison

Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive known for raising the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000%, was sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud in 2018.

A sign in Imperial Beach on June 28, 2020, warning swimmers of sewage-contaminated water.

Settlement reached in long-running cross-border sewage litigation

The agency tasked with overseeing wastewater infrastructure in the Tijuana River Valley will mitigate and address cross-border water flows.

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