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Governors in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi will be voted on this year While 2023 will be a less crowded year for elections, because it falls between the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential race, it will still feature three governors races, in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. Republicans hope to flip one seat and hold another and Democrats hope to hold the third. The results could also begin to show how voters are feeling in the wake of last year's midterms and before they head back to the polls to vote for president.  Last year was a successful one for Democratic gubernatorial candidates, with the party flipping Arizona, Maryland and Massachusetts.  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, chair of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), said that Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, the current vice-chair of the DGA, will be important in applying the lessons learned from the wins in traditionally red states and states with a History of Republican leaders. Of the gubernatorial races in ...

The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in a series of attacks against reproductive health service facilities across the country. The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in a series of attacks against reproductive health service facilities across the country. From Keizer, Oregon, to Amherst, New York, there were at least 10 attacks on reproductive Health service facilities around the country last year, according to the FBI, that have remained unsolved. In this image released by the FBI, a person is shown who is a suspect in the throwing of a the Molotov cocktail at a building used by Planned Parenthood, in Costa Mesa, Calif., on March 13, 2022. FBI "Today's announcement reflects the FBI's commitment to vigorously pursue investigations into crimes against pregnancy resource centers, faith-based organizations, and reproductive health clinics across the country," said FBI Director Christopher ...

Rep. Michael McCaul & Sen. Chris Coons will be on "This Week" airing Sunday, January 22, 2023. HEADLINERS Rep. Michael McCaul Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (R) Texas Sen. Chris Coons Foreign Relations Committee Member (D) Delaware Exclusive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLACK MAYORS PANEL Mayor Eric Adams (D) New York City Mayor Karen Bass (D) Los Angeles Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POWERHOUSE ROUNDTABLE Rachel Scott ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Heidi Heitkamp Former North Dakota Senator ABC News Contributor Sarah Isgur Former Justice Department Spokesperson ABC News Contributor Alex Burns POLITICO Associate Editor for Global Politics & Columnist Plus, insights from our new ABC News/Ipsos poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Like “This Week” on Facebook here. You can also follow the show on Twitter here. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/rep-michael-mccaul-sen-chris-coons-sunday-on-this-week-with-co-a...

Chris Coons insisted there was a key difference between Biden and Trump's handling of classified documents: the need for a search warrant Sen. Chris Coons, a close ally of Joe Biden, on Sunday insisted there was a key difference between the current president and former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents while out of office. "I have some confidence that, because he is fully cooperating, we will get to the bottom of this," Coons told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz of Biden, in "sharp contrast" with Biden's predecessor, whom the government says resisted returning classified records. "There is one important document that distinguishes former President Trump from President Biden: That's a warrant," Coons, D-Del., said. He contended that the controversy wasn't "keeping Americans up at night," but Raddatz pointed to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll showing 64% of people say Biden acted inapprop...

A gun was used as the weapon in the majority of mass attacks, according to the U.S. Secret Service. A gun was used for nearly three-quarters of the mass attacks carried out in the United States from 2016 to 2020, and often acquired illegally to carry out the attack, a newly released U.S. Secret Service report found. "One third of attackers in this study were prohibited by federal law from purchasing or possessing a firearm, including those with a prior felony or domestic violence conviction, fugitives from justice, those previously adjudicated incompetent or involuntarily committed to a mental health institution, and those who were currently the subject of a domestic-related protection order," the report says. "Despite these prohibitions, 38 of these attackers used firearms during their attacks, including those that were acquired through straw purchases, theft, purchases from private sellers, and purchasing parts online." The report, titled "Mass Attacks in Pu...

Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego announced he is launching a Senate run for independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's seat. Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego announce d Monday he is launching a bid for U.S. Senate to unseat independent Kyrsten Sinema. "I have been deeply humbled by the encouragement I have received from the people of Arizona, and today I am answering the call to serve," Gallego said in a press release. In a video announce ment, Gallego shared his vision for Arizona and went after Sinema, who has yet to announce if she'll seek reelection. Helsinki Commission member Rep. Ruben Gallego listens to testimony on Capitol Hill on Dec. 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE "She's repeatedly broken her promises and fought for the interests of big pharma and Wall Street at our expense," he said. "I'm running for the U.S. Senate because the rich and the powerful don't need any more advocates in Washingto...

Flags will remain at half-staff "as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence” until Thursday at sundown, Biden’s proclamation said. President Joe Biden issued a proclamation Sunday night ordering American flags on federal government property to be flown at half-staff , to honor the victims after a gunman allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, at a dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. Flags will remain at half-staff "as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence” until Thursday at sundown, Biden’s proclamation said. "While there is still much we don’t know about the motive in this senseless attack, we do know that many families are grieving tonight, or praying that their loved one will recover from their wounds," Biden wrote in a statement earlier Sunday evening. MORE: Monterey Park mass shooting updates: Suspect died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say...

The search lasted roughly 12 hours, beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending around 10:30 p.m., according to Biden's personal attorney Bob Bauer. The Department of Justice searched President Joe Biden's Delaware home and took possession of more items containing classified information, his lawyers said on Saturday. The DOJ searched Biden's residence in Wilmington on Friday and found six items consisting of documents with classification markings, some from his time in the Senate in addition to his tenure as vice president during the Obama administration. They agents took handwritten notes from his years as vice president. The search lasted roughly 12 hours, beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending around 10:30 p.m., according to Biden's personal attorney Bob Bauer. "DOJ had full access to the President's home, including personally handwritten notes, files, papers, binders, memorabilia, to-do lists, schedules, and reminders going back decades," Bauer said in a stat...

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan had sought the information from the Justice Department. The Department of Justice has informed the House Judiciary Committee it is unlikely to share information with investigators about ongoing criminal probes or any non-public information about any DOJ investigation, according to a letter obtained by ABC News. "Longstanding Department policy prevents us from confirming or denying the existence of pending investigations in response to congressional requests or providing non-public information about our investigations," Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote in a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan. The letter comes in response to Jordan's sweeping Jan. 17 requests to DOJ as well the FBI, DEA and ATF. DOJ's reply is a relatively standard response that the department would send at the beginning of a new Congress. In this June 2, 2022, file photo, Ranking Member Jim Jordan listens during a House Judiciary Committee mark up ...

FBI Director Christopher Wray described how his agency saw an increase in cyberattacks from Russia at the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine Speaking Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, FBI Director Christopher Wray described how his agency saw an increase in cyberattacks from Russia at the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine last year and he hammered the Chinese for their artificial intelligence program. At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February 2022, the FBI observed a growing number of Russian attempts to carry out cyberattacks , Wray said. "We did see, as the conflict erupted and increased, effort by the Russian intelligence services -- which have been conducting malicious cyberactivity against U.S. infrastructure for years," he said. MORE: China has stolen American data more than any country: FBI Director Wray Wray also took aim at another U.S. competitor: China. He predicted that China's artificial intelligence program ...

The Biden and Trump special counsels over classified documents put a spotlight on Merrick Garland and the DOJ, former federal prosecutors say Experts say the discovery of classified documents at President Joe Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home and at an old Washington office of his at the Penn Biden Center has put Attorney General Merrick Garland in the middle of two "unprecedented" special counsel investigations. The parallel probes of both Biden and Donald Trump are an extraordinary circumstance, legal experts and former prosecutors told ABC News, and will inevitably require Garland and the Department of Justice to walk a tightrope to avoid any appearance of politicization while investigating if crimes were broken by the current or former president. "We're really in uncharted waters here," said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor in California who now leads the firm West Coast Trial Lawyers. Garland announced on Thursday that he was naming former...

School districts across the nation are beginning to roll out electric buses to transport children to and from school, with a big boost from the federal government. The wheels on new school buses around the country go round and round, but they're practically the only things making noise. School districts in every state are beginning to roll out electric buses to transport children to and from school, with a big financial boost from the federal government. The vehicles are better for the environment and children's Health , research has shown. They're quieter , too -- and devoid of the black smoke and diesel fumes long synonymous with the nearly 500,000 buses that shuttle 25 million American children to and from school every day. Sheila Martinez, who has been driving school buses in Montgomery County, Maryland, for eight years, switched to an electric-powered vehicle in 2022. ABC News $5 billion for thousands of buses As part of a new program funded by the 2021 bipartisan ...