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Nicole Shanahan was named Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vice president pick on Tuesday in Oakland, California.

Though their presidential runs are a long shot, third-party candidates have been making and affecting history for decades. Here is a look back at some of the most notable runs.

Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. announced that Nicole Shanahan, an attorney and scientist, is his vice presidential running mate.

Abortion opponents want the Supreme Court to ratify a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to a medication called mifepristone, which was used in nearly two-thirds of abortions last year.

In Congress, the fate of a bill potentially banning TikTok on U.S. phones remains uncertain. While the House has passed such a bill, it faces hurdles in the Senate due to differing opinions on safeguarding user data from China's influence.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Louisiana's primary on Saturday, collecting more delegates after they already clinched their party nominations.

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown.

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Two more states are holding primary elections this weekend. Democratic Party voters in Missouri will go to the polls on Saturday, while voters from both parties will make their presidential preference known in Louisiana.

The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told reporters on Friday that she filed a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., accusing him of having "betrayed" the "confidence" of the House GOP Conference.

The Democrat frontrunner in what could be one of the most closely watched Senate races this year uttered a racial slur during a Thursday House Budget Committee hearing, something he says was unintentional. 

The Republican Study Committee introduced a budget plan that would make “modest changes" to the retirement age for future retirees.

Court documents filed this week reveal the "insurmountable difficulties" former President Trump, the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee, is having in obtaining an appeal bond for the New York civil matter.