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A crowd of people gather to mourn the loss of Laken Riley during a vigil for the Augusta University College of Nursing student at the Tate Plaza on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga., Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University's Athens campus, was found dead Thursday, Feb. 22, after a roommate reported she didn't return from a morning run in a wooded area of the UGA campus near its intramural fields. Students also gathered to pay tribute to a UGA student who committed suicide last week. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

The killing of a Georgia nursing student is now at the center of the US immigration debate

The killing of nursing student in Georgia has become an issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. The suspect in last week’s slaying of Laken Riley is a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case.

FILE - President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One in Mountain View, Calif., for a campaign fundraiser, Feb. 22, 2024. Biden doesn't discuss the death penalty much today. Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, vows in his campaign speeches to seek execution for drug dealers as part of a national crackdown on crime. Capital punishment may not be dominating the 2024 presidential race, but it could quickly seize the political spotlight after November. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Biden backed off a pledge to abolish the federal death penalty. That’s left an opening for Trump

Prosecutors recently announced that they’d seek capital murder charges in the Buffalo mass shooting case, despite a moratorium on the federal death penalty that’s held for nearly three years.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump reacts at a primary election night party at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump wins South Carolina, easily beating Haley in her home state and closing in on GOP nomination

Donald Trump has won South Carolina’s Republican primary, beating his last major rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, in her home state.

FILE - In this March 3, 2020 file photo, voters wait in line to cast their ballot on the Super Tuesday, at a voting center in El Segundo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Voters in more than a dozen states weigh in on the Republican and Democratic presidential contest

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Trump tells religious broadcasters he’ll defend Christianity against perceived threats from the left

Former President Donald Trump is promising to use a second term in the White House to defend Christian values and is suggesting he’ll protect the faith’s central icon, warning a convention of religious broadcasters that the left wants “to tear down crosses.”

FILE - The White House is seen at sunset in Washington, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday that the visit set for May 23. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden plans to welcome Kenyan president to White House for state visit in May

President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year.

The Theodore Roosevelt Building, location of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, on Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to firing tens of thousands of government workers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump wants to fire thousands of government workers. Liberals are preparing to fight back if he wins

Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to firing tens of thousands of government workers.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, Democratic candidate for New York's 3rd congressional district, speaks at his election night party Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.Y. Suozzi won a special election for the House seat formerly held by George Santos. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Democrats cheer New York win as good omen for November. But is it enough to calm anxiety over Biden?

Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi winning back his Long Island seat could provide a blueprint for Joe Biden’s reelection campaign heading into November.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden campaign trumpets joining TikTok, despite his own administration’s security concerns

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is defending its new TikTok account as a vital way to boost its appeal with young voters.

Taylor Swift watches the celebration on the field after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22 against the 49ers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Chiefs get White House invitation to celebrate Super Bowl win. Could Taylor Swift tag along?

The White House says it’s looking forward to hosting the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs again. And it isn’t ruling out the idea of having the team’s most famous fan, Taylor Swift, tag along this time.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives at the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" final season premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

DNC files federal complaint alleging RFK Jr.'s super PAC is working too closely with his campaign

The Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission, accusing presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. of a “ballot access scheme.”

President Joe Biden speaks to the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference at Lansdowne Resort, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 In Leesburg, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How the ghostwriter of Biden’s memoirs ended up in the center of a classified documents probe

President Joe Biden worked so closely with the ghostwriter he is accused of sharing government secrets with, Mark Zwonitzer, that he once declared that he’d trust the author “with my life.”

FILE - Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson speaks at The Interfaith Center for Spiritual Growth, Sept. 10, 2023, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Williamson has suspended her campaign, ending her long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden

Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson is suspending her long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden speaks to pilots aboard Marine One as he arrives at the Wall Street Landing Zone in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, to attend fundraisers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden takes Manhattan with 3 fundraisers in 4 hours on a February afternoon

President Joe Biden has zipped through a trio of tony fundraisers in Manhattan. The president was raising cash, confounding traffic and framing the 2024 election as “not about me” but rather stopping GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden plans to hold a March fundraiser with former Presidents Obama and Clinton in New York

President Joe Biden is teaming up with predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton next month for a New York fundraiser aimed at powering up donations for his reelection campaign. The threesome traded social media posts to reveal their plans.

President Joe Biden waits to speak at the Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Joe Biden wins South Carolina’s Democratic primary as he gears up for his reelection bid

President Joe Biden has won South Carolina’s Democratic primary, notching a victory in the state that he pushed to lead the party’s nominating calendar.

Imam Omar Suleiman speaks at the Islamic Center of Detroit in Detroit, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden's campaign manager has traveled to Michigan, where many Arab American leaders are enraged over the administration's policy toward Israel, and found some top activists unwilling to meet. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Biden reelection campaign team gets shunned by some Arab American leaders while visiting Michigan

President Joe Biden’s campaign manager traveled to Michigan and found some top activists unwilling to meet with her.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, after traveling to Manassas, Va., for a campaign event. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

President Joe Biden has won New Hampshire’s largely symbolic Democratic primary, prevailing via an unusual write-in campaign after he refused to campaign or appear on the ballot in the state.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely

Donald Trump has easily won the New Hampshire primary. He has swept the opening contests for the Republican presidential nomination and delivered a fresh setback to his last major rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room, Jan. 19, 2024, in Washington. Authorities issued cease-and-desist orders Tuesday against two Texas companies they believe were connected to robocalls that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice and discourage people from voting in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary last month. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

AI-generated robocall impersonates Biden in an apparent attempt to suppress votes in New Hampshire

The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says it is investigating reports of an apparent robocall that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice and discourage voters in the state from participating in Tuesday’s primary election.

Emily Vering, a 20-year-old volunteer and sophomore at St. Olaf College, assembles a yard sign as part of a course she is taking on campaigns and politics in Hooksett, N.H., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. President Joe Biden is skipping the New Hampshire Democratic primary on Tuesday because it doesn't comply with party rules, but some supporters have begun a campaign to get voters to write-in his name on the ballot. (AP Photo/Will Weissert)

Biden is skipping New Hampshire’s primary. One of his opponents says he’s as elusive as Bigfoot

President Joe Biden is skipping Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary because the state defies new Democratic rules he championed. He isn’t campaigning and his name won’t be on the ballot.

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event at Wally's bar, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Hampton, N.H. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

DeSantis shifts his campaign away from New Hampshire days before the state’s primary, AP sources say

Ron DeSantis has decided to shift his presidential campaign away from New Hampshire just six days before the state’s first-in-the-nation Republican primary while his leading super PAC executes another round of layoffs.

President Joe Biden leaves the White House to go to Camp David, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Biden and the Democrats raise $97 million to close out 2023 after a December fundraising blitz

President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee have announced raising more than $97 million in the final three months of last year.

FILE - Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. Democrats hoping to hold their slim Senate majority after November 2024 are looking for upsets in two unlikely places, Texas and Florida, to help neutralize potential setbacks elsewhere. In 2018, Scott won his seat by around 10,000 votes out of 8.1-plus million cast. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Democrats target GOP strongholds Texas and Florida with Senate majority on the line

Democrats hoping to hold their slim Senate majority after November are looking for wins in two unlikely places that could neutralize potential setbacks elsewhere, Florida and Texas. West Virginia Democratic Sen.

FILE - Jimmy Carter, Democratic presidential candidate, left, speaks to a crowd of supporters on the Van Ryswyk farm in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 24, 1976. The once-every-four-years Iowa caucuses grew to be an entrenched part of U.S. politics, catapulting little-known one-time peanut farmer Carter's bid for the White House. (AP Photo, File)

Why does Iowa launch the presidential campaign?

Iowa’s caucuses started modestly some 50 years ago. But they grew to hold a pivotal role in how the U.S. chooses a president. The state’s voters propelled little-known one-time peanut farmer Jimmy Carter’s bid for the White House in 1976.

One attack, two interpretations: Biden and Trump both make the Jan. 6 riot a political rallying cry

Donald Trump plans to spend the third anniversary of the Capitol riot by campaigning in Iowa as he tries win back the White House.

President Joe Biden speaks at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Biden’s kicking off 2024 by delving into some of the country’s darkest moments

President Joe Biden is starting the campaign year by evoking the Revolutionary War to mark the third anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection and visiting the South Carolina church where a white gunman massacred Black parishioners.

FILE - President Joe Biden sits on a train as he goes over his speech marking the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine after a surprise visit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, in Kyiv. More Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2024 amid ongoing wars in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine, with a new poll showing overseas concerns and immigration rising in importance, even as they’re overshadowed by long-standing economic worries. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, Pool, File)

More Americans think foreign policy should be a top US priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll finds

In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top U.S. priority for 2024.

President Joe Biden arrives to speak at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Biden calls ‘surge’ in antisemitism ‘sickening’ during White House Hanukkah reception

President Joe Biden has hosted a Hanukkah reception at the White House. He is vowing to continue to stand with Israel in its war with Hamas, and says that a “surge of antisemitism” around the globe “is sickening.”

FILE - President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden exchange points during the first presidential debate Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Joe Biden is trying to focus the campaign on former President Donald Trump's comments and policy proposals, sometimes more than his own. It's a time-worn strategy of White House incumbents to try to negatively define their rivals in the public's eyes. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

Biden’s focus on bashing Trump takes a page from the winning Obama and Bush reelection playbooks

For President Joe Biden, a centerpiece of his reelection campaign is trying to negatively define Donald Trump in the public’s eye.