ELIZABETH DOLE

North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Ted Budd is leaning into his support for abortion restrictions and his allegiance to former President Donald Trump as Democrats fight for an elusive victory in the Southern swing state.

The late Bob Dole will be buried with military honors Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery.

The late Bob Dole, a former U.S. Senate majority leader and Republican presidential nominee also celebrated as a World War II hero, will be buried with military honors Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery. The foundation named for his widow, former Cabinet secretary and North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole, announced plans for a private service at the historic Washington-area cemetery. Dole, a native of Russell in western Kansas, died Dec. 5 at the age of 98.

Bob Dole was honored at a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral as top leaders from both parties gathered to display the kind of bipartisanship now rare in modern government.

A House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot sent a letter to Tim Unes, saying he "assisted in organizing the rally held on the Ellipse," per the NYT.

Elizabeth Dole has posted on social media that her husband, Republican political icon Bob Dole, has died at age 98.

Jill Biden has used her first solo White House event as first lady to highlight the challenges and contributions of “hidden heroes” — the children and caregivers of injured U.S. troops.

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Senator Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat who defeated a prominent Republican incumbent in 2008 and helped secure approval of the Obamacare healthcare law, died on Monday at age 66, her family said in a statement to local media. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) speaks with the media after addressing a group of campaign volunteers in Cornelius, North Carolina November 1, 2014. She died in her sleep at her home in Greensboro, North Carolina, according to the Charlotte Observer. Before running for the U.S. Senate, Hagan worked in the banking industry and served in the North Carolina state Senate. Hagan narrowly lost to Thom Tillis, the Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, in the 2014 election.

Senator Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat who defeated a prominent Republican incumbent in 2008 and helped secure approval of the Obamacare healthcare law, died on Monday at age 66, her family said in a statement to local media. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) speaks with the media after addressing a group of campaign volunteers in Cornelius, North Carolina November 1, 2014. She died in her sleep at her home in Greensboro, North Carolina, according to the Charlotte Observer. Before running for the U.S. Senate, Hagan worked in the banking industry and served in the North Carolina state Senate. Hagan narrowly lost to Thom Tillis, the Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, in the 2014 election.