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DeSantis to visit gun store on book tour, days after Nashville shooting; Dems call it ‘beyond the pale’
Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will travel to Cobb County, Georgia, on Thursday to visit a popular gun store as part of his ongoing book tour ahead of what is expected [Read More…]
Proposal to put unruly passengers on no-fly list introduced in Congress
EllenMoran/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers re-introduced legislation Wednesday that would create a no-fly list for passengers fined or convicted for assaulting crew members on board an aircraft. The Protection from Abusive [Read More…]
Opposing lawmakers get into verbal altercation at Capitol over guns and gun violence
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Democratic lawmaker who was screaming about Republicans’ approach to gun violence just off the House floor on Wednesday soon got into a tense altercation with one of his conservative [Read More…]
Republicans hope Trump indictment spares down ballot races but warn of pitfalls
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans are hopeful that potential charges against former President Donald Trump will not wreak havoc on down-ballot races next year but are warning of dour consequences should candidates mishandle an unprecedented [Read More…]
GOP-led hearing on aid to Ukraine finds no evidence, so far, of misuse
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During a Wednesday hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on aid to Ukraine, lawmakers spent hours questioning the top watchdogs overseeing the three government agencies most directly involved in [Read More…]
‘There is not a crime crisis,’ DC lawmakers insist at testy House hearing on police, public safety
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican members of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday pressed Washington, D.C., officials about public safety and the city’s management in the wake of Congress taking the unusual step of blocking [Read More…]
John Fetterman returning to Senate following treatment for depression
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is expected to return to Congress the week of April 17, after the upcoming two-week recess, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Democratic lawmaker, [Read More…]
Senate votes to repeal decades-old measures that authorized Iraq, Gulf wars
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal two congressional authorizations from decades ago allowing the use of military force against Iraq, a country then falsely accused of stockpiling chemical and nuclear [Read More…]
US wants Israeli ‘consensus’ on judicial overhaul, White House says, after Biden, Netanyahu exchange
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. would like to see any decision on judicial overhaul in Israel in “keeping with a consensus” and based on the “broadest possible base of public support,” White House spokesperson [Read More…]
‘Nothing to hide,’ Pence says as he weighs appeal of Trump probe order
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he’s weighing how to proceed after a federal judge ruled one day earlier he must testify to a grand jury investigating efforts by former [Read More…]
Sen. Rand Paul staffer’s parents speak out after he was ‘brutally attacked’ in DC
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, police and Paul’s office said Monday. On [Read More…]
Cybercriminals targeting US on behalf of North Korea: Report
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of alleged cybercriminals has been using several techniques to target U.S. companies and government agencies on behalf of the North Korean government, according to experts. Cyber intelligence analysts at [Read More…]
After yet another school shooting, familiar arguments from Biden, lawmakers
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While the nation’s latest mass shooting at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, seems sadly all too familiar — so, too, are the now routine responses from congressional lawmakers of [Read More…]
Austin confronts GOP senator for blocking military nominations over abortion policy
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Tuesday that military readiness could be impaired by the growing list of senior military nominations being blocked by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his opposition [Read More…]
Kamala Harris grows emotional describing the ‘blood’ and ‘crimes’ at infamous slave post in Ghana
Ernest Ankomah/Getty Images (CAPE COAST, Ghana) — Vice President Kamala Harris started her Tuesday in Ghana looking toward what the future could hold for Africa — but on Tuesday afternoon, she looked back at the dark [Read More…]
Adnan Syed murder conviction reinstated by Maryland appeals court
ilbusca/Getty Images/STOCK (BALTIMORE) — A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction after finding that a lower court violated the victim’s family the right to attend a hearing on vacating the conviction. Syed, [Read More…]
Judge rejects Trump’s privilege claims over Pence testimony in Jan. 6 probe
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The top federal judge for the D.C. district court has issued a swift rejection of former President Donald Trump’s assertion of executive privilege to prevent former Vice President Mike Pence from [Read More…]
House Republicans ramp up investigation into Afghanistan withdrawal
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Foreign Affairs Committee has served Secretary of State Antony Blinken with a subpoena for a classified document from diplomats in Kabul warning the Afghan government was at risk of [Read More…]
Sen. Rand Paul staffer stabbed multiple times in DC, suspect arrested
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, according to police and Paul’s office. “This [Read More…]
VP Harris, in Ghana, addresses human rights amid anti-LGBTQ efforts in Africa
NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images (ACCRA, Ghana) — During her first full day in Accra, Ghana on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris met with the nation’s president, raising human rights issues and growing competition from [Read More…]