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Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Chris Christie has become the first Republican presidential candidate to take an unequivocal stance on the headline-making case of Kate Cox, a Texas woman who was denied an abortion [Read More…]

Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Controversial former Iowa Rep. Steve King is backing Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in his home state’s caucuses — with Ramaswamy telling ABC News that shared opposition to proposed pipelines to [Read More…]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House kicked off its holiday recess Thursday while the Senate will return to Washington next week as Congress faces a long to-do list that includes aid to Ukraine and [Read More…]

Meg Mistry/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley sought to draw a distinction with Donald Trump, her former boss and the Republican primary front-runner, in a new interview with ABC “This Week” co-anchor [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday passed a resolution formalizing their ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The resolution, approved 221-212 in a party-line vote, directs three House committees to continue their [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The families of people being held hostage by Hamas terrorists praised what they called their “terrific” meeting on Wednesday with President Joe Biden. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, speaking on behalf of the family [Read More…]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it will take up a major challenge to a felony obstruction statute the Justice Department has used against more than 300 defendants [Read More…]

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s onetime fixer Michael Cohen sought an early end to his supervised release based on case law that may not exist, according to a federal judge in [Read More…]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump lost his bid to invoke an immunity defense to E. Jean Carroll’s remaining defamation claim on Wednesday, clearing the way for a trial on damages [Read More…]

President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine as he hosts a meeting in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) [Read More…]

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are teeing up a vote as early as Wednesday to formalize their ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The resolution will direct three powerful committees to continue [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Congressman George Santos is talking to federal prosecutors on Long Island about a plea deal, prosecutors said during a brief court appearance Tuesday. “We’ve started preliminary sessions on [Read More…]

Former U.N. ambassador and 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks to Iowa residents during a visit in Spirit Lake, Iowa, on Dec. 9, 2023, ahead of the Iowa caucus. (Christian Monterrosa/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) walks with U.S. President Joe Biden down the colonnade to the Oval Office during a visit to the White House Sept. 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Evan Vucci/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Congressman George Santos is talking to federal prosecutors on Long Island about a plea deal, according to a newly filed court document. “The parties are presently engaged in [Read More…]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of Congress are scrambling to complete a packed to-do list to cap off a hectic year on Capitol Hill. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are continuing negotiations on a [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Congressman George Santos is talking to federal prosecutors on Long Island about a plea deal, according to a newly filed court document. “The parties are presently engaged in [Read More…]

Cheyenne Hunt campaign (WASHINGTON) — Cheyenne Hunt, at 26 years old, is running to do something only one other person in her generation has done so far: Get elected to Congress. It’s a challenging road [Read More…]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fifteen airmen have been disciplined — including with removal of their command — for failing to take proper action when they became aware of accused leaker Jack Teixeira’s intelligence-seeking [Read More…]