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Jerusalem Mendoza (WASHINGTON) — New bipartisan legislation aims to help employ military spouses find remote work — an especially urgent consideration for a group that relocates frequently while their spouses serve. The Military Spouse Employment Act, [Read More…]

Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Only seven weeks into his 2024 campaign for the White House, Ron DeSantis is struggling to make a dent in former President Donald Trump’s commanding lead in the [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Danielle Gershkovich, the sister of detained Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, said Thursday she is heartened by efforts to keep his case in the spotlight, even as while dealing with [Read More…]

Alex Edelman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats on Thursday unveiled a new push to make the Equal Rights Amendment part of the Constitution. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri introduced [Read More…]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Secret Service on Thursday said its investigation into how cocaine ended up at the White House is now closed without identifying a suspect. The agency statement came after congressional [Read More…]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday will give a classified briefing to members and staff of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee on the cocaine found in the White House West [Read More…]

Carol Yepes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s emails were hacked as part of the Microsoft cyber breach, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Microsoft’s Outlook systems were breached by Chinese hackers, [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday cleared its first procedural hurdle on the National Defense Authorization Act, approving a rule on non-controversial amendments to the annual military spending and budget bill. But the [Read More…]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — FBI Director Christopher Wray is set for a grilling when he appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. The committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, [Read More…]

Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — The Iowa Legislature on Tuesday night passed legislation that would restrict abortion, now sending the bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds after 14 hours of committee meetings and testimony [Read More…]

Chris Ryan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department said on Tuesday it was no longer claiming, under the Westfall Act, that former President Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his office and [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday said, simply and for the first time, that “white nationalists are racists.” That remark to reporters marked a reversal from days of controversial comments [Read More…]

Marcia Straub/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Atlanta-area prosecutor investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia is empaneling a new grand jury that could ultimately decide whether to approve charges against former [Read More…]

Juan Moyano/Getty Images (VIRGINIA) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday launched an initiative to increase early voting, either by mail or in-person, before Election Day in the state — the latest such push by [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday told ABC News that white nationalists shouldn’t all be labeled as “racist” while also insisting he opposes racism — tripling-down on controversial comments that [Read More…]

boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of corruption has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with failing to register [Read More…]

Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Iowa lawmakers kicked off a special session Tuesday morning with the “sole purpose” of passing legislation that would restrict abortion. It comes less than a month after the [Read More…]

Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Several GOP presidential candidates have come out in support of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds after former President Donald Trump attacked her on social media for staying “neutral” [Read More…]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — The federal judge overseeing the case involving former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office has agreed to delay an upcoming hearing in the case. [Read More…]

Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a court filing late Monday night, lawyers for former President Donald Trump called for a lengthy delay of his federal trial on charges related to his handling [Read More…]