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Missouri AG: Allowing abortion pills to be mailed a ‘flawed reading’ of federal statute
ABC News (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — The Justice Department gave its approval this month for the United States Postal Service to deliver abortion drugs to states that have banned the procedure. Walgreens and CVS have [Read More…]
George Santos’ constituents speak out, worry about services: ‘You obviously can’t take his word’
A neatly-taped sign on the door of Santo’s office is the only external indicator that the office belongs to Santos rather than the district’s former congressman. — Peter Charalambous/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — For the roughly [Read More…]
Department of Homeland Security limits no-knock warrants, chokeholds in updated use-of-force policy
ninjaMonkeyStudio/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday updated its use-of-force policy for when the 80,000 officers under the agency’s authority encounter the public. The new guidelines limit the use of no-knock [Read More…]
Biden to deliver State of the Union address before empowered GOP
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address comes at a pivotal moment as he lays out not only his accomplishments and agenda, but makes [Read More…]
Tyre Nichols’ family, Monterey Park massacre hero among State of the Union guests
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden on Tuesday will sit during the State of the Union with the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S., the parents of Tyre Nichols and the man who [Read More…]
What Biden promised in last year’s State of the Union: Report card
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden delivers his second State of the Union on Tuesday, he’ll no doubt tout a list of what he considers his greatest accomplishments. [Read More…]
Biden expected to address policing reform in State of the Union, Tyre Nichols’ parents to attend
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden delivers his second State of the Union speech Tuesday night, two guests are expected to be in the audience: the mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols. Nichols [Read More…]
New bill would give Gov. DeSantis control over Disney’s special Florida district
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — In the latest development in Florida’s conflict with Walt Disney World, a bill filed Monday during the state’s special legislative session would give Gov. Ron DeSantis [Read More…]
Potential debt ceiling standoff looms large over State of the Union
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday with new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sitting over his shoulder, looming between the two will [Read More…]
Chinese surveillance balloons during Trump, early Biden admin not spotted by NORAD, commander says
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Previous Chinese surveillance balloon incidents that occurred during the Trump administration and early under the Biden administration were not spotted by NORAD at the time, Air Force Gen. [Read More…]
Chinese surveillance balloon recovery underway amid GOP attacks
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Navy vessels on Monday swarmed a widespread debris field with divers and cranes to retrieve pieces of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by a [Read More…]
George Santos, who claimed mom survived 9/11, invites ground zero volunteer to SOTU
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York Rep. George Santos, who continues to claim his mother was in downtown Manhattan on 9/11 despite immigration documents indicating she wasn’t even in the United States, has invited [Read More…]
Chinese balloons during Trump, early Biden admin not spotted by NORAD, commander says
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Previous Chinese surveillance balloon incidents that occurred during the Trump administration and early under the Biden administration were not spotted by NORAD at the time, said Air [Read More…]
Americans have low confidence in leaders, GOP at risk in political disputes: POLL
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — Americans expressed scant confidence in President Joe Biden and his party heading into the 2023 State of the Union address. Yet wide majorities also lack faith [Read More…]
Record numbers of people are worse off, a recipe for political discontent: POLL
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four in 10 Americans say they’ve gotten worse off financially since Joe Biden became president, the most in ABC News/Washington Post polls dating back 37 years. Political fallout [Read More…]
Lawmakers praise successful downing of suspected Chinese spy balloon while concerns linger
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The downing of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon by the U.S. military was met by lawmakers with a mix of praise for the safe and successful operation, [Read More…]
171 Republican lawmakers join effort to stop student loan forgiveness program
Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One hundred and twenty-eight House Republicans and nearly all Republican senators on Friday filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court opposing the Biden administration’s federal student debt cancellation [Read More…]
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu ‘definitely thinking about’ 2024 presidential run
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Sunday that he is considering a run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “I’m definitely thinking about it and having those conversations,” Sununu told ABC [Read More…]
Buttigieg defends ‘extraordinary’ economy as polling suggests significant discontent
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — With President Joe Biden preparing to deliver his second State of the Union address on Tuesday, a new ABC News/Washington Post shows many people feel their finances are worsening — but [Read More…]
Democrats approve new primary calendar for 2024
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — The Democratic National Committee near unanimously approved a reconfigured presidential primary calendar rubber-stamped by the White House at the group’s winter gathering on Saturday. A few nay votes were drowned out [Read More…]