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Biden to meet McCarthy amid debt limit fight: ‘Show me your budget’
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden sits down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office Wednesday, he says he’ll tell the GOP leader: “Show me your [Read More…]
House Republicans hold first border hearing of new Congress
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans on Wednesday will take their first opportunity of the new Congress to illustrate what they call a protracted migration crisis across the southwestern border caused by overly lax [Read More…]
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley expected to announce presidential run: Sources
WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to announce her run for president in the coming weeks, sources familiar tell ABC News. The announcement is likely to [Read More…]
House set to vote to keep Ilhan Omar off House Foreign Affairs Committee
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House could vote as soon as Wednesday on a resolution to keep Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The House Rules Committee voted along party [Read More…]
Ex-colleague of chief justice’s wife makes ethics claim
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Boston attorney and former colleague of U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife, Jane, has filed a complaint with Congress and the Justice Department alleging her work as a [Read More…]
US accuses Russia of violating key nuclear treaty
Bai Xueqi/Xinhua via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The State Department has informed Congress that Russia is no longer meeting obligations set by the only nuclear arms control pact shared by two powers, putting a rare [Read More…]
Promised green cards, catfishing, threats: How George Santos’ ex-boyfriends say they were left feeling trapped, manipulated
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Rep. George Santos continues to face mounting scrutiny over fabricating large swaths of his biography, multiple men have described to ABC News past relationships with the New York congressman [Read More…]
FBI searched Biden’s former office last year after his lawyers found classified documents: Sources
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI searched the Penn Biden Center in November soon after President Joe Biden’s lawyers reported finding classified documents at a former office he used there, according to three [Read More…]
Biden touts infrastructure improvements in New York City
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden hit the road again Tuesday as part of a multi-day pitch to Americans on the benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, stopping [Read More…]
At meeting, Biden to challenge McCarthy to avoid default, release detailed budget, per White House memo
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is expected to pose two questions to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a Wednesday meeting and will challenge him to commit to avoiding [Read More…]
Santos tells House Republicans he’d recuse himself from committee assignments: Sources
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos told House Republicans during a closed door meeting on Tuesday that he would recuse himself from sitting on any committees. Santos was [Read More…]
Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration will end both the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency on May 11, the White House informed Congress on Monday night. The current public health emergency [Read More…]
Trump sues Bob Woodward for releasing audio of their interviews
Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump sued journalist Bob Woodward on Monday, claiming that the audio companion to Woodward’s book Rage improperly used recordings of his interviews with the former president. [Read More…]
Biden to challenge McCarthy to avoid default and release detailed budget in meeting, per White House memo
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is expected to pose two questions to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a Wednesday meeting and will challenge the speaker to commit to [Read More…]
Biden administration will end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration will end both the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency on May 11, the White House informed Congress on Monday night. The current public health emergency [Read More…]
Lawmakers denounce police in Tyre Nichols’ death but split on potential for new police laws
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Bipartisan outrage continued following the Friday release of graphic footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this month — with lawmakers saying [Read More…]
Biden touts $6 billion rail tunnel replacement, highlighting infrastructure law
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — President Joe Biden on Monday traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, to kick off a $6 billion rail tunnel reconstruction project primarily funded by his bipartisan infrastructure law — an [Read More…]
Senators renew call for investigation of smaller AR-15 rifle they claim is targeted toward children
Michael Bordon/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Seven U.S. senators are renewing calls for the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into the marketing of assault-style rifles after the unveiling of the JR-15, a long rifle [Read More…]
McCarthy and Biden to meet on spending and debt ceiling; McCarthy says there will be no default
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he is set to meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the Republican House majority’s views on federal government spending [Read More…]
Biden climate law spurred billions in clean energy investment. Has it been a success?
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden signed the $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act in August, supporters hailed the measure as the largest climate investment in the nation’s history — but questions remained [Read More…]