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Biden signs $1.7T government spending bill, ensuring funding for most of 2023
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden Thursday signed the omnibus spending bill into law while on vacation, extending funding for the government into next year. Biden, on vacation in St. Croix in the [Read More…]
Arizona recount shows Democrat Kris Mayes beat Republican Abe Hamadeh
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Democrat Kris Mayes is the winner of Arizona’s attorney general race, a state judge announced Thursday. Mayes defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes after a mandatory recount was triggered [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee withdraws Trump subpoena, citing investigation’s ‘imminent end’
Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee has formally withdrawn its subpoena of former President Donald Trump as the investigation comes to an end days before the next Congress, sources familiar with [Read More…]
Prosecutors looking at George Santos amid lies, questions about his wealth
David Becker for the Washington Post (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors have started looking into public filings by congressman-elect George Santos amid questions about the source of his wealth, sources familiar with the matter told [Read More…]
Rep. Jamie Raskin announces ‘serious but curable’ cancer diagnosis
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. announced Wednesday he has a “serious but curable” form of cancer and will enter outpatient treatment. “After several days of tests, I have been diagnosed with [Read More…]
As George Santos admits to lying, Democrats call for his resignation
WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York Rep.-elect George Santos is facing mounting criticism from his future Democratic colleagues for fabricating parts of his biography — criticism that is coming from some of [Read More…]
Supreme Court keeps Title 42 in place while agreeing to hear states’ appeal
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a group of mostly Republican-led states and ordered the pandemic-era public health protocol known as Title 42 — which started in [Read More…]
Lawmakers bash Southwest over flight cancellations
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers are hammering Southwest Airlines over its spate of flight cancellations in recent days after a cold front blew in freezing temperatures and snow across broad swaths [Read More…]
NY Rep.-elect George Santos now says he lied about college and his career
David Becker for the Washington Post (NEW YORK) — New York Rep.-elect George Santos did, as promised, share some of his story on Monday in an interview with The New York Post, admitting that he [Read More…]
Trump’s tax returns expected to be released on Friday, sources say
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Ways and Means Committee is expected on Friday to release six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, from 2015-2020, sources familiar [Read More…]
Greg Abbott pushes back on criticism after busing migrants to VP’s home on freezing Christmas Eve
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday pushed back against the White House’s sharp criticism of him busing more migrants to Washington, D.C., over the weekend — where [Read More…]
White House condemns ‘stunt’ of busing migrants in freezing Christmas Eve weather
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Sunday said a politically motivated “stunt” led to migrants being bused in subfreezing temperatures to Washington, D.C., the night before. It wasn’t clear who had transported [Read More…]
Record number of migrants crossed southern border in November: CBP
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There were 233,740 migrants apprehended along the U.S. southern border in November, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection- a 1% increase from October’s record – breaking apprehensions and marked [Read More…]
Trump attacks Jan. 6 report, claiming it ‘did not produce a single shred of evidence’
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump responded publicly Friday night to the final report released by the House Jan. 6 committee, attacking the committee and refuting its findings that he was ultimately [Read More…]
House passes $1.7T spending bill, sending measure to Biden, averting shutdown
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Friday passed a sweeping $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the government from running out of money at midnight and send an additional $45 billion to [Read More…]
House Jan. 6 committee releases final report on Capitol attack
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After nine public hearings and interviews with hundreds of witnesses, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report late [Read More…]
6 months after overturning of Roe v. Wade, what abortion access looks like in America
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The abortion landscape of the United States has changed dramatically since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court six months ago. The decision to reverse Roe, which [Read More…]
Arizona Gov. Ducey agrees to dismantle makeshift border wall
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to deconstruct the makeshift border wall his administration has been building out of shipping containers for several months. Court records show [Read More…]
Title 42 actually contributes to increased migration numbers, data suggests
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Authorities at the southern border have been arresting, detaining and removing migrants at the border more times in the past year than ever before in U.S. history. Much of that [Read More…]
Senate passes $1.7T spending bill, including Ukraine aid, getting one step closer to averting shutdown
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday reached a last-minute deal on a sprawling $1.7 trillion package to keep the government funded through the next fiscal year — and send more aid to [Read More…]