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Biden delivers ‘Christmas address’ from White House: ‘We have become too divided’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden delivered what the White House called a “Christmas address” Thursday afternoon where he emphasized unity, reflection and kindness as 2022 comes to end. Biden said he hopes [Read More…]
Trump-era pardon recipients are increasingly back in legal jeopardy
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In February, former newspaper executive Kenneth Kurson pleaded guilty to cyberstalking his ex-wife. Months later, rapper Kodak Black was arrested on felony drug charges in Florida before pleading not guilty. And [Read More…]
House Jan. 6 committee releases interview transcripts of 34 witnesses
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday released the interview transcripts of 34 witnesses who were interviewed as part of [Read More…]
In historic address, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy tells Congress: ‘We are united … the entire free world’
Celal Günes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a dramatic visit to Washington Wednesday — his first known trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February. He met [Read More…]
Hunter Biden retains top defense lawyer ahead of expected GOP probes
Kris Connor/WireImage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of an expected deluge of Republican probes, Hunter Biden has retained high-powered defense lawyer Abbe Lowell to help navigate congressional oversight, according to another attorney for the president’s son. [Read More…]
Trump tax release puts spotlight back on years of controversy over his finances
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to release information from former President Donald Trump’s tax returns covering 2015-2020. That move capped a tumultuous legal [Read More…]
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Washington live updates: Making his case to Congress
Celal Günes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is making a dramatic visit to Washington Wednesday — his first trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February. He’s set [Read More…]
Zelenskyy’s trip to Washington being treated as ‘mini-state visit,” sources say
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to Washington is being treated as a mini state visit – one with extraordinary security implications, according to multiple sources familiar with the [Read More…]
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Washington live updates: Arrives in US for dramatic visit
Celal Günes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is making a dramatic visit to Washington Wednesday — his first trip outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February. He’s set [Read More…]
Trump’s tax returns show he paid no taxes in 2020, committee says
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to make public some documents related to former President Donald Trump’s tax returns — a move Trump has [Read More…]
Biden, Zelenskyy to meet in DC before Ukrainian president addresses Congress: White House
Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to visit the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden and address a joint session of [Read More…]
Trump tax return-related documents to be released by congressional committee
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to make public some documents related to former President Donald Trump’s tax returns — a move Trump has [Read More…]
US to send Ukraine Patriot missile systems and precision-guided bomb technology
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is expected to announce on Wednesday that it will provide Ukraine with Patriot missile defense systems and precision bomb kits that will turn dumb bombs into smart bombs guided [Read More…]
$45 billion in Ukraine aid included in must-pass $1.7 trillion government funding bill
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate leaders on Tuesday scrambled to beat a midnight Friday deadline to avoid a government shutdown after negotiators early Tuesday unveiled the text of a massive, $1.7 trillion spending bill [Read More…]
Plans underway for Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to visit Capitol Hill: Sources
Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Plans are underway for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to address a joint session of Congress, according to sources. [Read More…]
Kari Lake election lawsuit will go to trial after judge dismisses most claims
Jon Cherry/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Republican Kari Lake’s election lawsuit will go to trial this week after an Arizona judge dismissed most — but not all — counts she put forward contesting her [Read More…]
Top incoming House GOP investigators say they have little interest in probing Jan. 6
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans gear up to retake power in the House next year, incoming chairs of the two top investigative committees in the House of Representatives have rolled out a laundry [Read More…]
Trump tax return data could be released by congressional committee
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to make public six years’ worth of information about former President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee makes criminal referrals: Key takeaways and what’s next
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee’s 18-month-long investigation into the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, came to a dramatic close Monday when members voted unanimously to make multiple criminal referrals to [Read More…]
Incoming NY lawmaker’s biography contradicted by alleged alma mater, employer
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York Rep.-elect George Santos on Monday sought to defend himself after a New York Times report detailed multiple discrepancies in his background, including contradictions about where he [Read More…]