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United States Postal Service (WASHINGTON) — Late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement who served in Congress for decades, will be memorialized with a new postage stamp in 2023. “Devoted [Read More…]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate investigative report [Read More…]

jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Department of Education on Monday sent an email to some 9 million federal student loan borrowers correcting an erroneous announcement sent three weeks ago about the status of pending [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Respect for Marriage Act, which will be signed into law on Tuesday by President Joe Biden, is being celebrated as historic by him and lawmakers of both parties. While [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage. Thousands of people gathered on the White House South Lawn to commemorate the Respect [Read More…]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters on Tuesday that the panel plans to hold its final public meeting on Monday, Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. ET — [Read More…]

Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it will work to close gaps in the physical barriers along the southwest border and fix environmental and other issues with the Trump-era [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon will sign legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage. Biden is hosting a celebration starting at 3:30 p.m. ET on the [Read More…]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden sorted gifts at a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday to celebrate the [Read More…]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday left the door open to one day becoming an independent, three days after Arizona colleague Kyrsten Sinema announced that she was [Read More…]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a Republican event in New York over the weekend that if she had organized the Jan. 6 attack on the [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, the official who brought Brittney Griner back to the U.S., told ABC News’ Good Morning America on Monday that he spoke [Read More…]

Abbie Parr/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Brittney Griner is doing well while recovering in Texas after being freed from Russian detention and returning to the U.S. last week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday celebrated the release of Brittney Griner from Russia but said he was worried about the future “ramifications” from prisoner swaps like the one that earned Griner’s [Read More…]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday urged older Americans to get their bivalent COVID-19 shots now in order to be protected in time for the holiday season. “These moments [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats had barely a few days to enjoy their 51-seat majority in the Senate until Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday morning she was leaving the Democratic [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Friday made a bombshell announcement that she is leaving the Democratic Party and will be registering as a political independent. Democrats had held a 51-49 [Read More…]

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As another Gen Zer, Olivia Rodrigo, famously said, “God, it’s brutal out here” — including for Washington, D.C.’s newest, youngest congressman-elect. Maxwell Frost, 25, the first [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday disclosed additional details about how President Joe Biden and administration officials were able to secure WNBA star Brittney Griner’s release and [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday passed a bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, which now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. The Respect for [Read More…]