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Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — In celebrating WNBA star Brittney Griner’s release, President Joe Biden made a point on Thursday to say the prisoner swap was “not a choice” between Griner [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday is set to pass a bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, bringing the landmark legislation one step closer to [Read More…]

Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days before the 10th anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, and six months after a similar massacre in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden and House [Read More…]

Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Florida state representative behind the Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics, has been indicted on wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff hosted a roundtable at the White House on Wednesday about antisemitism, saying he was compelled to use his “microphone” to address the issue. “There’s an epidemic [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Wednesday that the panel’s long-awaited report will be released on Wednesday, Dec. [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans plan to aggressively challenge President Biden’s border and immigration policies in the House next year, one border-district Republican is drawing attention an alarming number of suicides in the [Read More…]

jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just before Thanksgiving, about 9 million people who applied for student debt relief from the federal government got an email from the Department of Education with a subject line indicating [Read More…]

EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump had an outside team conduct a deeper search for any government documents at four properties which turned up at least two more documents [Read More…]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In an extraordinary and tense debate stretching three hours on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court entertained an unprecedented call to give state legislatures nearly unchecked power to dictate when, [Read More…]

KGO-TV (RICHMOND CITY, Calif.) — After his race for a Northern California city council seat ended in a tie, candidate Cesar Zepeda wore several good luck charms to the drawing that would determine the winner [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An attorney for former President Donald Trump told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that Trump’s fiery speech on the Ellipse prior to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. [Read More…]

Phil Roeder/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, feeling “exuberant” following Sen. Raphael Warnock’s win in Georgia’s runoff, on Wednesday laid out why he thinks Democrats won and what to expect from their [Read More…]

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — A prominent adherent of the QAnon and “pizzagate” conspiracy theories posed for photos with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday night after [Read More…]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — ABC News projects that Raphael Warnock has won a full six-year term representing Georgia in the Senate, fending off GOP nominee Herschel Walker in Tuesday’s runoff. The [Read More…]

YinYang/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia’s Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker came to a close on Tuesday, with Warnock projected by ABC News to defeat Walker, after more than [Read More…]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a case that experts say could dramatically alter how elections are run in the U.S. Moore v. Harper focuses on a [Read More…]

Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — After record-breaking early voting turnout last week, Georgians continued to head to the polls in Tuesday’s Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel [Read More…]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Editor’s Note — Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that the recipients of the subpoenas included some Trump associates. The subpoenas were only issued to [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top lawmakers on Tuesday presented police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with Congressional Gold Medals — the highest honor that Congress can bestow — nearly two [Read More…]