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How the Trump hush money case compares to the John Edwards indictment
Sara D. Davis/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — With a grand jury weighing possible charges against former President Donald Trump, the case is drawing comparisons to the indictment of a rising Democratic star over a decade [Read More…]

Biden meets with Trudeau as US, Canada set to announce immigration agreement
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday are expected to announce a new migration deal as part of Biden’s first visit to America’s northern [Read More…]

Meadows, other top Trump aides ordered to testify in Jan. 6 probe as judge rejects claims of executive privilege
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege and has ordered Mark Meadows and other former top aides to testify before a federal grand jury investigating [Read More…]

House GOP passes Parents Bill of Rights Act
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans narrowly passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act on Friday, sending the proposal along to the Senate, where it is likely to fail. [Read More…]

House Republicans plan to tour DC jail where Jan. 6 defendants are held
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican members of the House Oversight Committee, including chairman James Comer, say they plan to tour a Washington, D.C., jail on Friday where some Jan. 6 defendants are being held. The [Read More…]

Trump campaign insists he won’t be deterred by possible indictment
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s election team is downplaying the impact of a possible indictment on his campaign, insisting it will not force him cut [Read More…]

House Republicans fail to override Biden’s 1st presidential veto
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House failed on Thursday to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution that would have prevented retirement fund managers from accounting for certain social factors when making [Read More…]

Biden uses 13th anniversary of Affordable Care Act passage to hammer Republicans on health care
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden marked the 13th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act in the same room where he once whispered in President Obama’s ear that enacting the [Read More…]

Parkland victim’s dad seen pinned by Capitol Police, arrested after interrupting House hearing
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The father of a student killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting was pinned to the ground and briefly arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday afternoon [Read More…]

Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming abortion ban, allowing abortions to resume
Jason Marz/Getty Images (CHEYENNE, Wyo.) — A Wyoming judge temporarily blocked a state abortion ban, prohibiting the state and its employees from enforcing the ban. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect unless it [Read More…]

House panel to focus not on Mexico border — but rising immigration at sea
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The fraught politics of immigration have largely focused on the land border between the U.S. and Mexico, but on Thursday afternoon a panel of lawmakers will turn [Read More…]

White House COVID team to wind down as public health emergency expires in May: Officials
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House COVID-19 team will wind down as the country moves out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, multiple administration officials confirmed to ABC News. The public health emergency [Read More…]

Supreme Court hears arguments on whiskey bottles, dog toys, pornography and poop
U.S. Supreme Court (WASHINGTON) — A Supreme Court debate Wednesday over parody and popular commercial brands was dominated by talk of whiskey bottles, dog toys, pornography and poop. For nearly two hours, in an argument punctuated [Read More…]

DeSantis downplays Trump’s nickname, ‘just as long as you also call me a winner’
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis likened former President Donald Trump’s jabs against him to so much “background noise,” according to excerpts from an upcoming interview with Piers Morgan. “To me, it’s [Read More…]

East Palestine mother to Senate: ‘My seven-year-old has asked me if he is going to die’
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some East Palestine, Ohio, residents are still grappling with the aftershock of last month’s train derailment, with one mother offering compelling testimony about how the incident traumatized her young child. The [Read More…]

Florida’s so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ policy could be expanded into high school
Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A proposed Florida Board of Education rule could expand restrictions on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. “For grades 4 through 12, instruction on sexual orientation or [Read More…]

Expanded ‘Don’t Say Gay’ classroom restrictions explored in Florida
Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A proposed Florida Board of Education rule could expand restrictions on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. “For grades 4 through 12, instruction on sexual orientation or [Read More…]

Kansas House of Representatives passes bill requiring care for infants ‘born alive’ after abortion
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (TOPEKA, Kan.) — Months after Kansas voters decided to uphold protections for abortion rights, the state’s House of Representatives approved a bill based on the disputed idea that providers leave newborns to [Read More…]

Patients, health care providers face shortages of critical drugs, Senate report finds
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Patients and medical providers who rely on pharmaceutical medications to treat everything from asthma to ADHD to cancer may have had a harder time finding those medications last year than [Read More…]

Supreme Court to hear case between Jack Daniel’s and dog toy maker
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s a brand battle in the Supreme Court this week as whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. takes on a dog toy manufacturer in a case over free speech and [Read More…]