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Mike Pompeo, Doug Mastriano being interviewed by Jan. 6 committee: Sources
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee was expected Tuesday to interview Donald Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, sources familiar with the matter [Read More…]
Recapping Democrats breakthrough summer on Capitol Hill: Climate, gun violence and more
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Sunday narrowly approved a $700 billion-plus tax, climate and health care-pricing bill, capping an unusually jam-packed summer on Capitol Hill and marking another win [Read More…]
Republicans speak out against FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since news broke that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, a growing number of Republicans have spoken out against the raid. House Minority [Read More…]
WH will communicate concerns to Beijing; Pentagon says China trying to ‘manufacture’ a Taiwan ‘conflict’
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House said Monday that it will communicate “directly” to Beijing its unease with China’s recent military exercises as tensions rise higher over Taiwan in the wake of [Read More…]
Giuliani seeks to delay his testimony in Georgia 2020 election probe
Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rudy Giuliani, the attorney for former President Donald Trump, is seeking to delay his court-ordered testimony before a Georgia grand jury probing efforts to [Read More…]
Rep. Colin Allred details how climate, tax, health care bill will lower everyday costs
senate.gov (WASHINGTON) — As the United States faces decades-high inflation, people across the country are looking to lawmakers for respite. Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of Texas joined ABC News on GMA3 to discuss the Inflation [Read More…]
2 Democratic lawmakers encourage Wyoming voters: Change parties and back Cheney
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two House Democrats — from New Jersey and Minnesota — are appealing to members of their own party in Wyoming to “consider” changing their [Read More…]
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate raided by FBI agents, sources confirm
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Multiple sources confirm to ABC News that former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was raided by FBI agents on Monday. The sources told ABC News that the search began [Read More…]
President Biden reacts to China drills near Taiwan
Sarah Silbiger/Stringer via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden was leaving for Kentucky to survey flood damage, he was asked about China’s live fire military drills near the island of Taiwan. “I’m not [Read More…]
Biden travels to survey Kentucky flood damage in first presidential trip after COVID isolation
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden on Monday traveled to Kentucky to survey damage from severe flooding in the state — a visit that also marks his first presidential trip since he [Read More…]
Sour views on economy keep Biden approval on issues down: POLL
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (NEW YORK) — With the midterm elections three months away, Americans maintain a sour view on the state of the economy and are pessimistic about its future course, [Read More…]
Republicans strip $35 insulin price cap from Democrats’ bill — but insist Senate rules are to blame
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly uniform Republican opposition in the Senate on Sunday stripped a proposed cap on insulin prices in private insurance from Democrats’ party-line climate, health and tax bill. Democrats had sought [Read More…]
US may do ‘2-for-2’ prisoner swap to get Griner, Whelan out of Russia: Ex-ambassador
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Basketball star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan should hopefully be released from Russia as part of a “two-for-two” prisoner swap, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson said [Read More…]
Senate Democrats pass climate, tax and health care bill after marathon voting session
John Baggaley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Sunday passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) along party lines, 51-50, handing Democrats a crucial legislative win as the midterm cycle ramps up — despite GOP objections [Read More…]
Biden tests negative for COVID but will keep isolating out of ‘caution’
Evan Vucci – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after experiencing a rebound infection but will continue to isolate until he gets a second negative result, the White House [Read More…]
Senate parliamentarian gives green light to most of Democrats’ drug pricing plan
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Senate parliamentarian has signed off on key climate and health care provisions in the Democrats’ major spending bill. The rulings from Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber’s non-partisan rule keeper, come before [Read More…]
Indiana governor signs bill banning nearly all abortions into law
Michael Hickey/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an abortion bill into law Friday, banning the procedure with very few exceptions, making it the first state to pass such a bill since Roe [Read More…]
What’s in the Senate Democrats’ landmark ‘Inflation Reduction Act’?
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the Senate Democrats’ last remaining holdout — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema — tentatively signing onto a $739 billion modified reconciliation deal, her party leaders are looking forward to a first [Read More…]
Biden, testing positive Friday, plans to visit Kentucky Monday
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to eastern Kentucky Monday to visit flood victims, the White House announced, despite another positive COVID-19 test Friday. Physician to the [Read More…]
Biden touts unexpectedly strong jobs report and movement on Senate spending bill
Evan Vucci – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated stronger than expected job growth in July as a strong economic sign as Democrats look to pass a major spending bill focused on [Read More…]