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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Internal Revenue Service is asking a government watchdog to review a pair of exceedingly rare and invasive tax audits targeting James Comey and Andrew McCabe, a spokesperson confirmed [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Ever since the mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois, which left seven people dead and dozens more seriously wounded, questions have been raised about [Read More…]

Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a new statement following the resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President Joe Biden on Thursday stressed “the special relationship” between the U.S. and U.K. [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In his first network interview, the director of the United States Marshals Service told ABC News the U.S. Marshals Service is focusing on “trigger pullers” — repeat offenders who shoot and [Read More…]

Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will award 17 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The medal is given to those who [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Speaking alongside his British counterpart in London on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray called China the “biggest long-term threat” to both the U.S. and the U.K. “The Chinese government [Read More…]

Allison Joyce/Getty Images, FILE (RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order to strengthen access to reproductive health care in the state on Wednesday. The order takes several steps to defend [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats have reached agreement on a key portion of a revised domestic policy bill, once known as Build Back Better, which would allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug [Read More…]

Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — White House communications director Kate Bedingfield plans to depart in late July, according to administration officials. Bedingfield is a longtime top aide to President Joe Biden: She [Read More…]

GC Images/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is being held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas for information related to its business relationship with the [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the Jan. 6 committee to testify in a transcribed interview Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter. The [Read More…]

Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a previously unscheduled trip on Tuesday night to Highland Park, Illinois — the site of a deadly mass shooting during a [Read More…]

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (TRENTON, N.J.) — New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy signed new gun legislation into law on Tuesday, making it harder for residents in the state to get a handgun [Read More…]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence (WASHINGTON) — Democrats are working to ensure their incumbents and midterm candidates maintain message discipline around a simple pitch to the public on abortion while the party looks to use [Read More…]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As WNBA star Brittney Griner appeals to Joe Biden for help in getting released from Russian custody, her case is a “top priority” for the president, according to the White [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House’s Jan. 6 committee announces next hearing date; expected to focus on who was in Capitol mob Tal Axelrod and Adam Carlson, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee [Read More…]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has filed suit against Arizona challenging its recently enacted voting law that requires proof of citizenship in order to vote in presidential elections. The lawsuit contends that certain [Read More…]

Melodie Yvonne/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four Army veterans are being recognized with the Medal of Honor for their “acts of gallantry and intrepidity” during the Vietnam War. President Joe Biden will present Specialist 5 Dwight [Read More…]

Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic Governors Association hopes to turn anger at the overturning of Roe v. Wade into big-dollar fundraising for critical races where governors will hold sway over [Read More…]

Richard Harbaugh/ABC (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department should not avoid prosecuting Donald Trump in relation to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack if a prosecution is warranted, Rep. Liz Cheney said in an interview with ABC [Read More…]