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Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security will review electronic retention policies, according to a memo obtained by ABC News Thursday, and will halt wiping political appointees’ phones until the review [Read More…]

Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — Pregnant people in Georgia will now be able to count their fetus as a dependent on their tax return and file for child support, according to state law. The state’s [Read More…]

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday called on the Biden administration to invoke the Defense Production Act to help increase supply and access to monkeypox vaccines, [Read More…]

Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — While ABC News and others haven’t made projections in her still too-close-to-call contest, former TV reporter Kari Lake, Donald Trump’s pick in Arizona’s GOP gubernatorial primary, went [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday evening to support Finland and Sweden in joining NATO — a crucial step in the quest of the two countries to join the [Read More…]

Trista Hamsmith/Reese’s Purpose (WASHINGTON) — A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button batteries has passed both the U.S. House and Senate, and is now headed [Read More…]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a series of delays and emotional protests, the Senate on Tuesday night approved a bill that will help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The Senate began voting on [Read More…]

Al Rai Al Aam/Feature Story News/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Osama bin Laden’s successor, who helped coordinate the 9/11 terror attacks, was killed by a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend. President [Read More…]

Robert Alexander/Getty Images (PHOENIX, Az.) — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who is running in Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary, said a review of the 2020 election found that just one ballot was cast in a [Read More…]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Top Democrats in Congress investigating the events of Jan. 6 continued to allege that the government’s federal watchdog for Homeland Security abandoned efforts to collect texts and [Read More…]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a series of delays and emotional protests, the Senate is expected to vote Tuesday night on a bill that would help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Schumer announced [Read More…]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Tuesday continued to highlight what it said was President Joe Biden’s “success” in killing Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda leader involved in the planning the Sept. 11, [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley was confirmed by the Senate on Monday as a four-star general, making history as the first Black Marine to attain that [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden continued to test positive for COVID-19 Tuesday but is feeling “well,” according to a memo from Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician. “The President [Read More…]

The delegation headed by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 2, 2022. – ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan this week is a [Read More…]

Travelpix Ltd/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and accuse him of inciting the Capitol riot are on primary ballots Tuesday in Michigan and Washington state — the latest [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A 49-year-old Texas man was sentenced by a judge to more than seven years in prison Monday for his role in the Capitol attack, the harshest sentence [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab spoke with ABC News Live Monday ahead of the state’s anticipated primary election, which includes a referendum on abortion laws. Voters on Tuesday will [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators are hopeful that within days they’ll again approve a bill that would offer millions of veterans expanded health care and disability payments for illnesses induced by exposure to burn [Read More…]

Jim Watson/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that the U.S. had killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend. He hailed the operation [Read More…]