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ABC (WASHINGTON) — The White House said Monday that China was seemingly laying the groundwork to carry out “military provocations” in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan. “China appears to be [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Secret Service Director Jim Murray is extending his time with the agency until a new director is selected, briefly extending his tenure as his agents finds themselves in the [Read More…]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Another major legislative win for Democrats came Thursday, when — over Republican objections of “corporate welfare” — a bipartisan group in the House passed a bill [Read More…]

Oliver Contreras – Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives earlier this month, making him only the second ATF director to [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday pointed to robust job growth and low unemployment that should, he argued, quell growing concerns of a financial downturn after it was announced that the [Read More…]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As former President Donald Trump continues to push false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, his political action committee has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars [Read More…]

drnadig/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Naomi Biden, President Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter, will have her fall wedding on the South Lawn of the White House — the first time the White House has hosted nuptials [Read More…]

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With communities around the country suffering from extreme temperatures, just months after some of those same locations saw unbearable cold snaps, some state leaders are taking the initiative with [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The family of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who has been held in Russia for more than three years, said they now have “a little bit of hope” after learning [Read More…]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Top music industry leaders, including the Recording Academy, are backing legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday that would limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence by federal prosecutors [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is working to secure testimony from a growing number of officials in former President [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday night and again Wednesday morning and will end “his strict isolation measures,” according to the physician to [Read More…]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – Nancy Pelosi was the guest speaker at the unveiling of a new statue at Statuary Hall of Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897, [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, has recently cooperated with the Department of Justice investigation into the events of Jan. 6, [Read More…]

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the family of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Tuesday amid renewed demands for justice. Blinken had previously spoken [Read More…]

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI,JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump have been headed for another face-off since the day Trump lost to Biden in 2020 — but voters say they are upset [Read More…]

Brian Stukes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had sharp words for the Republicans opposing a bill codifying the right to same-sex marriages, urging them to support the legislation’s passage in the Senate after [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump committed crimes related to last year’s Capitol riot and should ideally be charged by the Justice Department, House Jan. 6 committee member Adam Kinzinger contended on Sunday. [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Some Republicans “are very concerned” about Donald Trump potentially launching a 2024 presidential bid before November’s midterm races, which could upend contests across the country, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday. [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s doctor said Sunday that he “continue to improve significantly” after testing positive for COVID-19 last week. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician, wrote in a letter released by the [Read More…]