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House passes bills to codify Roe, protect interstate travel for abortion
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives on Friday passed two measures to restore abortion rights after the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The action [Read More…]
Manchin appears to sink Biden agenda on climate and tax reform
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin appears to have torpedoed a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, telling Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday evening that he won’t support moving forward on [Read More…]
Secret Service deleted texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after watchdog sought records
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after an internal watchdog requested them as part of a review of the department’s [Read More…]
NY AG delays depositions of former President Trump, 2 of his children
Win McNamee/Pool via Bloomberg (NEW YORK) — Depositions of former President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in connection with the New York attorney general’s civil investigation have been delayed, the New York [Read More…]
Biden, under pressure from own party, fires back as 2024 questions persist
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As a slew of historic challenges pile up on Joe Biden’s presidency, he faces increasing dissatisfaction from within his own party and questions about his electability just months [Read More…]
Republicans block bill to shield people who travel out of state for abortions
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bill that would have both legally shielded the people who travel across states lines to receive an abortion and the providers who care for [Read More…]
Texas AG sues Biden for telling doctors to perform abortions as needed in emergencies
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday filed the first legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s executive order on abortion — accusing the administration of turning emergency health care [Read More…]
Jan. 6 witness Trump allegedly tried to call was White House support staff, sources say
Drew Angerer/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The person whom former President Donald Trump was accused of having contacted following the Jan. 6 hearing when former administration aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified was a member of [Read More…]
As Democrats sour on Biden, Gavin Newsom sparks presidential-run chatter with attack on Ron DeSantis
Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Gavin Newsom has never been afraid to throw an elbow. During the surge of the COVID-19 delta variant, California’s Democratic governor sat on the [Read More…]
As Democrats sour on Biden, Gavin Newsom sparks presidential-run chatter with attack on Ron De
Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Gavin Newsom has never been afraid to throw an elbow. During the surge of the delta variant, California’s Democratic governor sat on the glossy sound [Read More…]
Seven things to watch for on Biden’s trip to Israel, Saudi Arabia
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday touched down in the Middle East for the first time as president, for a visit to Israel, the occupied West Bank [Read More…]
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Focus on extremists and alleged ties to Trump, allies
uschools/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will focus Tuesday on extremist groups’ alleged coordination with former President Donald Trump and his allies ahead of and during the Capitol attack. Stephen [Read More…]
Jill Biden apologizes after comparing diversity of Latinos to breakfast tacos
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday through her spokesperson after receiving public backlash for saying in a speech Monday that Latinos are “as unique as breakfast tacos.” Spokesperson Michael LaRosa tweeted [Read More…]
White House responds to new poll on Biden’s low approval, Dem dissatisfaction
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday cited some of its past successes as it played down a new New York Times/Siena College poll showing President Joe Biden’s approval rating almost scraping [Read More…]
Federal judge undercuts Steve Bannon’s defense for not complying with House subpoena
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Monday rejected a series of explanations by former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon as to why he failed to comply with a subpoena issued by [Read More…]
Accused Jan. 6 rioter who warned of possible ‘civil war’ expected to testify to House committee Tuesday
U.S. Justice Department (WASHINGTON) — An Ohio man who accused Joe Biden, other Democrats, and the mainstream media of “treason” is set to testify in a public hearing Tuesday before the House committee investigating the [Read More…]
Biden celebrates passage of gun law at White House
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will host hundreds impacted by gun violence on the White House South Lawn Monday to tout the first major bipartisan gun legislation to pass through Congress [Read More…]
Trump never invoked executive privilege over Bannon’s Jan. 6 testimony, his attorney tells investigators
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department revealed in an early Monday morning court filing that federal investigators interviewed former President Donald Trump’s attorney Justin Clark two weeks ago in connection with [Read More…]
House Jan. 6 committee announces next hearing date; expected to focus on who was in Capitol mob
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 on Tuesday announced its next hearing: July 12 beginning at 1 p.m. ET. The panel has been holding a [Read More…]
Biden weighs public health emergency in support of abortion access — tells advocates, ‘Keep protesting’
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — “Keep making your point. It’s critically important,” President Joe Biden said as for his message to the thousands of abortion-rights activists who gathered outside the White House on [Read More…]