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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…]

Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Supreme Court marshal Gail Curley is asking Maryland officials to enforce state and local laws that prohibit picketing outside the homes of justices. Curley sent the requests to Maryland Gov. [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to New Orleans on Saturday to take part in the Essence Festival of Culture. According to White House officials, Harris will speak in “a fireside [Read More…]

U.S. Army Reserve (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has a recruiting problem, with a former senior military official telling ABC News the viability of the all-volunteer force could be at stake. Pentagon data show a simple, [Read More…]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday met virtually with Democratic governors to talk reproductive health care amid some party disappointment over the administration’s response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. New [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters Friday that the upcoming launch of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s new three-digit number, 988, on July 16, “will work, if the [Read More…]

Eric Thayer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday announced the next list of recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, gun control advocate Gabrielle Giffords and actor Denzel Washington are [Read More…]

Bonnie Cash-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema remains committed to upholding the Senate filibuster, a spokesperson said Friday, a day after President Joe Biden said he would support making an exception to codify [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican lawmakers are proposing what they call “pro-family” platforms following the Supreme Court’s scrapping of the constitutional protections around abortion to try to help people who, in some states, could [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s dramatic testimony this week has provided not only a new account of the actions of then-President Donald Trump and chief of staff Mark Meadows before and [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear a case this fall that could upend state election laws across the country. Moore v. Harper focuses on a new North Carolina voting [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas took aim at Sesame Street’s “Elmo” after the popular children’s show puppet promoted COVID-19 vaccines for children on Twitter. A minute-long clip posted on the [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the apparent worst human smuggling tragedy in U.S. history, and amid migrants crossing the border at record levels, frustration among border patrol agents and other law [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When word came that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, the spotlight immediately shifted to who might replace him with most attention focused on Ketanji Brown Jackson, who clerked for [Read More…]