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DHS pauses much-scrutinized disinformation group for review but slams ‘gross mischaracterizations’
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it was pausing its short-lived Disinformation Governance Board pending a review of the larger strategy behind it. The person tapped [Read More…]
House holds hearing on abortion access as nation awaits final Supreme Court decision
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on abortion access as the nation awaits a final decision from the Supreme Court in a case that result in the [Read More…]
Three key takeaways from five states’ primaries
plherrera/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consequential primary races in five states, including some battlegrounds, helped shed light Tuesday night on what the rest of the midterms might look like. For Republicans, former President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
Election updates: Mixed results for Trump-backed candidates in GOP primaries
Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters were heading to the polls Tuesday for primary elections in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon amid a midterm season that will test the endorsement power [Read More…]
McConnell, when asked, fails to denounce racist ‘replacement theory’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Democrats have ratcheted up condemnation of “replacement theory” in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, some Republicans on Capitol Hill have shied away from rejecting [Read More…]
Democratic House primaries could foreshadow party’s direction
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While much of the focus this midterm cycle has been on statewide races and the momentum behind Republicans amid dismal approval numbers for President Joe Biden, several Democratic House primaries [Read More…]
Election live blog: Primaries underway in 5 states
Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters were heading to the polls Tuesday for primary elections in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon amid a midterm season that will test the endorsement power [Read More…]
Domestic violent extremists infiltrating abortion debate: DHS official
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officials from the Department of Homeland Security warned that domestic violent extremists have been infiltrating the national abortion debate “to incite violence amongst their supporters,” a senior DHS [Read More…]
Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman has primary day surgery after stroke
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania’s Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in the state’s Senate race, was scheduled to undergo surgery for a pacemaker and [Read More…]
In Georgia Senate race, Herschel Walker navigates allegations of past violent behavior
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An athletic icon and business success, Herschel Walker has the type of background that Republicans hope will propel him to the U.S. Senate, where his presence [Read More…]
Pentagon now reports about 400 UFO encounters: ‘We want to know what’s out there’
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top Pentagon officials told a House panel on Tuesday that there are now close to 400 reports from military personnel of possible encounters with UFOs — a significant [Read More…]
First major court test for DOJ special counsel investigating origins of Russia probe
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department special counsel investigating the origins of the probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election is facing his first major test in federal court [Read More…]
Biden labels Buffalo shooting ‘domestic terrorism’ after visiting scene
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Assuming his role as consoler in chief, President Joe Biden traveled to Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday to visit a community in mourning and call out the [Read More…]
Biden pays respects at memorial for Buffalo shooting victims
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Assuming his role as consoler in chief, President Joe Biden traveled to Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday to visit a community in mourning following Saturday’s racially-motivated mass [Read More…]
Biden to travel to Buffalo following mass shooting
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Assuming his role as consoler-in-chief, President Joe Biden will travel to Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday, to visit a community in mourning following Saturday’s racially-motivated mass shooting at [Read More…]
Primary races in five states foreshadow contentious midterm elections
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Primary elections on Tuesday night in five states will showcase some of the many factors that have been swirling around the 2022 midterm elections, including the power of endorsements, shakeups from [Read More…]
Congress to hold first hearing on UFOs in over 50 years
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Almost a year after a long-awaited U.S. intelligence report on UFOs provided few answers to what military pilots had encountered in more than 140 incidents, top Pentagon [Read More…]
White House expands flights to Cuba, reverses other Trump admin restrictions
John Elk III/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House announced a historic shift in its policy toward Cuba Monday night, saying that for the first time in six decades it will sign off on an [Read More…]
Melania Trump gives first post-White House interview: On her critics, volunteer work, more
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In her first sit-down interview since leaving Washington, Melania Trump appeared on Fox News on Sunday where she addressed some of her ongoing work as a former first [Read More…]
Supreme Court strikes campaign finance rule in win for Sen. Ted Cruz
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority Monday struck down a 20-year-old campaign finance limit aimed at curbing corruption in politics, delivering a win to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who had challenged [Read More…]