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Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Demonstrators gathered in front of and inside the Florida State Capitol on Monday to stop the legislation that has been dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Calls mounted Monday for the U.S. to ban the import of Russian oil, but while President Joe Biden’s administration signaled a new openness to doing so, the president faced the [Read More…]

Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Despite widespread support for pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations from the nation’s top health officials, Florida will become the first state in the country to advise against vaccinating [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Sen. Marco Rubio, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion could lead to the “beginning of World [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is standing by the White House and NATO allies’ opposition to implementing a no-fly zone over Ukraine. “President Biden has been [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham was swiftly rebuked by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for remarks he made suggesting that Russians ought to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Is [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Bipartisan calls are growing on Capitol Hill for the United States to ban imports of oil from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, but the White House stopped short of [Read More…]

Obtained by ABC News (WASHINGTON) — They labored together in the shadows of legal giants on the nation’s highest court, seeing firsthand what it takes to be a justice. Now, a group of two-dozen former law [Read More…]

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. on Thursday announced new sanctions against members of the Russian elite, including Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, and said it would block 19 oligarchs and 47 of their relatives [Read More…]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday approved a bill that would provide millions of veterans with expedited health care and disability payments related to illnesses caused by toxic exposure from burn pits. [Read More…]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack said Wednesday it has evidence that former President Donald Trump and some of his associates may have illegally tried to obstruct [Read More…]

Getty Images/Stock Photo (NEW YORK) — An Indiana bill to ban transgender girls from participating in girls sports in K-12 schools passed the state Senate on Tuesday. State legislators voted 32-18 in favor of the bill. [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., introduced a bill on Tuesday calling for strict limitations on no-knock warrants in drug-related investigations. The bill, named for Amir Locke, would also ban “quick-knock” warrants, nighttime [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, began traditional courtesy calls with senators on Wednesday as Democrats announced her confirmation battle would get underway later this [Read More…]

Getty Images/Win McNamee (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday joined Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, in a visit to a Ukrainian church in Washington, expressing vocal admiration for the Ukrainian people. [Read More…]

Getty Images/Robert Nickelsberg (WASHINGTON) — Opening statements got underway Wednesday in the case of a Texas man charged with participating in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol and later threatening his family members if [Read More…]

The mega-yacht “Dilbar” is completely shrouded while docked in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany. The 156-meter-long ship is said to belong to a Russian oligarch. – Markus Scholz/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The [Read More…]

Saul Loeb/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address looked very different Tuesday night than it would have a few weeks ago — before Russia invaded Ukraine, inflation [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden tonight delivered his first State of the Union address with a main theme of how the U.S. is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As he spoke, [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nation and the world will be watching tonight when President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address at 9 p.m. ET with a main focus expected [Read More…]