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ABC News/Washington Post (NEW YORK) — Economic discontent is hurting President Joe Biden and his party’s midterm election prospects, with six in 10 Americans reporting inflation hardships, three-quarters saying the economy’s in bad shape and [Read More…]

Courtesy Maxx Fenning (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — When CJ Walden heard the news that some Florida classrooms would limit LGBTQ topics under a proposed bill in the state legislature, first he felt shock. Then, the pain [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “Stand your ground laws,” have proliferated around the country after they were first introduced in Florida in 2005, with proponents contending that they’ve kept neighborhoods safer. A study released [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid pressure at home and abroad, the White House announced Friday that the U.S. will personally sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following in the footsteps [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court, elevating an African American woman for the first time to a [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid an international crisis demanding his attention, President Joe Biden still took time out Friday to introduce to the nation his first high court nominee — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Friday interviewed Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancé of Donald Trump Jr. and a GOP operative and fundraiser, behind closed doors. [Read More…]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Leading into President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nomination, Americans are split along partisan lines on a range of attitudes relating to the high court — approval of its [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, elevating an African American woman for the first time to [Read More…]

Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will attend an emergency NATO summit Friday morning from the White House Situation Room to coordinate next steps with Western allies [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Friday expanded its investigation into former President Donald Trump’s White House records, requesting new information from the National Archives about the classified materials [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Shortly after President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new sanctions on Russian banks and elites — but not on Russian President Vladimir Putin himself — a top Senate Democrat pointedly [Read More…]

Ana Ceballos/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by LGBTQ activists, has been passed by the Florida House of Representatives. [Read More…]

Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of warning of “severe” sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine, President Joe Biden addressed the nation and the world from the White House Thursday in what’s unfolding [Read More…]

Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of warning of “severe” sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine, President Joe Biden was set to deliver remarks from the White House Thursday in what’s unfolding as [Read More…]

ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Washington, D.C., lobbyist and attorney who assisted with former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election filed suit this week against the House select committee investigating the Jan. [Read More…]

JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House has begun a sweeping overhaul of its COVID strategy that will signal the nation is moving past crisis mode and into a more manageable phase [Read More…]

ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images (DENVER) — Colorado will become the first state to accept cryptocurrency as payment for state taxes and fees, Governor Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Polis said the state, which was also the earliest to [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two prosecutors leading the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his family real estate business have resigned, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said, casting doubt about the [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of former President Donald Trump, is in active conversations with the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 about meeting for a voluntary interview, ABC News [Read More…]