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Eric Greitens, GOP Senate candidate and former governor, accused of abuse by ex-wife
Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some GOP members of Congress are calling on fellow Republican and former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to drop out of his Senate race [Read More…]
After Pentagon demurs, Biden confirms Russia fired hypersonic missile: Ukraine Day 26
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings updates: Questioning begins Tuesday
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history, will appear on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first [Read More…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson faces 4th Senate grilling as Republicans preview attacks
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, the easiest part of a Senate confirmation hearing is over. Next come the questions — 19 hours [Read More…]
GOP blames Biden for gas prices after pushing for Russian oil ban
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is set to vote as soon as Wednesday on a bill that would codify the Biden administration’s ban on the import of Russian oil and energy products into [Read More…]
GOP Sens. Cruz and Johnson meet with ‘People’s Convoy’ truckers
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Trucker protesters against COVID vaccine mandates and restrictions met Tuesday with a pair of Republican lawmakers for two hours on Capitol Hill. Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of [Read More…]
Putin ‘angry and frustrated,’ CIA director says, likely to ‘double down’ in Ukraine
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top U.S. intelligence agency officials on Tuesday offered a sobering assessment of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s objectives in Ukraine, and how the invasion could affect the safety and security of [Read More…]
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes Florida Senate
Jeff Greenberg / Contributor/ Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by LGBTQ activists, has now been passed by both the Florida Senate and House. [Read More…]
Biden announces ban on Russian oil imports, other energy products
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil and other energy products, but will not be joined in doing so [Read More…]
Emmett Till Antilynching Act heads to Biden’s desk
Bettmann / Contributor/ Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act, which would make lynching a hate crime under federal law, now heads to President Biden’s desk. The Senate unanimously passed the bill on [Read More…]
Biden to announce ban on Russian oil imports: Source
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will announce as early as Tuesday that the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil, a source told ABC News Chief White House [Read More…]
Protests continue against Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
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…]
Tough decision for Biden: Russia oil ban would trigger higher gas prices
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…]
Florida becomes 1st state advising against giving COVID-19 vaccine to healthy children, despite CDC recommendation
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…]
Top Republican says no-fly zone over Ukraine could lead to ‘beginning of World War III’
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…]
US opposes no-fly zone over Ukraine, despite Zelenskyy pleas: UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
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…]
Graham faces backlash for suggesting someone should assassinate Putin
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…]
Bipartisan calls for Russian oil ban meet resistance from White House
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…]
Ketanji Brown Jackson endorsed by fellow clerks, Supreme Court insiders
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…]
U.S. announces new sanctions on Russian oligarchs it says enabling Putin
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…]