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Feds charge Russian national who worked on Steele dossier with lying to FBI
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A researcher who worked with Christopher Steele in assembling Steele’s controversial dossier that contained explosive and unproven claims about former President Donald Trump has been arrested on charges stemming from the [Read More…]
Senate Republicans target Biden vaccine mandate Fauci supports
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — With the nation’s top public health officials as their audience, Senate Republicans on Thursday aired complaints about a new wide-reaching vaccine mandate for large businesses being implemented by the Biden administration. “I’m [Read More…]
CISA issues sweeping federal directive for government cybersecurity
anyaberkut/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is ordering federal agencies to fix hundreds of vulnerabilities in software and hardware that hackers have been known to exploit, according to a new government directive released Wednesday. The [Read More…]
Biden appears unaware of possible separated family payments, says it won’t happen
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday denied reports that his administration was planning to pay migrant family members separated by the Trump administration up to $450,000 per person. “That’s not going [Read More…]
Republican Glenn Youngkin projected to win Virginia governor’s race
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (NEW YORK) — Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive running his first campaign for political office, will be the next governor of Virginia, ABC News has projected. “My fellow Virginians, we stand [Read More…]
Democrat McAuliffe facing 52% unfavorable numbers in Va. governor race, preliminary exit poll data shows
Win McNamee/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — A more closely divided electorate than a year ago, underwater ratings for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump alike and a popularity deficit for the Democratic candidate [Read More…]
Senators push Justice Department to crack down on illegal gun modifications
bytmonas/iStock (WASHINGTON) — They’re cheap, easy to produce and can make guns more dangerous in minutes. Gun modifications are becoming a problem for the country as the number of shooting incidents linked to automatic weapons [Read More…]
The national implications of Virginia’s gubernatorial election
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (RICHMOND, Va.) — Virginia voters had a choice: They could continue the commonwealth’s more than a decade-long streak of backing Democratic candidates at the statewide level, or they could reestablish Virginia as a [Read More…]
Schumer says Democrats reach deal on lowering prescription drug costs
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that Democrats have reached a deal on a measure aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs — a key part of President Joe Biden’s [Read More…]
Justices take up Texas abortion law in fast-tracked hearing
iStock/leekris (NEW YORK) — Exactly two months after allowing Texas to impose a near-total ban on abortions, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was taking a closer look at the groundbreaking state law deliberately designed [Read More…]
Biden reflects on American leadership, progress made at G-20 summit
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (ROME) — President Joe Biden reflected on progress he made with other world leaders at this weekend’s G-20 summit, including ways to combat climate change, as the event wrapped up in Rome on [Read More…]
Buttigieg defends bipartisan infrastructure bill, ‘optimistic’ it will pass
levkr/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is “optimistic” that the bipartisan infrastructure bill will pass the House and Senate, he said Sunday. “We’re very optimistic the president put forward this framework because he believes [Read More…]
Kinzinger speaks out on leaving Congress, ‘cancer’ in the Republican Party
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Sunday he, Rep. Liz Cheney and “a few others” are the only House Republicans “telling the truth.” “You can fight to try to tell the truth, you [Read More…]
What you need to know about the COP26 climate summit
iStock/slowmotiongli (NEW YORK) — For the next two weeks, governments around the world will convene for a highly anticipated summit on climate change that has been billed as the “last best chance” to meet the [Read More…]
Biden, Democrats failing to sell agenda to American people: POLL
iStock/lamontak590623 (NEW YORK) — Negotiations on the infrastructure and social program bills have consumed Capitol Hill for months. Still, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday finds Democrats are failing to sell the legislation to [Read More…]
Opponents of Line 3 pipeline say project threatens Biden’s climate legacy
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Construction of an oil pipeline deep in America’s heartland has become one of the most contentious environmental battles in the country. The thousand-mile long Line 3 pipeline transports Canadian tar sands [Read More…]
Biden administration considering payments for families separated under Trump policy
grandriver/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is considering making settlement payments to migrants who were separated from their children during the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy,” according to two people familiar with the planning. Enacted in April of 2018, [Read More…]
NY Attorney General Letitia James announces run for governor
hartfordphoto/iStock (NEW YORK) — Letitia James, the attorney general of New York whose sexual harassment investigation led to the resignation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, announced a run for governor Friday, mounting a formidable primary challenge [Read More…]
Biden admin makes another attempt to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Douglas Rissing/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Friday said it would make another attempt to end the “Remain in Mexico” protocols, a Trump administration initiative that forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers back into [Read More…]
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, outspoken Trump critic, announces he won’t seek reelection
rarrarorro/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans serving on the House Jan. 6 select committee, and one of the most vocal critics of the GOP’s embrace of former President Donald Trump and the [Read More…]