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Holocaust Remembrance Day comes as many worry lessons are being forgotten
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, the warning to “never forget” took on renewed meaning. President Joe Biden, who was scheduled to host a 90-year-old Auschwitz [Read More…]
Russia maybe ‘not serious’ about diplomacy on Ukraine but ball in its court: Blinken
Pool via ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at the State Department on Wednesday, confirmed the U.S. had delivered a written response to Moscow security demands as Russia amassed troops on [Read More…]
Biden, lawmakers prepare for Supreme Court vacancy, react to Breyer’s retirement
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday declined to expand on reports Justice Stephen Breyer would be retiring from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, saying he would [Read More…]
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson eyed as potential replacement to Justice Stephen Breyer
Tom Williams/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the current term, one name keeps rising to the top of the list of potential replacements: Judge [Read More…]
As new variants emerge, US government turns attention to a universal coronavirus vaccine
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine makers raced to design a shot that perfectly matched the new virus’s genetic code. Their efforts were successful, resulting in highly effective [Read More…]
Fed signals rate hikes coming ‘soon’ amid inflation concerns
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officials at the Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled that they could “soon” raise interest rates for the first time in three years, as inflation concerns cast a shadow over the [Read More…]
Pelosi announces she is running for reelection
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday she is running for reelection. “While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: [Read More…]
US evacuated diplomats’ families from Ukraine out ‘abundance of caution,’ acting ambassador says
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukriane) — The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine told ABC News Tuesday that an order for diplomats’ families at the embassy to leave the country was issued because Russia could attack [Read More…]
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reveals he appeared before Jan. 6 committee
Jon Cherry/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appeared before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, he disclosed on his show, telling his audience he invoked [Read More…]
Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman gives 1st interview since Jan. 6 attack
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, the man who led rioters up the stairs and away from the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, broke his [Read More…]
Biden warns he would sanction Putin personally if Russia invades Ukraine
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday there could be some U.S. troop movements in the “nearer term” in Eastern Europe — and that he would consider personally sanctioning Russian [Read More…]
Supreme Court takes cases on future of affirmative action
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would take up a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions. The justices will hear [Read More…]
House Republicans tout infrastructure funding they voted against
Michael Godek/iStock (WASHINGTON) — In November, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, was one of 205 House Republicans to vote against the bipartisan, $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, calling it irresponsible and the “Green New Deal in disguise.” [Read More…]
US preparing to approve evacuation from embassy in Ukraine: Sources
Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of State is preparing to approve the evacuation of some U.S. diplomats and diplomats’ families from the embassy in Ukraine, sources confirmed to ABC News. The final [Read More…]
Biden’s 1st-year record on immigration: tough challenges, harsh criticism
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has faced persistent challenges as his administration worked to reform U.S. immigration policy during his first year in office. Some efforts over the past 12 months have [Read More…]
Anti-abortion rights proponents say they are prepping for ‘post-Roe America’
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The anti-abortion rights movement is at a critical moment, motivated in large part by conservative justices on the Supreme Court who seem poised to rule in favor of states’ stringent [Read More…]
Some state lawmakers focusing on abortion access amid challenge to Roe v. Wade
Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several state lawmakers are looking to expand abortion access this legislative session while a challenge to Roe v. Wade is before the U.S. Supreme Court. Two bills out of Maryland [Read More…]
CIA says foreign actor may be behind some Havana syndrome cases
Al Drago/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The CIA has assessed that the “majority” of reported cases of unexplained medical symptoms known as “Havana syndrome” can be “reasonably explained by medical conditions or environmental and technical factors,” [Read More…]
Supreme Court deals another blow to Texas abortion providers that want new law blocked
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday — over the furious objections of their liberal colleagues — dealt another blow to Texas abortion providers’ quest to challenge SB8 in federal [Read More…]
Bipartisan senators turn to reforming Electoral Count Act now that voting rights standoff over
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With voting rights reform now firmly in the rear view mirror, negotiations to reform the Electoral Count Act have ramped up, but it remains far from certain that the talks [Read More…]