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Stacy Revere/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid a fresh wave of criticism from liberal activists and lawmakers, the White House on Tuesday defended President Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Rahm Emanuel for U.S. ambassador to Japan. [Read More…]

OlegAlbinksy/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday backed down on a controversial proposal to direct the IRS to collect additional data on every bank account that sees more than $600 in annual transactions, after [Read More…]

Stephen Emlund/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday against the Jan. 6 select committee and the National Archives as he seeks to block the release of presidential records related to his [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Retired British spy Christopher Steele is stepping out of the shadows to discuss his so-called “Steele dossier” for the first time publicly, describing his efforts as apolitical and defending his [Read More…]

Robert Cicchetti/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Friday evening issued a statement reiterating its commitment to remain independent soon after President Joe Biden told reporters he hoped that witnesses who defy subpoenas from Congress’ [Read More…]

ABC (NEW YORK) — At 21 years old, Texas college student Madi said she was not ready to be a mother. She was about 10 weeks along when she found out she was pregnant and [Read More…]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (EDISON, N.J.) — First lady Jill Biden hit the campaign trail Friday, hoping to help deliver victories for Democrats in two gubernatorial elections. Biden stumped in New Jersey for Gov. Phil Murphy on [Read More…]

Robert Cicchetti/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block the most restrictive abortion law in the country, after a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the [Read More…]

Noam Galai/Getty Images (ORANGE, Calif.) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a California hospital on Tuesday for an infection, according to a spokesperson. “On Tuesday, President Clinton was admitted to UCI Medical Center [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden is hitting the campaign trail Friday, hoping to help deliver victories for Democrats in two gubernatorial elections. Biden will travel to Virginia [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hours after his Democratic opponent called on him to publicly condemn attendees of a GOP rally who pledged allegiance to an American flag said to have been flown at the [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — There have been major differences between the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden on foreign policy — not least over the Iran nuclear deal, with [Read More…]

OlegAlbinksy/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The battle over White House records of former President Donald Trump’s activities related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack intensified Wednesday as President Joe Biden formally rejected Trump’s claims that the documents [Read More…]

iStock/OlegAlbinsky (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, one of four Latino cabinet members in President Joe Biden’s administration, said on Tuesday he wanted to end raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at workplaces. [Read More…]

YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, even as the agency has suspended all federal executions and [Read More…]

tovfla/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Voting rights activists from Mi Familia Vota said after years of being ignored, they are seeing significant investments from politicians trying to reach out to the Latino community. As the largest non-white [Read More…]

5./15 WEST/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday added TikTok to a list of social media companies being scrutinized for their potential involvement in the spread of misinformation related to the Jan. [Read More…]

uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House voted Tuesday to temporarily raise the debt ceiling by $480 billion after the Senate approved the stopgap measure late last week, putting off the risk of default until early December. [Read More…]

Oleg Albinsky/iStock (WASHINGTON) — In a private phone call Tuesday with the nation’s governors, the White House said states should prepare to begin vaccinating elementary-aged kids against COVID-19 in early November and that it would [Read More…]

iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani face no criminal charges but their names will figure into the trial that starts Tuesday in Manhattan of Soviet-born and Florida-based businessman Lev Parnas, [Read More…]