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Supreme Court sympathetic to online age verification for hardcore porn
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Concern over dangers to children from increasingly easy access to hardcore pornography online dominated U.S. Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday in a high-profile dispute over a growing number of state [Read More…]
Bondi hearing live updates: Democrats frustrated by Bondi on 2020 election answers
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Justice Department — former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi — faces questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Democrats want [Read More…]
Rubio pressed on Trump’s foreign policy goals at confirmation hearing
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is no stranger to grilling nominees during confirmation hearings, but on Wednesday he is the one in the hot seat as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick [Read More…]
Bondi hearing live updates: Trump’s attorney general pick faces grilling over loyalty
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Justice Department — former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi — faces questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Democrats want [Read More…]
Rubio to be pressed on Trump’s foreign policy goals at confirmation hearing
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is no stranger to grilling nominees during confirmation hearings, but on Wednesday he’ll be the one in the hot seat as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick [Read More…]
Supreme Court hears porn sites’ bid to strike down online age verification laws
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With online access to pornography and other sexually explicit content easier than ever before, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will take a fresh look at government efforts to impose [Read More…]
Pam Bondi to face questions on loyalty to Trump, lobbying ties in AG confirmation hearing
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pam Bondi has developed a reputation as one of President-elect Donald Trump’s most loyal defenders — a vocal political and legal advocate who represented Trump during his first impeachment, boosted [Read More…]
Biden, in prime time, to bid farewell to nation as Trump prepares to take office
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will give his last Oval Office address as he prepares to hand over power to President-elect Donald Trump and exit politics after a decadeslong career. [Read More…]
Top Democrat presses Hegseth on supporting accused war criminals that Trump pardoned
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth told senators on the committee investigating his qualifications to be secretary of defense on Tuesday that “restrictive rules of engagement” have “made it more difficult to [Read More…]
‘Men have no place in women’s sports’: House GOP votes to roll back Title IX changes
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” which could change Title IX protections and ensure only “biological females” participate versus biological females [Read More…]
Hegseth grilled about sexual misconduct allegations, view on war crimes
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, faced senators on Tuesday for a contentious confirmation hearing. Hegseth was grilled by members of the Armed Services Committee on [Read More…]
Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration
Rob Carr, Pool via AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her office confirmed to ABC News. “Former President Barack Obama [Read More…]
Virginia Foxx to be only woman leading House committees in 119th Congress
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx, 81, was tapped by House Speaker Mike Johnson to serve as the chairwoman of the powerful House Rules Committee, two GOP sources told [Read More…]
Johnson says flags will be raised for Trump’s inauguration
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is going to order that the flags at the Capitol, which are at half-staff due to the death of former President [Read More…]
Hegseth hearing live updates: Pentagon pick rails against alleged ‘smear campaign’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, is facing senators on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing. Hesgeth is expected to be grilled by the Armed Services Committee [Read More…]
Biden to issue executive order to bolster AI infrastructure in the US
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just days left in his administration, President Joe Biden will sign a new executive order focused on bolstering the infrastructure needed to for advanced AI operations in the U.S., [Read More…]
US to ban Russian, Chinese software and hardware in vehicles
Ditto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States is going to ban Russian and Chinese software in vehicles, according to the Department of Commerce, due to national security concerns. The final rule, posted on the federal [Read More…]
FBI did not interview woman who accused Pete Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017: Sources
(WASHINGTON) — The FBI’s probe into defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth did not include an interview with a woman who accused the former Fox News anchor of sexual assault in 2017, sources familiar with the [Read More…]
Jack Smith, in final report, says voters saved Trump from being convicted in Jan. 6 case
ABC News Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report lays out in no uncertain terms federal prosecutors’ position that Donald Trump — who is set to be inaugurated president in less than a week — would [Read More…]
Speaker Mike Johnson suggests ‘conditions’ needed on disaster aid for LA wildfires
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that “there should probably be conditions” on aid to help California deal with devastating wildfires when asked if he’s open to sending funding, [Read More…]