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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A rare U.S. military ground raid in northwestern Syria has captured a top ISIS leader, according to the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition. A U.S. defense official said there were [Read More…]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Wednesday she was “very disappointed” in President Joe Biden’s plan to meet with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the U.S. has [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday responded in a lengthy statement to the House’s ongoing Jan. 6 committee hearings, assailing the panel as illegitimate and their presentation as one-sided — [Read More…]

Alex Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A coalition of families and survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden, during his visit to Saudi Arabia next month, to hold the kingdom [Read More…]

Chet Strange/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — New York’s highest court declined to take up an appeal by former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children, a decision that obligates the Trumps to [Read More…]

Omar Chatriwala/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill to provide more security for the families of Supreme Court justices, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk after Democrats and [Read More…]

Hannah Beier/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — President Joe Biden delivered fired-up remarks on the economy before a friendly, cheering audience of union workers in Philadelphia Tuesday — nodding to inflation, high food and gas prices, and [Read More…]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After nearly two hours on Monday, Chairman Bennie Thompson gaveled out the House Jan. 6 committee’s second hearing this month to publicly unveil the findings of [Read More…]

Minko Chernev / EyeEm / Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the House Jan. 6 committee’s latest hearings ramp up, they overlap with a set of primary races on Tuesday featuring a slate of Donald Trump-endorsed [Read More…]

MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee holds another public hearing Monday — this time focused on the “big lie” pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies — that [Read More…]

MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee holds another public hearing Monday — this time focused on the “big lie” pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies — that [Read More…]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Jan. 6 committee announced Monday morning that, due to a family emergency, its key witness, Bill Stepien — Trump’s 2020 campaign manager — is unable [Read More…]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gun safety advocates and organizations on Sunday quickly applauded the anti-gun violence framework announced by a bipartisan group of senators — but some called for further action. [Read More…]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Bill Stepien will testify before the House Jan. 6 select committee on Monday, in a hearing that will focus [Read More…]

Nathan Howard / Stringer / Getty (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement had been reached — though in principle only — on new legislation meant to address the country’s [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice should investigate “any allegation of criminal activity” against former President Donald Trump and his allies raised by the House’s Jan. 6 select committee in its public hearings [Read More…]

Kris Connor / Stringer / Getty (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Sarah Palin got one step closer this weekend to a return to national politics when she successfully advanced through the crowded statewide primary for the special [Read More…]

Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This year’s redistricting process reduced electoral competition, giving incumbents bolstered protection. But not every officeholder gets a break, even if members of their own party help draw the maps. Take [Read More…]

Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington, D.C., is increasing police presence and urging visitors not to bring guns as the city prepares for rallies and Supreme Court rulings on hot-button topics including abortion and gun rights. [Read More…]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Editor’s note: This story was originally published in January 2022. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Hamse Warfa was the first Somali-American presidential appointee. Other Somali Americans have [Read More…]