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J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of a bombshell leak last week of a Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the court’s conservative majority could soon overturn Roe v. Wade, Senate Democrats on Wednesday will [Read More…]

Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Lisa Cook to be the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala [Read More…]

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the 2022 midterm elections approach, some GOP super PACs are spending millions of dollars to oppose primary candidates endorsed by Donald Trump — suggesting a deepening rift within the [Read More…]

Ariel Skelley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just weeks before the first midterm primary elections, the Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague” letter reminding postsecondary institutions throughout the country of their legal requirement to distribute voter [Read More…]

adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Of the numerous primary races held Tuesday, two resonated beyond state politics: the Republican gubernatorial primary in Nebraska and the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary in West Virginia — two [Read More…]

Phil Roeder/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to recognize House staff members’ right to unionize after announcing an increase to their minimum pay. The vote was straight down party lines, with [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for a “prolonged conflict” in Ukraine, and could resort to drastic measures if the fighting doesn’t go his way, according to Director of National [Read More…]

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his sharpened attack on what he’s now calling the GOP’s “ultra-MAGA” agenda as he pitched his plan to tackle inflation. His remarks [Read More…]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Abortion rights activists gathered outside of Justice Samuel Alito’s Virginia home on Monday night to protest the draft opinion he authored that leaked last week from [Read More…]

adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Of the numerous primary races being held Tuesday, two resonate beyond state politics: The Republican gubernatorial primary in Nebraska and the 2nd Congressional District Republican primary in West Virginia. After [Read More…]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The homes of Supreme Court justices are the newest site for protests over abortion access in the United States. Activists gathered Saturday in the rain outside the Maryland residences of [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A critical week in the battle over abortion rights — what activists are calling the “fight of a generation” — kicks off in the U.S. Senate on Monday, with Democrats [Read More…]

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States is bringing back a World War II-era program to bolster Ukraine’s war supplies. Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office on Monday, President Joe [Read More…]

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As he seeks to close the nation’s digital divide, President Joe Biden will announce on Monday new commitments from 20 internet service providers to expand discounted, high-speed internet [Read More…]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has received the endorsement of two more major law enforcement groups, according to two [Read More…]

Mesa County, Colo., clerk and recorder Tina Peters – Photo by Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images (DENVER) — When Josh Zygielbaum left the Marine Corps more than ten years ago, he thought [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday that he opposes a national ban on abortion because it would take away the authority of a state like his that is poised [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A leaked draft opinion showing the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade sparked nationwide outrage and panic among abortion rights advocates. And for women who already experienced [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The move to add new abortion bans “will be swift” if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday, adding that the Senate will do everything [Read More…]

Alan Poizner/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Vice President Kamala Harris gave a sobering look at the “unsettled” world students are heading into as she delivered the commencement speech at Tennessee State University on [Read More…]