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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…]
Biden nominee would be 1st Muslim woman to serve as federal judge
ACLU Illinois (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to the federal judiciary Wednesday, who, if confirmed by the Senate, would become the first Muslim American woman to serve as [Read More…]
Senate fails to change filibuster rule for passage of voting rights legislation
uschools/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to [Read More…]
Supreme Court paves way for Trump White House document review by Jan. 6 committee
Phil Roeder/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s request for a stay of a lower court mandate that hundreds of pages of his presidential records from Jan. 6 [Read More…]
Biden holds rare solo news conference ahead of 1-year mark in office
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the eve of the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, President Joe Biden held a formal news conference at the White House Wednesday, answering reporter questions on his handling of [Read More…]
Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch dispute having COVID mask flap
Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not ask her colleague and seatmate on the bench, Justice Neil Gorsuch, to wear a mask during the omicron surge, according to a rare [Read More…]
Florida doubles down on anti-critical race theory legislation
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A new bill in Florida would ban public schools and private businesses from making people feel “discomfort” when being taught about racial discrimination in U.S. history. It passed the [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Giuliani, other Trump allies who pushed election fraud claims
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday subpoenaed former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, who pushed unfounded claims of widespread election [Read More…]
Senate begins debate on voting rights ahead of filibuster showdown
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — For the first time this Congress, the Senate started debating voting rights legislation on Tuesday, a day after Democrats failed to meet their hopeful, symbolic, deadline to pass an election reform [Read More…]