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DOJ, civil rights groups sue to block controversial Iowa immigration bill
Kim Renyolds, governor of Iowa, center, during a news conference in Mission, Texas, Oct. 6, 2021. Texas Governor Abbott and Republican state chief executives from around the nation gathered at the border to again call [Read More…]
‘No easy way out’: Biden faces anger from all sides as he navigates Israel-Hamas war
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is taking heat from all sides as he faces what could be the most fraught moment in the Israel-Hamas war since fighting broke out seven months ago. [Read More…]
Democratic Sen. Jon Tester to back GOP-championed Laken Riley Act
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for JDRF (WASHINGTON) — Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester will continue his efforts to distinguish himself as a border security hard-liner on Thursday by becoming the first Senate Democrat to back an [Read More…]
Witnesses tell lawmakers US intel community downplaying cases of ‘Havana syndrome’
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Witnesses testifying at a congressional hearing have accused the U.S. intelligence community of deliberately downplaying dozens of Anomalous Health Incidents (AHIs) affecting U.S. personnel, often referred to as “Havana [Read More…]
Biden campaign works to woo Black voters in key swing state of Wisconsin
President Joe Biden greets a supporter as he meets with campaign volunteers at Dr. John Bryant Community Center in Racine, Wisconsin, on May 8, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In his fourth [Read More…]
Biden says US will not provide Israel with weapons to use in major Rafah invasion
President Joe Biden steps off Marine One upon arrival at Soldier Field Landing Zone in Chicago, on May 8, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that American bombs [Read More…]
Trump praises Kristi Noem amid book controversy: ‘I like her a lot’
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks before former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes the stage during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via [Read More…]
House quickly kills Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust Speaker Johnson
U.S. House of Representatives (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday officially triggered a vote on her motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but within minutes Democrats joined almost all Republicans to [Read More…]
Democrats work to keep protests from disrupting Chicago convention, with concerns over parallels to 1968
Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — In 1968, violence at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with hundreds of protesters arrested in a police crackdown, upended the party’s gathering and soured public opinion in the [Read More…]
Biden withheld bomb shipment to Israel out of fear it could be used in Rafah: Source
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration opted to pause a shipment of some 3,500 bombs to Israel last week because of concerns the weapons could be used in Rafah where more than one [Read More…]
Judge delays Donald Trump’s classified documents trial indefinitely
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case has now indefinitely postponed the trial date pending resolution of outstanding pretrial litigation, including disagreements about how the classified information [Read More…]
Education Secretary Cardona condemns antisemitism at House hearing
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona faced a barrage of questions on antisemitism and college protests during a more than three-hour hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, but repeatedly condemned all forms of [Read More…]
Biden administration pauses ammunition shipments to Israel, US officials say
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is delaying shipments of ammunition expected to be sent to Israel, three U.S. officials told ABC News on Tuesday in what appears to be the first time [Read More…]
Marjorie Taylor Greene backs off threat to oust Johnson as speaker
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on Tuesday to be backing off her threat to force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson this week, though she signaled that she’ll [Read More…]
TikTok sues federal government over potential US ban
NurPhoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a lawsuit against the federal government Tuesday over what it called an “unconstitutional” potential ban of the social media platform in the United [Read More…]
Biden condemns ‘ferocious surge’ in antisemitism during Holocaust remembrance ceremony
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden denounced what he called a “ferocious surge” of antisemitism in America and the atrocities committed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on [Read More…]
In bid to oust Speaker Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene shares her demands
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of her meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shared her list of demands for the speaker amid her push to oust him from [Read More…]
Trump privately urged Greene to drop push to oust Speaker Johnson
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump spoke privately with Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over the weekend and urged her to drop her push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, a source close [Read More…]
Biden is set to deliver major speech on antisemitism at Holocaust remembrance ceremony
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will deliver a major speech denouncing antisemitism on Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol. The remarks are part of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum [Read More…]
Gaza cease-fire talks at ‘critical stage,’ US says, after Hamas claims it accepted proposal
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby speaks during a news conference with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 6, 2024 in [Read More…]