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‘We had to get our government funded’: Speaker Johnson outlines plan to avert shutdown
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With days until a partial government shutdown deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson said the newly negotiated bill text for the funding package will be out by Wednesday afternoon, triggering a timeline [Read More…]
Netanyahu to speak to Senate Republicans after Schumer’s calls to hold new Israeli election
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Republican senators via a video conference at their conference lunch Wednesday — a move that comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer [Read More…]
New EPA vehicle standards would cut US emissions, ramp up pressure for more EVs
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid a contentious election year debate over the future of U.S. auto manufacturing, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced new vehicle emissions standards that will pressure the industry to [Read More…]
Hunter Biden associates to testify in House impeachment hearing
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees are holding an impeachment hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday amid growing scrutiny of Republicans’ ongoing probe of President Joe Biden and his family. Tony [Read More…]
5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision blocks enforcement of strict Texas immigration law SB4
ABC News In a decision late Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that again blocks Texas from enforcing its strict immigration law, SB4. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court rejected [Read More…]
Three takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Businesman Bernie Moreno handily won Ohio’s GOP Senate primary, scoring a win for him and former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Moreno’s bid and campaigned with him in the [Read More…]
Nearly half of Haley voters in Ohio say they’d back Biden: Preliminary exit polls
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two in 10 to as many as three in 10 Republican primary voters in Ohio continue to resist Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy — and among those supporting Nikki Haley, [Read More…]
California’s special primary to succeed McCarthy: Fong projected to advance
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks during an event awarding House Clerk Cheryl L. Johnson with the 2023 Freedom Award, Feb. 13, 2024. (Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The special primary election to succeed [Read More…]
Biden heads to Arizona, Nevada to mobilize Latino voters
Official White House Photo by Adam Schult (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden made a campaign swing through battlegrounds Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday in which he touted his administration’s accomplishments and drew contrasts with what [Read More…]
Trump makes argument to Supreme Court about why he deserves presidential immunity
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a brief with the Supreme Court making his formal argument for why he should be granted absolute presidential immunity from criminal prosecution [Read More…]
FBI director says agency doing all it can to get ‘justice’ for Laken Riley
Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI is doing everything it can to get “justice” for Laken Riley, the college student who was murdered by a migrant in the country illegally, FBI Director [Read More…]
Top US generals testifying before Congress about chaos of withdrawal from Afghanistan
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The top two military leaders who oversaw the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 testified Tuesday afternoon before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a hearing meant to assess the [Read More…]
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro reports to prison after SCOTUS denies stay of sentence
POOL/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison on Tuesday, one day after the Supreme Court denied a stay of his sentence. He was convicted in September of two [Read More…]
Congressional leaders, White House reach DHS funding agreement — but could a government shutdown still happen?
Phil Roeder/ Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional leaders and the White House have reached agreement on how to fund the Department of Homeland Security, one of the last hurdles to prevent an approaching partial government [Read More…]
Key Ohio Senate primary with Trump-backed candidate headed for fierce finish
ABC News Ohio’s GOP Senate primary is heading for a fierce finish Tuesday night as three Republicans bludgeon each other for the chance to run in one of the country’s marquee races this year. Businessman [Read More…]
Three things to watch for in Tuesday’s primaries
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The presidential nominations are locked up — but the primaries remain, along with any tea leaves they may provide. Ohio’s GOP Senate primary is the headliner Tuesday, with car salesman [Read More…]
Trump claims Liz Cheney and Jan. 6 committee should be jailed
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Black Conservative Federation Gala on Feb. 23, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney has shrugged off Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
Arizona election officials push forward prep for 2024 count, despite constant threats
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As election season gets underway, officials in a key battleground state said they are prepared to handle the task of counting and certifying ballots despite a rise in threats. Nearly four [Read More…]
Biden campaign sees abortion rights, independent voters as key in Arizona and Nevada
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of President Joe Biden making campaign stops on Tuesday in Arizona and Nevada, advisers are laying out why they still place him in a better position than [Read More…]
SCOTUS denies stay of sentence for ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro must report to prison on Tuesday as scheduled, after the Supreme Court on Monday denied the stay of his sentence. Chief Justice [Read More…]