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Senate Republicans seek concessions on Biden's $106 billion request for aid to Israel, Ukraine
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Republicans made clear Tuesday they hope to make some major modifications to President Joe Biden's $106 billion national security funding request t...
Oct 24, 2023
House Republicans try fourth time to nominate a speaker
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After three weeks without a speaker, House Republicans are again trying to fill the top spot after rejecting Rep. Jim Jordan and at least fo...
Oct 24, 2023
Former NSA employee admits trying to sell top secret info to Russia
Westend61/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former National Security Agency employee pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian agent -- but ...
Oct 24, 2023
White House won't say publicly whether US has asked Israel to delay Gaza invasion
Alexandra Hutzler, Selina Wang , and Ben Gittleson, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Monday wouldn't say publicly whether the U.S. has asked Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to gi...
Oct 23, 2023
Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to charges of acting as foreign agent
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday following a superseding indictment earlier this month accusing him of violating a prohibition on memb...
Oct 23, 2023
Trump now claims Sidney Powell never represented him, and more campaign trail takeaways
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump looked to create some separation between him and a lawyer he had said worked for him -- amid his legal trou...
Oct 23, 2023
Who are the nine Republicans now trying to be House speaker, amid historic gridlock
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nine Republicans are officially running for speaker after almost three weeks of chaos without a leader in the House. House Republicans will hear from each candid...
Oct 23, 2023
House Republicans' speaker fight is 'probably one of the most embarrassing things I've seen': McCaul
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul on Sunday bemoaned the nearly three weeks -- and counting -- that the chamber has gone without a speaker amid conservati...
Oct 22, 2023
Tim Scott defends claim that Biden has 'blood on his hands' after Hamas' terror attack
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday defended his recent accusation that President Joe Biden has "blood on his hands" after Hamas' terror attack on Israel earlier this month...
Oct 22, 2023
US worried about more 'attacks on our troops' in Middle East amid Israel-Hamas war: Austin
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is "concerned" that fighting between Israel and Hamas, in the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, could spill over into a broader conflict throughout the Middle East ...
Oct 22, 2023
