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Bill would criminalize 'extremely harmful' online 'deepfakes'
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Newly introduced legislation seeks to protect individuals nationwide from being misrepresented by certain kinds of digital content known as "deepfakes," a categ...
Emmanuelle Saliba, ABC News Sep 26, 2023

Defiant Sen. Bob Menendez speaks out after indictment, will not resign
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(UNION CITY, N.J.) -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., signaled Monday that he will remain in office despite pressure to resign after being indicted on corruption charges. Me...
Alexandra Hutzler and Allison Pecorin, ABC News Sep 25, 2023

Which federal programs will first be impacted in a government shutdown
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Much of the government is getting close to shutting down Oct. 1 as Congress struggles to pass a stopgap funding deal -- and on Monday, with just five days to go...
Sarah Beth Hensley and Anne Flaherty, ABC News Sep 25, 2023

Millions of women, children risk losing WIC's nutrition assistance if government shuts down
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly 7 million mothers and their children could lose the nutrition assistance they receive from the federal government if Congress fails to reach a deal this ...
Deena Zaru, ABC News Sep 25, 2023

DeSantis and Newsom to debate in Georgia, discussing 'everyday issues'
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom -- ideological rivals in two of the country's biggest states -- will debate each other on Fox News o...
Will McDuffie, Hannah Demissie, Adam Carlson, and Nicholas Kerr, ABC News Sep 25, 2023

Four in 10 now criticize US aid to Ukraine
ABC News/Washington Post(NEW YORK) -- Public concerns that the United States is doing too much to support Ukraine in its war with Russia have notched up in an ABC News/Washington Post poll, even as Uk...
Gary Langer, ABC News Sep 25, 2023

Trump edges out Biden 51-42 in head-to-head matchup: POLL
ABC News/Washington Post(NEW YORK) -- President Joe Biden's job approval rating is 19 points underwater, his ratings for handling the economy and immigration are at career lows. A record number of Ame...
Gary Langer, ABC News Sep 25, 2023

Jimmy Carter makes rare public appearance, days before his birthday and 7 months after starting hospice
Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images(PLAINS, Ga.) -- Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, made a surprise appearance in their Georgia hometown on Saturday -- having lar...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Sep 24, 2023

Turner accuses House GOP 'holdouts' of 'voting with Nancy Pelosi' as shutdown deadline looms
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on Sunday accused House Republican renegades of "voting with Nancy Pelosi" as a handful of conservatives in the chamber continue to rebuff Speaker Kev...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Sep 24, 2023

Pete Buttigieg defends Biden's approach to America's problems amid dismal new poll
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Sunday defended President Joe Biden's approach to the economy and the public's problems amid a new ABC News/Washington Post p...
Fritz Farrow, ABC News Sep 24, 2023
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