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Texas AG Ken Paxton acquitted on 16 articles of impeachment
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The jury, consisting of Texas senators, has acquitted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on 16 articles of impeachment he faced in a rare Texas Senate i...
Sep 16, 2023
2024 GOP hopefuls want to abolish federal agencies. Experts say it's a long-shot idea
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls campaign across the country, many have one pitch in common: a promise to eliminate federal agencies or other...
Sep 16, 2023
Special counsel seeks 'narrowly tailored' gag order against Trump, citing 'disparaging and inflammatory attacks'
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith and his team have requested a federal judge in Washington, D.C., impose a "narrowly tailored" order restricting former President Dona...
Sep 15, 2023
RFK Jr. comes from a famous line of Democrats. But could a third-party run be in his future?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Kennedy family members have long been standard-bearers in the Democratic Party -- a fact Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sought to capitalize on in his bid to d...
Sep 15, 2023
House Oversight Committee launches probe into Maui wildfire federal response
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Oversight Committee will be launching a Republican-led probe into the federal response to the Maui wildfires, claiming Biden had "failed" in that eff...
Sep 15, 2023
How Trump has pushed House Republicans to go after Biden
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy decided to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump openly pushed...
Sep 15, 2023
New Mexico governor amends gun order to allow for firearms in most public places
Adria Malcolm/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has amended her emergency public health order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in ...
Sep 15, 2023
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says 'whole truth' about Black history must be taught
Butch Dill - Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday delivered a stirring defense of the need to educate American school children about the nation's dark...
Sep 15, 2023
Republicans not satisfied with just Hunter Biden gun charges: 'Very small start'
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congressional Republicans, who have made Hunter Biden one of their top targets, signaled they're not satisfied with the new indictment brought against him....
Sep 14, 2023
Wisconsin AG sues after Republicans vote to fire state elections chief
Jason Marz/Getty Images(MADISON, Wisc.) -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Thursday filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state's nonpartisan elections chief, Meagan Wolfe, whom the state Senate ha...
Sep 14, 2023
