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Hunter Biden indicted by special counsel on felony gun charges
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has been indicted by special counsel David Weiss on felony gun charges. The charges bring renewed legal press...
Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News Sep 14, 2023

Illegal drugs expected to be top national security threat in 2024: DHS
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024 as overdose deaths topped 100,000 in the last year, according...
Luke Barr and Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News Sep 14, 2023

Judge again finds DACA illegal but doesn't strike down existing protections for young immigrants
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(AUSTIN, Tex.) -- A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled -- again -- that the federal government's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program...
Luke Barr and Armando Garcia, ABC News Sep 13, 2023

'Didn't end the way I wanted': Gen. Mark Milley looks back at US exit from Afghanistan
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a new interview that he has "lots of regrets" about how the United States' 20-year conflict in Afghani...
Megan Barnes, ABC News Sep 13, 2023

Rep. Mary Peltola's husband dies in plane accident
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Mary Peltola's, D-Alaska, office announced Wednesday that her husband died in a plane accident in Alaska. "We are devastated to share that Mary’s ...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Sep 13, 2023

White House defends planned US-Iran prisoner swap amid fierce GOP criticism
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Wednesday vigorously defended the administration's deal with Iran to free five detained Americans in exchange for unfreezing ...
Justin Gomez and Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News Sep 13, 2023

Mitt Romney not seeking reelection to the Senate: 'Time for a new generation'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney will not seek reelection in 2024, he announced Wednesday -- marking the potential end to a storied conservative career th...
Tal Axelrod and Allison Pecorin, ABC News Sep 13, 2023

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to cut federal workforce by 75%
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Building on a key part of his pitch to conservative voters, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said during a speech in the nation's capital ...
Hannah Demissie, ABC News Sep 13, 2023

The Trump-era opinion that might stymie the Biden impeachment inquiry
Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Trump-era opinion issued by the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel is being highlighted as a possible barrier for House Republica...
Alexander Mallin, ABC News Sep 13, 2023

What to know about House GOP's impeachment inquiry into Biden
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced he was ordering House Republicans to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, ...
Mariam Khan and Allison Pecorin, ABC News Sep 13, 2023
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