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House approves some GOP hard-liner changes to military spending bill, ensuring fight with Dems
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Led by Republicans, the House on Thursday approved several controversial amendments to the annual National Defense Authorization Act -- guaranteeing a fight ...
Jul 12, 2023
FBI director set to field questions about politicization on Capitol Hill
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- FBI Director Christopher Wray is set for a grilling when he appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. The committee...
Jul 12, 2023
DOJ reversal could clear way for Carroll's 1st lawsuit against Trump to proceed
Chris Ryan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Justice Department said on Tuesday it was no longer claiming, under the Westfall Act, that former President Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his off...
Jul 11, 2023
Fulton County DA empaneling new grand jury to weigh Trump election charges
Marcia Straub/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Atlanta-area prosecutor investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia is empaneling a new grand jury that could ultimately dec...
Jul 11, 2023
Virginia Republicans encourage early voting, a target of Trump's, ahead of fall elections
Juan Moyano/Getty Images(VIRGINIA) -- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday launched an initiative to increase early voting, either by mail or in-person, before Election Day in the state -- the late...
Jul 11, 2023
Tommy Tuberville reverses his claim that white nationalists are unfairly labeled racist
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday said, simply and for the first time, that "white nationalists are racists." That remark to reporters marked a reversal...
Jul 11, 2023
Biden critic Gal Luft charged with failing to register as foreign agent and sanctions violations
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of corruption has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York wi...
Jul 11, 2023
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs new six-week abortion ban into law
Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images(DES MOINES, Iowa) -- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new abortion bill into law Friday banning the procedure after six weeks. It comes after lawmakers held a special sess...
Jul 11, 2023
DeSantis, Hutchinson and other GOP candidates push back on Trump's criticism of Iowa's governor
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Several GOP presidential candidates have come out in support of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds after former President Donald Trump attacked her on social media fo...
Jul 11, 2023
Judge agrees to delay next hearing in Trump classified documents case
Mario Tama/Getty Images(FORT PIERCE, Fla.) -- The federal judge overseeing the case involving former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents after leaving office has agreed to delay ...
Jul 11, 2023
