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Biden's seeming 'dictator' swipe at Xi won't undo Blinken's work on China, US officials say
Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Beijing on Monday, he declared that his visit had successfully infused ...
Jun 21, 2023
Justice Alito pushes back on report detailing travel, trip with billionaire
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued a public rebuttal to a new report detailing a luxury vacation he took with a wealthy he...
Jun 21, 2023
Trying to beat Trump by embracing him: Vivek Ramaswamy's 2024 strategy is unusual to other Republicans
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Vivek Ramaswamy has emerged as one of the most vocal defenders of Donald Trump -- which has some other Republicans scratching their heads, because Ramaswamy...
Jun 21, 2023
McCarthy discourages GOP conference from backing Biden impeachment resolution, urges patience
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has told his members to vote against the resolution brought forward by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., that would impeach President Jo...
Jun 21, 2023
Equality Act reintroduced in Congress to protect LGBTQ+ community
ANDREY DENISYUK/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Equality Act, which would protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination, has been reintroduced by four Democratic legislators. Several representatives &ndas...
Jun 21, 2023
Schumer unveils new AI framework as Congress wades into regulatory space
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congress is in a race against the clock to regulate artificial intelligence and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is unrolling the early-stage steps that t...
Jun 21, 2023
Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans, who have made one of their top priorities this session probing Hunter Biden and the Biden family's business dealings, still ...
Jun 21, 2023
Judge strikes down gender-affirming care ban in Arkansas
Tetra Images/Getty Images(ARKANSAS) -- A federal district court judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law that banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The judge said the law violates th...
Jun 20, 2023
Trump says he was too 'busy' to quickly return classified docs, wanted to get 'personal things'
Photo by Robert Mooney/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Donald Trump on Monday suggested he had been too "busy" and wanted to be sure he'd retrieved his personal belongings before complying with the federal ...
Jun 20, 2023
Georgia probe finds allegations of election fraud against mother-daughter poll workers 'false and unsubstantiated'
ABC News(GEORGIA) -- Allegations of election fraud against two Georgia election workers who became the subjects of a Trump-backed conspiracy theory in the aftermath of the 2020 election were found to ...
Jun 20, 2023
