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McCarthy-backed border bill passes House hours before Title 42 ends
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House voted to pass a sweeping border security and immigration bill on Thursday evening, just hours before the Trump-era immigration order-- Title 42-...
May 11, 2023
George Santos fraud charges 'very egregious,' defense attorney says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Embattled Congressman George Santos, R-N.Y., was indicted on 13 criminal counts, including seven counts of wire fraud Wednesday and has defied calls to resign from office....
May 11, 2023
Santos co-sponsoring bill to fight crime he's accused of
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. George Santos co-sponsored a bill to crack down on a crime he is accused of. The House voted on H.R. 1163, known as the "Protecting Taxpayers and Vict...
May 11, 2023
What is Title 8 immigration law?
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the end of the last major Trump-era Title 42 border restrictions Thursday, the Biden administration will revert to processing all migrants as was done be...
May 11, 2023
Supreme Court upholds California ban on 'unethical' pork, Proposition 12
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to California's Proposition 12, a statewide ban on the sale of pork from pigs housed in cages or crowded group pens that...
May 11, 2023
Trump denies knowing E. Jean Carroll during CNN town hall: 'I swear on my children'
JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump sat down for a prime-time town hall on CNN on Wednesday, a day after he was found liable for battery and defamation in t...
May 11, 2023
EPA to regulate emissions, pollutions coming from power plants for first time
Eric Yang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking drastic measures to limit pollutants coming from industries that cause the most environmental harm in an effort t...
May 11, 2023
Sen. Dianne Feinstein makes long-awaited return to Capitol
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- California Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrived at the Capitol for the first time in three months on Wednesday, gingerly emerging out of a gray sedan with the h...
May 10, 2023
Will Trump verdict have an impact on the 2024 campaign trail?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A day after a New York jury verdict that found Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation flooded the airwaves, it appeared on Wednesday to have caused...
May 10, 2023
A year after Uvalde, parents, legislators, activists struggle to pass gun reform
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Despite a consistent stream of tragedies, Texas officials aren't doing enough to combat gun violence, according to elected officials, activists and fam...
May 10, 2023
