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After mall shooting, Abbott says 'mental health crisis' must be solved; Biden calls for weapons ban
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Texas lawmakers on Sunday reacted to the latest mass shooting in America -- at an outdoor mall north of Dallas -- by focusing on the im...
May 07, 2023
Using 14th Amendment to solve debt ceiling would risk 'constitutional crisis,' Yellen says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said invoking the 14th Amendment to get around the debt ceiling and continue borrowing money to pay the nation's bills would risk...
May 07, 2023
'Most stunning part' of debt ceiling debate is delay in Biden and McCarthy meeting: Lankford
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. James Lankford on Sunday previewed what he would like to see when President Joe Biden meets with Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders on Tuesday to ...
May 07, 2023
DOJ seeks 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes
Philip Pacheco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to sentence Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison following his convic...
May 06, 2023
Death row inmate Richard Glossip's execution halted by Supreme Court
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) - The Supreme Court has granted a rare stay of execution in the case of Richard Glossip, the Oklahoma death row inmate who the state's attorney general now says ma...
May 05, 2023
Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, leaving agency, Biden says
Matt Miller/ABC(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is leaving the agency, President Joe Biden announced. Walensky, who will leave at ...
May 05, 2023
Can a Democrat named Presley -- a relative of Elvis -- win deep red Mississippi's governor race?
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Brandon Presley doesn't want to be compared to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear or any of the other Democratic governors elected in recent cycles to serve in ...
May 05, 2023
Sharing deepfake pornography could soon be illegal in America
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new piece of legislation being introduced this week would make sharing non-consensual AI-generated pornography illegal in the United State...
May 05, 2023
Blame breaks evenly if government defaults on debt, despite preference for Biden's position: POLL
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Americans divide closely on whom they'd blame if the federal government defaults on its debts, even as most align with the Biden administration's position on how Congress shoul...
May 05, 2023
'Blatant, bold lie': Biden admin rejects Kremlin claim US orchestrated alleged drone attack
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration on Thursday adamantly denied U.S. involvement in an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin after a spokesman for Russian President Vladim...
May 04, 2023
