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Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to more than 7 years for officer assault
Washington DC Police(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- A Jan. 6 rioter seen in chaotic video assaulting and pinning a Metropolitan Police Department officer in a doorway was sentenced Friday to 7 years and 6 month...
Apr 15, 2023
DOJ asks Supreme Court for emergency stay in abortion pill fight
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday issued an administrative stay of the Texas court ruling on the abortion medication mifepristone until the end o...
Apr 14, 2023
Biden announces plan to expand health care coverage for DACA recipients
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is proposing a rule that, if finalized, would open eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges to...
Apr 13, 2023
Democrats praise, grumble over decision for Chicago to host 2024 convention
ilbusca/Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- The Democratic National Committee's decision to have Chicago host its 2024 convention caps a lengthy decision making process, leaving many Democrats pleased but others...
Apr 13, 2023
DeSantis signs Florida's six-week abortion ban into law
Chris duMond/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A six-week abortion ban that replaces Florida's 15-week ban was signed into law Thursday night by Gov. Ron DeSantis, after the state House of Representatives p...
Apr 13, 2023
FBI makes probable cause arrest in connection with classified documents leak
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The FBI on Thursday made a probable cause arrest in North Dighton, Massachusetts, in connection with the leaked documents probe. Attorney General M...
Apr 13, 2023
Democrats move to 'temporarily' replace Feinstein on Judiciary Committee amid calls she resign
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With Sen. Dianne Feinstein requesting to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee as she recovers from shingles, Senate Democrats on Thursday began ...
Apr 13, 2023
Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court: Garland
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Thursday said it would take the fight over an abortion pill to the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruling that would restrict acce...
Apr 13, 2023
Appeals court declines to rule if Trump was acting as federal employee when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll
ftwitty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The D.C. Court of Appeals has declined to answer whether then-President Donald Trump was acting within the scope of his employment when he allegedly defamed writer E....
Apr 13, 2023
How pro-Trump bots are sowing division in the Republican Party: Report
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Coordinated groups of inauthentic accounts have been attempting to influence online conversations around the 2024 elections for the better part of a year, ac...
Apr 13, 2023
